Do File and/or Folder Ids ever change?

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matt_roth

• May 01, 2018 09:06

Can id values on files and folders can ever change once the file has been created? And are those values guaranteed to be unique?

 

I am currently writing an integration between box and a web portal, specifically to allow users to download documents uploaded into box via another system.

 

Right now my process is: 

1. Search for file using filename
2. Validate that the file is correct.
3. Download the file. 

What I would like to do is call steps 1 & 2, and then store off the file id. That way if a user calls download later, I can just specify the file id to download, instead of needing to search. This only works if the id doesn't change though. 

 

Thanks!

 

 

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  mwiller

  • May 01, 2018 09:55

   File and Folder IDs are guaranteed to be unique and do not change over the item's lifetime — you're definitely okay to store those IDs and use them later to access the items.

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  Howard

  • May 01, 2018 09:56

  Hi ,

   

  Welcome to the Box Community and thanks for your first post in the forum!

   

   

   

   

  You're correct that file and folder ID's never change. Once created, it has a unique ID that does not change despite moving it, renaming it or adding more content to the folder. Hope that helps your query!

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  matt_roth

  • May 01, 2018 09:58

  Thanks for your reply!

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