Zig 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.

Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    var success: bool = 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.
    const curl = try chilkat.HttpCurl.init();
    defer curl.deinit();
    curl.setVar("access_token", "BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN");

    curl.clearTargetOutput("*");
    const authorized_command1 = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer authorized_command1.deinit();
    authorized_command1.setString("curl -X GET \"https://api.box.com/2.0/users/me?fields=id,name,login\" -H \"Authorization: Bearer {{access_token}}\"") catch {};
    _ = authorized_command1.replace("{{access_token}}", try curl.getVar(alloc, "access_token"));
    success = if (curl.doYourThing(try authorized_command1.getAsString(alloc))) true else |_| false;
    if ((!success) or (curl.getStatusCode() != 200)) {
        std.debug.print("Box request failed. HTTP status: {d}\n", .{curl.getStatusCode()});
        std.debug.print("Failure reason: {d}\n", .{curl.getFailReason()});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try curl.getResponseBodyStr(alloc)});
        return;
    }

    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try curl.getResponseBodyStr(alloc)});
}