# Box Files API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/box/box-files-api/  
**Provider:** Box — https://apis.io/providers/box/  
**Base URL:** https://account.box.com/api/oauth2  
**Documentation:** https://developer.box.com/reference/get-authorize

Box Files API is one of 81 APIs that [Box](https://apis.io/providers/box/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include File. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Files, together with Folders, are at the core of the Box API. Files can be uploaded and downloaded, as well as hold important metadata information about the content.

## Machine-readable artifacts (44)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/box/refs/heads/main/openapi/box-files-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/get-authorize
- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/box/refs/heads/main/graphql/box-graphql.md
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-oauth2-token
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-files-id-copy
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-file-requests-id-copy
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-folders-id-copy
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-folder-locks
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-metadata-templates-schema
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-metadata-cascade-policies
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-metadata-queries-execute-read
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-comments
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-collaborations
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-tasks
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-task-assignments
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/put-files-id--add-shared-link
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/put-folders-id--add-shared-link
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-web-links
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/put-web-links-id--add-shared-link
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-users
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-invites
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-groups
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-group-memberships
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-webhooks
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-files-id-metadata-global-boxSkillsCards
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/options-events
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/get-collections-id
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/get-recent-items
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-retention-policies
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-retention-policy-assignments
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-legal-hold-policies
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-legal-hold-policy-assignments
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/get-file-version-retentions-id
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/get-file-version-legal-holds-id
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-shield-information-barriers-change-status
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-shield-information-barrier-reports
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-shield-information-barrier-segments
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-shield-information-barrier-segment-members
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/post-shield-information-barrier-segment-restrictions
- **Documentation** — https://developer.box.com/reference/get-device-pinners-id
- …and 4 more, listed in full on the page.

## Other Box APIs (12)

- [Box Authorization API](https://apis.io/apis/box/box-authorization-api/)
- [Box Authorize API](https://apis.io/apis/box/box-authorize-api/)
- [Box Classifications API](https://apis.io/apis/box/box-classifications-api/)
- [Box Classifications on Files API](https://apis.io/apis/box/box-classifications-on-files-api/)
- [Box Classifications on Folders API](https://apis.io/apis/box/box-classifications-on-folders-api/)
- [Box Collaboration Whitelist Entries API](https://apis.io/apis/box/box-collaboration-whitelist-entries-api/)
- [Box Collaboration Whitelist Exempt Targets API](https://apis.io/apis/box/box-collaboration-whitelist-exempt-targets-api/)
- [Box Collaborations API](https://apis.io/apis/box/box-collaborations-api/)
- [Box Collaborations (List) API](https://apis.io/apis/box/box-collaborations-list-api/)
- [Box Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/box/box-collections-api/)
- [Box Comments API](https://apis.io/apis/box/box-comments-api/)
- [Box Device Pinners API](https://apis.io/apis/box/box-device-pinners-api/)

## Tags

File

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/box/box-files-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/box/.