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  • mschwartz

    Hey  - thanks for reaching out. There are two ways you can do this. 

     

    1. The first is to embed the file preview as an iframe. Box allows you to obtain a URL that you can use to display a file within an iframe. You can find that method in the Java SDK here: https://github.com/box/box-java-sdk/blob/master/doc/files.md#get-an-embed-link
    2. The second (and more robust) is to use the Box Content Preview UI Element, which is a Javascript library for displaying file previews in the client. Using Content Preview, you can initialize the library and provide an access token (in this case, your developer token) and a file ID and then a file preview will display. You can see more details for using Box Content Preview here: https://developer.box.com/docs/box-content-preview

    Please let me know if you have any additional questions! 

     

     

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  • Louis Blumberg

    this is confusing

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