Box

Box™ is a service that keeps your files safe, synced, and easy to share. Connect to Box to manage your files. You can perform various actions such as upload, update, get, and delete files in Box.

This connector is available in the following products and regions:

Service	Class	Regions
Logic Apps	Standard	All Logic Apps regions except the following: - Azure China regions
Flow	Standard	All Flow regions
PowerApps	Standard	All PowerApps regions

General Limits

Name	Value
Maximum file size (in MB)	50
Maximum folder items count	10000

Throttling Limits

Name	Calls	Renewal Period
API calls per connection	100	60 seconds

Actions

Copy file

Operation ID:: CopyFile

Copy a file to a file path in Box.

Required Parameters

Source Url: string

The url to source file.

Key:: source

Destination File Path: string

The destination file path in Box, including target filename.

Key:: destination

Optional Parameters

Overwrite: boolean

Overwrites the destination file if set to 'true'.

Key:: overwrite

Returns

Body: BlobMetadata

Blob metadata

Create file

Operation ID:: CreateFile

Uploads a file to Box.

Required Parameters

Folder Path: string

The folder path to upload the file to Box.

Key:: folderPath

File Name: string

The name of the file to create in Box.

Key:: name

File Content: binary

The content of the file to upload to Box.

Key:: body

Returns

Body: BlobMetadata

Blob metadata

Delete file

Operation ID:: DeleteFile

Deletes an existing file from Box.

Required Parameters

File Id: string

The unique identifier of the file to delete from Box.

Key:: id

Returns

Body: BlobMetadata

Blob metadata

Extract archive to folder

Operation ID:: ExtractFolderV2

Extracts an archive file into a folder in Box (example: .zip).

Required Parameters

Source Archive File Path: string

The path to the archive file.

Key:: source

Destination Folder Path: string

The path in Box to extract the archive contents.

Key:: destination

Optional Parameters

Overwrite: boolean

Overwrites the destination files if set to 'true'.

Key:: overwrite

Returns

array of BlobMetadata

Get file content using id

Operation ID:: GetFileContent

Retrieves the file content from Box using id.

Required Parameters

File Id: string

The unique identifier of the file in Box.

Key:: id

Optional Parameters

Infer Content Type: boolean

A boolean value (true, false) to infer content-type based on extension.

Key:: inferContentType

Returns

File Content: binary

The content of the file.

Get file content using path

Operation ID:: GetFileContentByPath

Retrieves the file contents from Box using path.

Required Parameters

File Path: string

The unique path to the file in Box.

Key:: path

Optional Parameters

Infer Content Type: boolean

A boolean value (true, false) to infer content-type based on extension.

Key:: inferContentType

Returns

File Content: binary

The content of the file.

Get file metadata using id

Operation ID:: GetFileMetadata

Retrieves the file metadata from Box using file id.

Required Parameters

File Id: string

The unique identifier of the file in Box.

Key:: id

Returns

Body: BlobMetadata

Blob metadata

Get file metadata using path

Operation ID:: GetFileMetadataByPath

Retrieves the file metadata from Box using path.

Required Parameters

File Path: string

The unique path to the file in Box.

Key:: path

Returns

Body: BlobMetadata

Blob metadata

List files and folders in folder

Operation ID:: ListFolder

Lists the files and folders in a Box folder.

Required Parameters

Folder Id: string

The unique identifier of the folder in Box.

Key:: id

Returns

array of BlobMetadata

List files and folders in root folder

Operation ID:: ListRootFolder

Lists the files and folders in the Box root folder.

Required Parameters

Source Url: string

The url to source file.

Key:: source

Destination File Path: string

The destination file path in Box, including target filename.

Key:: destination

Optional Parameters

Overwrite: boolean

Overwrites the destination file if set to 'true'.

Key:: overwrite

Returns

array of BlobMetadata

Update file

Operation ID:: UpdateFile

Updates an existing file in Box.

Required Parameters

File Id: string

The unique identifier of the file to update in Box.

Key:: id

File Content: binary

The content of the file to update in Box.

Key:: body

Returns

Body: BlobMetadata

Blob metadata

Triggers

When a file is created

Operation ID:: OnNewFile

Triggers a flow when a new file is created in a Box folder.

Required Parameters

Folder Id: string

The unique identifier of the folder in Box.

Key:: folderId

Optional Parameters

Infer Content Type: boolean

A boolean value (true, false) to infer content-type based on extension.

Key:: inferContentType

Returns

File Content: binary

The content of the file.

When a file is created (properties only)

Operation ID:: OnNewFiles

This operation triggers a flow when a new file is created in a folder.

Required Parameters

Folder: string

The unique identifier of the folder.

Key:: folderId

Returns

List of Files: BlobMetadata

Blob metadata

When a file is modified

Operation ID:: OnUpdatedFile

Triggers a flow when a file is modified in a Box folder.

Required Parameters

Folder Id: string

The unique identifier of the folder in Box.

Key:: folderId

Optional Parameters

Infer Content Type: boolean

A boolean value (true, false) to infer content-type based on extension.

Key:: inferContentType

Returns

File Content: binary

The content of the file.

When a file is modified (properties only)

Operation ID:: OnUpdatedFiles

This operation triggers a flow when a file is modified in a folder.

Required Parameters

Folder: string

Select a folder

Key:: folderId

Returns

List of Files: BlobMetadata

Blob metadata

Definitions

BlobMetadata

Blob metadata

DisplayName: string

The display name of the file or folder.

Path:: DisplayName

ETag: string

The etag of the file or folder.

Path:: ETag

FileLocator: string

The filelocator of the file or folder.

Path:: FileLocator

Id: string

The unique id of the file or folder.

Path:: Id

IsFolder: boolean

A boolean value (true, false) to indicate whether or not the blob is a folder.

Path:: IsFolder

LastModified: date-time

The date and time the file or folder was last modified.

Path:: LastModified

LastModifiedBy: string

The user who last modified the file or folder.

Path:: LastModifiedBy

MediaType: string

The media type of the file or folder.

Path:: MediaType

Name: string

The name of the file or folder.

Path:: Name

Path: string

The path of the file or folder.

Path:: Path

Size: integer

The size of the file or folder.

Path:: Size