Box

Storage OAuth access token

Manage Box files, folders, sharing and collaborations from any Windmill script, flow or app.

Set up in 3 steps

Get an access token

At the Box developer console, create an app and generate a developer token for it, or run its OAuth flow to obtain one.

Add the resource in Windmill

Open Resources, add a resource of type box, and paste the token.

Run your first script

Fork any script below and read before writing anything. There are hundreds here, so search by the verb you need.

Scripts

Building blocks, if none of the projects above fit. Fork one, run it, or call it as a step inside your own flow.

Resource type

box — the shape of the credential every script on this page expects.

View raw schema →

Field	Type	Required	What it is
token	string	Yes	Access token generated using the Client ID and the Client Secret.

Questions

The token stops working after an hour

Box access tokens are short-lived, and a developer token lasts an hour by design. For anything scheduled, mint tokens from an app with client credentials and refresh them rather than pasting one.

A folder is not found

A Box app only sees what has been shared with its service account, or what the authorising user can see. Check which of the two the token represents.

Is my token stored on the hub?

Never. It lives only in your own Windmill workspace, encrypted at rest.

Set up in 3 steps

Get an access token

Add the resource in Windmill

Run your first script

Scripts

Create retention policy

Upload file version

Upload file

Update webhook

Update web link

Update user

Update terms of service status for existing user

Update terms of service

Update task assignment

Update task

Update storage policy assignment

Update shield information barrier segment with specified ID

Update shared link on web link

Update shared link on folder

Update shared link on file

Update retention policy

Update legal hold policy

Update group membership

Update group

Update folder

Update file request

Update file

Update comment

Update collaboration

Update all Box Skill cards on file

Update Slack integration mapping

Unassign task

Unassign storage policy

Unassign legal hold policy

Transfer owned folders

Resource type

Questions