Android™ Requires Chilkat v11.5.0+

Box: Identify the User Behind an Access Token

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Identify the account whose permissions and root folder the token uses. Start here when an app cannot see files visible in a personal Box account.

See the Box API guide for setup and the complete workflow.

Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    //  Requires Chilkat 11.5.0 or later and a previously unlocked Chilkat bundle.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample.
    //  Guide: Box API Guide.

    success = false;

    //  Supply an unexpired token obtained with one of the Box authentication examples.
    //  A token represents a particular user or service account. IDs must be accessible to it.
    CkHttpCurl curl = new CkHttpCurl();
    curl.SetVar("access_token","BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN");

    curl.ClearTargetOutput("*");
    CkStringBuilder authorizedCommand1 = new CkStringBuilder();
    authorizedCommand1.SetString("curl -X GET \"https://api.box.com/2.0/users/me?fields=id,name,login\" -H \"Authorization: Bearer {{access_token}}\"");
    int headerReplacement1 = authorizedCommand1.Replace("{{access_token}}",curl.getVar("access_token"));
    success = curl.DoYourThing(authorizedCommand1.getAsString());
    if ((success != true) or (curl.get_StatusCode() != 200)) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Box request failed. HTTP status: " + String.valueOf(curl.get_StatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "Failure reason: " + String.valueOf(curl.get_FailReason()));
        Log.i(TAG, curl.responseBodyStr());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, curl.responseBodyStr());

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}