Box · Schema

Event source

The source file or folder that triggered an event in the event stream.

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Properties

Name Type Description
item_type string The type of the item that the event represents. Can be `file` or `folder`.
item_id string The unique identifier that represents the item.
item_name string The name of the item.
classification object The object containing classification information for the item that triggered the event. This field will not appear if the item does not have a classification set.
parent object
owned_by object
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JSON Schema

box-eventsource-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "#/components/schemas/EventSource",
  "title": "Event source",
  "type": "object",
  "x-box-resource-id": "event_source",
  "description": "The source file or folder that triggered an event in\nthe event stream.",
  "required": [
    "item_type",
    "item_id",
    "item_name"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "item_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": false,
      "enum": [
        "file",
        "folder"
      ],
      "description": "The type of the item that the event\nrepresents. Can be `file` or `folder`.\n",
      "example": "file"
    },
    "item_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": false,
      "description": "The unique identifier that represents the\nitem.\n",
      "example": "560284318361"
    },
    "item_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": false,
      "description": "The name of the item.\n",
      "example": "report.pdf"
    },
    "classification": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The object containing classification information for the item that\ntriggered the event. This field will not appear if the item does not\nhave a classification set.",
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The classification's name",
          "example": "Top Secret"
        }
      }
    },
    "parent": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Folder--Mini"
        },
        {
          "description": "The optional folder that this folder is located within.\n\nThis value may be `null` for some folders such as the\nroot folder or the trash folder."
        }
      ],
      "nullable": true
    },
    "owned_by": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/User--Mini"
        },
        {
          "description": "The user who owns this item."
        },
        {
          "nullable": false
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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