Objective-C 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.

Objective-C

#import <CkoHttpCurl.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

success = NO;

//  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.
CkoHttpCurl *curl = [[CkoHttpCurl alloc] init];
[curl SetVar: @"access_token" varValue: @"BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"];

[curl ClearTargetOutput: @"*"];
CkoStringBuilder *authorizedCommand1 = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[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}}" replacement: [curl GetVar: @"access_token"]] intValue];
success = [curl DoYourThing: [authorizedCommand1 GetAsString]];
if ((success != YES) || ([curl.StatusCode intValue] != 200)) {
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Box request failed. HTTP status: ",[curl.StatusCode intValue]);
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Failure reason: ",[curl.FailReason intValue]);
    NSLog(@"%@",curl.ResponseBodyStr);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",curl.ResponseBodyStr);