Gettting the folder id

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Maneesh Kumar

• October 29, 2020 05:07

Hi Team, 

Is there any code snippet available or any possible way we can get the folder size if we provide the folder id ?

 

Thanks ,

Maneesh 

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  hunnj

  • October 30, 2020 14:16

  Hi Maneesh,

  I don't use the regular APIs directly that much but do leverage the Box CLI within PowerShell scripts.  You can get the folder size using the standard using the regular Get Folder Informtion:  https://box.dev/reference/get-folders-id/

   

  The following PowerShell snippet is what I use - it is probably not the most elegant or efficient but works.  My input file is in the following format but for this only needs the FolderID - I just happen to use the csv for other purposes as well.

   

  Input File:

  id,login,folderid

  0000,xxxx,9999

   

  Sample Box CLI PowerShell script:
  if($args.count -eq 2)
  {
  $inputfile=$args[0]
  $outputfile=$args[1]
  }else
  {
  Write-Output "Usage: ps .\box-get-users-share-size-report.ps1 inputfile outputfile"
  exit
  }

  
  $box_adminid = "xxxxx" # Box Support ID with appropriate permissions
  $csv = Import-Csv $inputfile -delimiter ","

  $myarray = @()

  $count = 0

  $totalUsers = $csv.Count

  Foreach ($csv in $csv){

  $json = box folders:get $csv.folderid --as-user $box_adminid
  $parsed = $json | ConvertFrom-Json

  $myarray += [PSCustomObject] @{
  login = $csv.login
  folder = $parsed.name
  size = ($parsed.size/1000000000)
  }
  
  $count = $count + 1

  Write-Progress -activity "Compiling Box Folder Stats . . ." -status "Scanned: $count of $totalUsers" -PercentComplete (($count / $totalUsers) * 100)
  }

  $myarray | ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation | Set-Content $outputfile

  
  Write-Output ""
  Write-Output ""
  Write-Output "Processing complete: "$count" User folders found."
  Write-Output ""

   

  Hope that helps.

   

  Jeff

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