API Powershell copy all user's folders to new location

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Box Product Support

• November 19, 2018 14:40

I have a ton of code that probably work in some other systems but I am on Windows. I have a Powershell console and the Windows CLI and my disposal. cURL commands are just a wall of red text when run as offered by the Box documentation. I need a means by which I can copy a terminated user's Box files to a new location. So it would be something like username john_doe left the company. I need to create a folder for this user in our termed_users folder and copy all of john_doe's files to this new termed_users/john_doe folder. 

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  Box Product Support

  • November 19, 2018 14:44

  I get the error:
  Invoke-WebRequest : Cannot bind parameter 'Headers'.
  so I reformatted it to include the ^ 
  curl https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/folder_id/copy ^ -H "Authorization: Bearer

  and

  curl https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/folder_id/copy ^ -H @{"Authorization: Bearer 

   

  Each was using the actual folder ID and not "folder_id" in the URL. It all returns the same error

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  Kourtney

  • November 20, 2018 08:17

  Hey , 

   

  Have you tried using the Box CLI: https://developer.box.com/docs/box-cli? 

   

  If not, it makes calls like this really easy! You'll need to install and set it up, but after that, it's a breeze. 

   

  Where does the termed_users folder live in Box? Is it already existent? If so, does it live under your Box account or under an account of its own? 

   

  Best, 

  Kourtney 

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