For a complete log of all our recent API changes, please see our API Changelog.

Markdown File Viewer

We introduced a new file viewer for Markdown files. Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax. This new viewer is available through the preview link generated via the Get Embed Link endpoint. You can use this single endpoint to preview Markdown files and 120 other file types in your application.

File Collaboration API

We expanded the Collaboration object in the Box API to support file-level collaborations, allowing you to set and apply permissions for users or groups to individual files. Previously, collaborations could only be applied to folder objects.

Watermarking and Annotations Demo

We created a Preview Experience demo application, so you can test out previewing, annotating, and watermarking files.

Box Webhook to AWS Lambda Sample App

This sample app shows how to connect a Box webhook to an AWS Lambda function. Each time an event occurs that triggers the webhook on Box, the Lambda function will be called with the details of the event.

Box Developers User Group

We are hosting a Box Developers meetup at Box HQ in Redwood City on February 22. We will have two talks by Box engineers and time for networking. The first talk will be focused on our top API features and the most popular integration patterns. The second talk will feature a demo of an application built on Box Platform that implements image recognition.

Join us for an exciting meetup where you will learn more about our API, ask questions, and connect with fellow developers.

Submit A Feature Request

Do you want to submit a feature request? Please let us know how we can improve our API, SDKs, or developer documentation.

Community-Supported Projects

Check out these awesome project built on the Box API by the developer community.

• Box-weekly-stats - Get weekly usage stats for Box users.
• Box API Go Wrapper - Golang wrapper for the Box API.
• Collaborations - A utility to track what folders a user is collaborating on.

Check out all of the recent posts on the Box Platform blog.

Image Recognition and Box Platform

Learn how to let a user take a photo, automatically recognize what is in that photo, and then enable the user to search across these photos based on keywords.

Serverless Architecture and Box Platform

Learn about the benefits of serverless architecture and how Box Platform fits into this type of system design.

Build an AI-powered Digital Asset Manager with Stamplay, Clarifai & Box Platform

Learn how to use Stamplay to integrate Box with Clarifai, an image and video recognition API.

Build a Secure Onboarding App with Box Platform

Learn how to build a user onboarding application on Box Platform.