Box

Box is cloud content management and file sharing. Folders, files, collections, collaborations, e-sign.

Data Model

• Folders and Files are content. Collections are saved groupings. List to get folder_id, file_id, collection id.
• Collection-scoped: List items in a collection. File-scoped: Collaborations, comments, tasks. Folder-scoped: Collaborations.
• Events are audit log. Users are account users. Trash holds deleted items.
• Sign: Sign requests and templates for e-signature workflows.
• Hierarchy: folder_id or file_id for scoped operations.

Gotchas

• IDs: folder_id, file_id, collection from list responses. Required for scoped operations.