Python - Which auth method to use if i want to run the python script to move the files within box.

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dkadia

• June 11, 2018 11:30

Which auth method should i use if i only want to work with the files(move/upload/generate link/delete.. etc) within my box account. 

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  jcleblanc

  • June 14, 2018 17:44

  You can use OAuth 2 implementation for that - when you go through the auth process it will create a token to work with content in whatever account you log into. The one caveat here is that when using this method you will be forwarded to Box to log in and grant permissions for the application.

   

  To avoid that, you can use the JWT implementation and then create a user token to upload to a specific user in your enterprise. Here are some guides on that:

  • JWT app setup: https://developer.box.com/docs/setting-up-a-jwt-app
  • Creating a JWT app token: https://developer.box.com/docs/authenticate-with-jwt
  • Generating a user token from that JWT app token: https://developer.box.com/docs/work-with-users#section-generate-a-user-access-token

  - Jon

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  dkadia

  • June 18, 2018 14:10

  I am getting below error in python while trying steps - https://github.com/box/box-python-sdk 

  https://developer.box.com/docs/authenticate-with-oauth-2

   

  BoxOAuthException: 
  Message: b'{"error":"invalid_grant","error_description":"Auth code doesn\'t exist or is invalid for the client"}'
  Status: 400
  URL: https://api.box.com/oauth2/token
  Method: POST

   

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  jcleblanc

  • June 18, 2018 15:15

   can you please add your code for the application? Alternatively I have this sample OAuth 2 Python application that uses Flask: https://github.com/jcleblanc/box-examples/blob/master/python/samples/auth_oauth.py. The config file for that example is here: https://github.com/jcleblanc/box-examples/blob/master/python/samples/config_oauth.py.

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  dkadia

  • June 19, 2018 14:25

  Below is the code snapshot

   

  from boxsdk import Client
  from boxsdk import OAuth2

  # Auth config
  client_id = 'my_client_ID'
  client_secret='my_client_secret'
  redirect_uri = 'https://app.box.com'

  # Create new OAuth client & csrf token
  oauth = OAuth2(
  client_id=client_id,
  client_secret=client_secret
  )
  auth_url, csrf_token = oauth.get_authorization_url(redirect_uri)
  print(auth_url)
  print(csrf_token)

   

  Above code gives the auth_url like (altered for security reason)

  https://app.box.com/api/oauth2/authorize?state=box_csrf_token_&response_type=code&client_id=otto89rupi6a2snxhzweelt4yvlsa1hu&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.box.com

  and a box_csrf_token_

   

  code = 'using_client_Id'
  state = 'using_state_from_csrf'

  # If csrf token matches, fetch tokens
  assert state == 'using_state_from_csrf'
  access_token, refresh_token = oauth.authenticate('using_cllient_Id')

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