Tcl 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.

Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

set success 0

#  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.
set curl [new_CkHttpCurl]

CkHttpCurl_SetVar $curl "access_token" "BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"

CkHttpCurl_ClearTargetOutput $curl "*"
set authorizedCommand1 [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkStringBuilder_SetString $authorizedCommand1 "curl -X GET \"https://api.box.com/2.0/users/me?fields=id,name,login\" -H \"Authorization: Bearer {{access_token}}\""
set headerReplacement1 [CkStringBuilder_Replace $authorizedCommand1 "{{access_token}}" [CkHttpCurl_getVar $curl "access_token"]]
set success [CkHttpCurl_DoYourThing $curl [CkStringBuilder_getAsString $authorizedCommand1]]
if {expr [$success != 1]  ||  [[CkHttpCurl_get_StatusCode $curl] != 200]} then {
    puts "Box request failed. HTTP status: [CkHttpCurl_get_StatusCode $curl]"
    puts "Failure reason: [CkHttpCurl_get_FailReason $curl]"
    puts [CkHttpCurl_responseBodyStr $curl]
    delete_CkHttpCurl $curl
    delete_CkStringBuilder $authorizedCommand1
    exit
}

puts [CkHttpCurl_responseBodyStr $curl]

delete_CkHttpCurl $curl
delete_CkStringBuilder $authorizedCommand1