The Box quickstart guides are structured to provide short integration examples for common features of the Box APIs.

Setup and Auth

• Install the SDK: Install the Box SDK in your preferred language.
• Authenticate with JWT (SDK): Configure and create a Box SDK client for JWT application types.
• Authenticate with JWT (API): Configure the JWT authentication process manually without the Box SDKs.
• Authenticate with OAuth 2: Configure and create a Box SDK client for OAuth application types.
• Authenticate with Developer Token: Bypass authentication with a temporary, non-refreshable token for quick integration prototypes prior to building in OAuth or JWT integrations.

Application and Token Management

• Downscope Tokens: Downscope an access token to reduce scoped privileges for use in mobile and front-end environments.
• Work with Webhooks: Programmatically create and modify webhooks to provide event notification on certain application actions.

Files and Folders

• Work with Files : Perform actions with files within a Box account.
• Work with Folders : Perform actions with folders within a Box account.
• Search for Content: Search for files and folders within provided search parameters.
• Work with Metadata: Define, store, and retrieve additional custom information about file and folders.

Users

• Work with Users: Create new Box app user accounts for JWT application types.

Visualization Components

• Work with Preview: Deploy the different preview components to display files and folders within an enterprise simply.