Box Integration Activities - Now in Public Preview!

[paul.hoeffer]

We’re happy to announce that the new Box activity package is now in Public Preview.

Please reply below and tell us what you think! Your feedback will be critical as we drive toward GA release.

Overview

Simplify automating processes that use Box.com file storage by replacing UI operations with background API calls.

Box customers can now manage their files, folders, permissions etc. directly from a UiPath Robot. The package provides an integration between UiPath and Box.com that permits the usage of key functionalities that are most likely to be used in automation.

This UiPath Official Preview package includes the following activities:

• Box Scope: provides authentication for Box services and all activities, using JWT (Server Authentication) or standard OAuth 2.0 (User Authentication)
• Invoke Method: Invoke any Box API method from an easily configurable dialog.

File Management

• Upload, Update, Copy, Delete, Move, Lock/Unlock or Download a File
• Get File Info, Get Detailed File Info, and Get File Lock Info
• Get File Comments

Chunked File Uploads

• Create New File Upload or Version Session
• Upload File Chunk
• Commit Session

File Version Control

• Get Versions, Promote Version and Delete Old Version

Folder Management

• Create, Copy, Rename, and Delete Folders
• Get Folder Info and Folder Items

Search

• Search for Content

How to install

In the Official feed, check ‘Include Prerelease’, search for “UiPath.Box.Activities”, and install the latest Preview version.

• Important - Please make sure you check the ‘Include Prerelease’ checkbox

Getting Started (Guide + Demo)

Check out the demo below and the user guide to help get you up to speed fast.

Box Public Preview - Demo

[Shubham_Varshney]

Another integration/connector available to make life of coders easy

[wusiyangjia (Siyang Wu)]

Hi @paul.hoeffer

This is admirable, I wonder if this activities can be used in intranet, which has an accessible box server, and do you have any solution for below question?

I cant Install Box Activities on My project

I cant Install Box Activities on My project 19.10.4+Branch.support-v2019.10.Sha.fe819a658cad0585a64d2f8af94fad5c30b8d122 The following package(s) can not be installed: UiPath.Box.Activities 0.1.0.716103448 And on the console window show me this [image]

[paul.hoeffer]

Hi - that issue is fixed on the latest version of Box, which is 1.1.1-preview. You can find it on the feed, or direct download at Box - RPA Component | UiPath Marketplace.

[ing88feracmo (Fernando Acosta)]

@paul.hoeffer

ure you check the ‘Include Prerelease’ checkbox

Hi Paul, I want to know how i can add a collaborator to a folder o a file

[paul.hoeffer]

This is not available in the 1.1 release, though you could use a generic HTTP activity to access this API on Box. https://developer.box.com/reference/post-collaborations/

We have in our backlog for Box 1.2 to look at being able to expose the entire REST API via the Box Invoke Method activity, but cannot specify any time frame other than “2020 Q4”.

[davendra.patel]

This is excellent! Keep up the excellent work.

[achrafbenyounes2012]

Hello,

I use search fort contents and all the times it return nothing. When i dis get Golder info and I passe as parameter “0” It return à folder name “All files”. Thanks a lot for the help

[achrafbenyounes2012]

Hello,

Could you please share your code for uipath interactions with box drive. I’m newbie and thanks a lot for your help and your great job.

[paul.hoeffer]

Hi - here is the test robot I used. You will have to update the values of the variables for your folders, auth, etc. You’ll need to use the 1.1.3 version of the Box activity pack.

Hope it helps

20201207 - 1.1.3 - Redacted.zip (461.1 KB)

[tlano (Ted Lano)]

Will you give an example on how to use the Execute Method Activity? Namely the “CreateSharedLink” method? I’m not sure how to create/initalize the “sharedLinkRequest” parameter.

[paul.hoeffer]

There are 2 Created Shared Link methods, one for web links and the other for a folder. You can see this in their API documentation at https://developer.box.com/guides/shared-links/create/

For the robot you will need to provide the ID of the resource, e.g. for CreatedSharedLink (Folder), you would set:
id = id of the Folder you want to create a link for
sharedLinkRequest = you will need to create a new object and optionally set it’s parameters, e.,g. new BoxSharedLinkRequest

Attached is the folder I used. The credentials are removed so you will have to supply your own.

BoxDemo.zip (34.7 KB)

[tlano (Ted Lano)]

Thanks! Very helpful