Upload a File with Box API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Upload a File with the Box API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Upload a File action
1. Connect your Box account
2. Configure File Path or URL
3. Optional- Configure Created At
4. Optional- Configure Modified At
5. Optional- Configure File Name
6. Optional- Select a Parent
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Upload a File on Box

Description:Uploads a small file to Box. [See the documentation](https://developer.box.com/reference/post-files-content/).

Version:0.1.0

Key:box-upload-file

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Code#

import app from "../../box.app.mjs";
import { getFileUploadBody } from "../../common/common-file-upload.mjs";

export default {
  name: "Upload a File",
  description: "Uploads a small file to Box. [See the documentation](https://developer.box.com/reference/post-files-content/).",
  key: "box-upload-file",
  version: "0.1.0",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    file: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "file",
      ],
    },
    createdAt: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "createdAt",
      ],
    },
    modifiedAt: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "modifiedAt",
      ],
    },
    fileName: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "fileName",
      ],
    },
    parentId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "parentId",
      ],
    },
  },
  methods: {
    getFileUploadBody,
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      file, createdAt, modifiedAt, fileName, parentId,
    } = this;
    const data = await this.getFileUploadBody({
      file,
      createdAt,
      modifiedAt,
      fileName,
      parentId,
    });
    const response = await this.app.uploadFile({
      $,
      headers: {
        "Content-Type": `multipart/form-data; boundary=${data._boundary}`,
      },
      data,
    });
    $.export("$summary", `File with ID(${response?.entries[0]?.id}) successfully uploaded.`);
    return response;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Box	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Box app.
File Path or URL	`file`	`string`	The file to upload. Provide either a file URL or a path to a file in the `/tmp` directory (for example, `/tmp/myFile.txt`)
Created At	`createdAt`	`string`	Defines the time the file was originally created at. If not set, file's original upload time will be used. Must be in RFC3339 format without milliseconds, e.g. `2022-07-20T10:53:43-08:00`
Modified At	`modifiedAt`	`string`	Defines the time the file was last modified at. If not set, file's original modified time will be used. Must be in RFC3339 format without milliseconds, e.g. `2022-07-20T10:53:43-08:00`
File Name	`fileName`	`string`	The name of the file. If not set, file's original name will be used.
Parent	`parentId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Authentication#

Box uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Box account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Box and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Box API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account: