Box

Overview

Provides Smart Services and custom functions to integrate Appian with Box document management

Key Features & Functionality

Custom Functions

• Create JSON Web Token (JWT) - createtoken() provides the user with a JWT that can be used for up to 60 seconds as authentication with the Box “token” API
  
• Construct URL Custom Function - constructboxurl() expression function facilitates the creation of a servlet download link
  
• Generate Box URL - generateboxurl() calls box url and intercepts the redirect url. It requires a valid Client Credentials Grant authorization token.
  

Smart Services

• File Upload - after obtaining a JWT, this smart service uses the access token and calls the file upload API passing in the contents of a provided Appian Document
  
• File Download to Appian - this smart service can download a file from Box and store it in a provided Appian Knowledge Center or Folder
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• File Download - downloads a file directly to the browser for the user to view/save to their computer. For security reasons most of the parameters passed to the servlet are obfuscated. Use the "constuctboxurl" function to create a URL to access the servlet securely.

Please see the Box File Utilities guide included with the download for complete setup and usage instructions.