Upload files from Linux machine using command-line

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2022年12月12日 17:11

I have been provided a box folder from another user for me to upload files. I have a lot of files to upload to this folder. I created a personal account so I can get access. The files are on a remote Linux box. Is there a convenient way to bulk upload these files from the command-line? I've tried different ways (SFTP, generating access token, etc) but having issues with one restriction or another. I posted to your community support page but haven't heard back.

What's the best way to bulk-upload from Linux to Box?

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Rui Barbosa

2023年01月20日 21:48
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Hi Andrew,

Have you tried the box-cli?

For a remote linux box you need to use JWT authentication, take a look here.

Walkthrough:

❯ box -v
@box/cli/3.7.0 linux-x64 node-v14.21.2

Get your config.json from creating a JWT app. (save it on the remote server, be conscious of security)

Configure your box-cli:

❯ box configure:environments:add -n your-app-name ./.config.json
Successfully added CLI environment "your-app-name"

Switch to the configuration:

❯ box configure:environments:set-current
? Which environment?
  uie-sample
❯ your-app

Check connection and user context:

❯ box users:get --fields=id,name
Type: user
ID: '20344589936'
Name: UI-Elements-Sample

I have create a "Bulk Upload" folder in the root, so lets get that folder id:

❯ box folders:items 0 --csv
type,id,sequence_id,etag,name
folder,163422716106,0,0,Box UI Elements Demo
folder,189803765719,2,2,ClassificationService
folder,177388203339,0,0,100k
folder,172599089223,0,0,Bookings
folder,172611202270,0,0,My Signed Documents
folder,170845975022,1,1,Waivers
folder,176837925976,0,0,Webhook

As you can see it is not there... This is because I created the folder on my person user (Rui) and the CLI is using the service account associated with the app and the JWT.

So we need to use my person user.

To get a list of users do:

❯ box users --fields=id,name --csv
type,id,name
user,18662105676,Administrator
user,18662356345,Administrator
user,18661971368,Administrator
user,22240548078,Investment User
user,22240405099,Wealth User
user,22240545678,Wholesale User
user,18622116055,Rui Barbosa

So if I wanted my JWT app to impersonate me I would use my id on the --as-user

❯ box users:get --as-user=18622116055 --fields=id,name --csv
type,id,name
user,18622116055,Rui Barbosa

And now I can list the folders of Rui:

❯ box folders:items 0 --csv --as-user=18622116055
type,id,sequence_id,etag,name,file_version.type,file_version.id,file_version.sha1,sha1
folder,163422716106,0,0,Box UI Elements Demo,,,,
folder,172599089223,0,0,Bookings,,,,
folder,172759373899,0,0,Barduino User Folder,,,,
folder,191176042455,0,0,Bulk Upload,,,,
folder,189803765719,2,2,ClassificationService,,,,

Now we can use the destination folder if directly.

I also have a folder with the files to upload:

❯ l files_to_upload
total 0
-rw-rw-r-- 1 lab lab 0 Jan 20 21:10 file_a.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 lab lab 0 Jan 20 21:10 file_b.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 lab lab 0 Jan 20 21:10 file_c.txt

Now we need to upload the files to the folder, in my case: 191176042455

We have several options depending if you are dealing with a large list of files and their location.

To upload an entire folder:

❯ box folders:upload --parent-folder 191176042455 --as-user 18622116055 files_to_upload --csv --fields type,id,name
type,id,name
folder,191177421988,files_to_upload

To upload a single file:

❯ box files:upload --parent-id 191176042455 --as-user 18622116055 files_to_upload/file_a.txt --csv --fields type,id,name
type,id,name
file,1119062117269,file_a.txt

Of course you can play with bash or use a CSV as an input file with a list of paths.

Let us know if this helped.

The end result:

Cheers

Nikhil Ghadigaonkar

2023年08月16日 10:55
I have uploaded the file and also got a success response from the command line. But can't view the uploaded file from the UI.
If I upload using the developer token the file I can see in the UI. using the access token not
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