Requesting Access Token via API

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Yatish Karkera

• August 10, 2021 02:32
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Hi,

My use case here is to automate the extraction of files from an SFTP and store it into one of my Box folders.

I tried to first authenticate myself using "client_id" and "client_secret" with grant_type = client_credentials, however, I get an error -  Invalid grant_type parameter or parameter missing

Can someone help me understand what am I doing wrong here?

Below is the code 

import requests

url = "https://api.box.com/oauth2/token"

h = {
"Content-Type":"application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
}
params = {
"client_id":"sdfsdfsdfsdfsd",
"client_secret":"sdfsfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf",
"grant_type":"client_credentials"
}

r = requests.get(url, headers=h, params=params).json()

print(r)

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  Kourtney

  • August 10, 2021 23:19

  Hello Yatish, 

  It looks like you're trying to use client credentials grant, which requires 5 parameters. However, you only have 3 here. Please review our documentation for a sample. 

  Best,

  Kourtney, Box Developer Advocate

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