# Box **Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/box/ **Website:** https://developer.box.com/ **APIs profiled:** 81 Box is a cloud content management and file sharing service for businesses. Box provides a secure platform for storing, managing, and sharing files and content, with features for collaboration, workflow automation, and integration with other business applications. ## Kin Score — 51.1 / 100 (developing) Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 51.1). | Facet | Score | |---|---| | Discoverability | 68.5 | | Contract Quality | 56.8 | | Governance | 9.8 | | Contract Governance | 9.8 | | Operational Transparency | 44.7 | | Developer Ergonomics | 54.8 | | Commercial Clarity | 60.5 | | Access Clarity | 60.5 | ## Agent readiness — 55.3 (agent-ready) | Dimension | Value | |---|---| | Spec Presence | yes | | Agentic Access | derived | | Reversibility Documented | documented | | MCP Server | documented | | Auth Clarity | yes | | Idempotency | no | | Error Semantics | verified | | OpenAPI Examples | verified | | Rate Limit Signal | verified | | Event Surface Described | no | | Agent Skills | yes | | Well Known Catalog | no | | Consent Identity | no | | Agent Card | no | | Dry Run Mode | no | ## Access Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high). ## APIs (81) - **Box Authorization API** — A set of endpoints used to manage user authorization process. - **Box Authorize API** — The Authorize API from Box — 1 operation(s) for authorize. - **Box Classifications API** — Classification labels are used for content that is sensitive or under security restrictions. - **Box Classifications on Files API** — Classification labels are used for files that are sensitive or under security restrictions. - **Box Classifications on Folders API** — Classification labels are used for folders that are sensitive or under security restrictions. - **Box Collaboration Whitelist Entries API** — The Collaboration Whitelist Entries API from Box — 2 operation(s) for collaboration whitelist entries. - **Box Collaboration Whitelist Exempt Targets API** — The Collaboration Whitelist Exempt Targets API from Box — 2 operation(s) for collaboration whitelist exempt targets. - **Box Collaborations API** — Collaborations define access permissions for users and groups to files and folders, similar to access control lists. - **Box Collaborations (List) API** — A set of endpoints used to retrieve file, folder, pending, and group collaborations. - **Box Collections API** — Collections are a way to group files, folders, and web links without putting them all into a folder. - **Box Comments API** — Comments are messages generated users on files, allowing users to collaborate on a file, discussing any feedback they might have on the content. - **Box Device Pinners API** — Device pinners allow enterprises to control what devices can use native Box applications. - **Box Domain Restrictions for Collaborations API** — A set of endpoints that manage domains for which users can collaborate with files and folders in an enterprise. - **Box Domain Restrictions (User Exemptions) API** — A set of endpoints that allow exempting users from restrictions imposed by the list of allowed collaboration domains for a specific enterprise. - **Box Downloads API** — Downloads allow saving files to the application's server, or directly by the end user in a browser. - **Box Email Aliases API** — Email aliases provide a list of emails additional to the user's primary login email. - **Box Enterprises API** — The Enterprises API from Box — 1 operation(s) for enterprises. - **Box Events API** — Events provide a way for an application to subscribe to any actions performed by any user, users, or service in an enterprise. - **Box File Requests API** — File Requests provide a fast and secure way to request files and associated metadata from anyone. Users can create new file requests based on an existing file request, update fi... - **Box File Version Legal Holds API** — A legal hold is a process that an enterprise can use to preserve all forms of potentially relevant information when litigation is pending or reasonably anticipated. A File Versi... - **Box File Version Retentions API** — A retention policy blocks permanent deletion of content for a specified amount of time. A file version retention is a record for a retained file. - **Box File Versions API** — A set of endpoints used to manage specific versions of a file. - **Box Files API** — 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. - **Box Folder Locks API** — Folder locks define access restrictions placed by folder owners to prevent specific folders from being moved or deleted. - **Box Folders API** — Folders, together with Files, are at the core of the Box API. Folders can be uploaded and downloaded, as well as hold important metadata information about the content. - **Box Group Memberships API** — Group memberships signify that a user is a part of the group. - **Box Groups API** — Groups created in an enterprise. - **Box Integration Mappings API** — Integration Mappings allow the users to manage where content from partner apps is stored in Box. - **Box Invites API** — Invites are used to invite the user to an enterprise. - **Box Legal Hold Policies API** — A legal hold is a process that an enterprise can use to preserve all forms of potentially relevant information when litigation is pending or reasonably anticipated. - **Box Legal Hold Policy Assignments API** — A Legal Hold Policy Assignment is a relation between a policy and custodian. In this case, as custodian can be a user, folder, file, or file version. - **Box Metadata Cascade Policies API** — A metadata cascade policy describes how metadata instances applied to a folder should be applied to any item within that folder. - **Box Metadata Instances (Files) API** — A metadata instance describes the relation between a template and a file, including the values that are assigned for every field. - **Box Metadata Instances (Folders) API** — A metadata instance describes the relation between a template and a folder, including the values that are assigned for every field. - **Box Metadata Queries API** — The Metadata Queries API from Box — 1 operation(s) for metadata queries. - **Box Metadata Templates API** — A metadata template describes a reusable set of key/value pairs that can be assigned to a file. - **Box Oauth2 API** — The Oauth2 API from Box — 3 operation(s) for oauth2. - **Box Recent Items API** — Recent items represent items such as files or folders that the user accessed recently. - **Box Retention Policies API** — A retention policy blocks permanent deletion of content for a specified amount of time. Admins can create retention policies and then assign them to specific folders or their en... - **Box Retention Policy Assignments API** — A Retention Policy Assignment is a relation between a policy and folder or enterprise. Creating an assignment puts a retention on all the file versions that belong to that folde... - …and 41 more, listed in full on the page. ## MCP servers (1) - **MCP Server** ## Agentic access (1) - **Box Agentic Access** — 537 operations · 291 acting · 14 human-in-the-loop ## Security (2) - **Box Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme - **Box Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC ## Plans (1) - **Box Plans Pricing** ## Tags Cloud Storage, Collaboration, Content Management, Documents, Enterprise, File Sharing --- Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/box/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.