Box ACTION
Create Shared Link
Creates or updates a shared link for a file or folder. Access levels:
open, company, or collaborators. A password can only be set when access is open; download permission applies only when access is open or company. A resource can have only one shared link at a time. See the documentation.- Action
- Writes data
- OAuth
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Box account once, then configure and run Create Shared Link from your backend or agent.
SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
itemType Item Type | string | The type of Box item. Valid values: file or folder. Required |
item File or Folder | string | The Box file or folder to share. The available items are filtered by Item Type (e.g. 123456789). Required Dynamic |
access Access Level | string | The access level for the shared link. If not set, the enterprise default is used. Valid values: open, company, collaborators. Optional |
password Password | string | The password required to access the shared link. Can only be set when access is open. Optional |
unsharedAt Unshared At | string | The timestamp at which the shared link will expire. Must be in RFC3339 format, e.g. 2022-07-20T10:53:43-08:00 Optional |
canDownload Can Download | boolean | Whether the shared link allows downloads. Only applicable when access is open or company. Optional |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- box-create-shared-link
- Version
- 0.0.2
- App
- Box
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗