Python Requires Chilkat v11.5.0+

Box: Get a Service Account Token with Client Credentials

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Obtain a Box service-account token using the client credentials grant. Configure and authorize a Server app first. Load credentials from protected application configuration; do not ship a client secret in a public client.

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

Chilkat2-Python

import sys
import chilkat2

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

curl = chilkat2.HttpCurl()
curl.SetVar("client_id","BOX_CLIENT_ID")
curl.SetVar("client_secret","BOX_CLIENT_SECRET")
curl.SetVar("enterprise_id","BOX_ENTERPRISE_ID")
# enterprise identifies the app's service account. This is not an admin-user token.
curl.ClearTargetOutput("*")
curl.ClearVar("access_token")
curl.AddTargetOutput("access_token","access_token")
success = curl.DoYourThing("curl -X POST \"https://api.box.com/oauth2/token\" --data-urlencode \"grant_type=client_credentials\" --data-urlencode \"client_id={{client_id}}\" --data-urlencode \"client_secret={{client_secret}}\" --data-urlencode \"box_subject_type=enterprise\" --data-urlencode \"box_subject_id={{enterprise_id}}\"")
if ((success != True) or (curl.StatusCode != 200)):
    print("Box request failed. HTTP status: " + str(curl.StatusCode))
    print("Failure reason: " + str(curl.FailReason))
    sys.exit()

if (curl.VarDefined("!") != True):
    print("Expected response fields are missing.")
    sys.exit()

# Keep this token in protected application memory; reacquire it when it expires.
# Do not print tokens or the complete token response.
print("Service-account access token obtained.")
curl.ClearTargetOutput("*")
authorizedCommand1 = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
authorizedCommand1.SetString("curl -X GET \"https://api.box.com/2.0/users/me?fields=id,name,login\" -H \"Authorization: Bearer {{access_token}}\"")
headerReplacement1 = authorizedCommand1.Replace("{{access_token}}",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.DoYourThing(authorizedCommand1.GetAsString())
if ((success != True) or (curl.StatusCode != 200)):
    print("Box request failed. HTTP status: " + str(curl.StatusCode))
    print("Failure reason: " + str(curl.FailReason))
    print(curl.ResponseBodyStr)
    sys.exit()

print(curl.ResponseBodyStr)