Box Developers Newsletter: December 2016


This month, we released a File Collaboration API. We also improved our file viewers for text, code, and CSV file types. Join us for a Box Developers meetup at our office on January 25. Check out the details below!

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Recent Product Updates

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

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.

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Improved Viewers for Text, Code, and CSV File Types

We introduced new file viewers for text, code, and CSV file types for previews generated via the Get Embed Link endpoint of the Box API. These new viewers improve the readability and overall appearance of these file types.

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Service Accounts

A Service Account represents your application within a Box Enterprise. Using a Service Account your application can authenticate to Box instead of authenticating as a user.

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SDK Updates

We updated our .NET, Java, and Node.js SDKs to increase their coverage of our API endpoints.

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Watermarking and Annotations Demo

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

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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.

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Feature Requests

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.

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Community-Supported Projects

Community-Supported Projects

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

  • Box-PSModule - PowerShell module to create automated tasks to call the Box API
  • Box-Watson - Sample app built to demonstrate how to integrate the Box API with Watson using Bluemix
  • Collaborations - A utility to track what folders a user is collaborating on.
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Events

Box Developers User Group - January 25

We are hosting a Box Developers meetup at Box HQ in Redwood City on January 25. Join us to learn more about our API, ask questions, and connect with fellow developers building with Box.

Register for the Meetup


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