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Authorize user

get
https://account.box.com/api/oauth2
/authorize

Authorize a user by sending them through the Box website and request their permission to act on their behalf.

This is the first step when authenticating a user using OAuth 2.0. To request a user's authorization to use the Box APIs on their behalf you will need to send a user to the URL with this format.

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Request

application/json

Query Parameters

stringin queryrequired
ly1nj6n11vionaie65emwzk575hnnmrk

The Client ID of the application that is requesting to authenticate the user. To get the Client ID for your application, log in to your Box developer console and click the Edit Application link for the application you're working with. In the OAuth 2.0 Parameters section of the configuration page, find the item labelled client_id. The text of that item is your application's Client ID.

string / urlin queryoptional
http://example.com/auth/callback

The URL to which Box redirects the browser after the user has granted or denied the application permission. This URL must match the redirect URL in the configuration of your application. It must be a valid HTTPS URL and it needs to be able to handle the redirection to complete the next step in the OAuth 2.0 flow.

string / tokenin queryrequired
code

Value is always code

stringin queryoptional
admin_readwrite

A comma-separated list of application scopes you'd like to authenticate the user for. This defaults to all the scopes configured for the application in its configuration page.

stringin queryoptional
my_state

A custom string of your choice. Box will pass the same string to the redirect URL when authentication is complete. This parameter can be used to identify a user on redirect, as well as protect against hijacked sessions and other exploits.

Response

text/html

Does not return any data, but rather should be used in the browser.

text/html

Does not return any data, but rather should be used in the browser.

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Request Example

cURL
curl -X GET "https://account.box.com/api/oauth2/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=ly1nj6n11vionaie65emwzk575hnnmrk&redirect_uri=http://example.com/auth/callback"
Python
from boxsdk import OAuth2

oauth = OAuth2(
    client_id='YOUR_CLIENT_ID',
    client_secret='YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET',
    store_tokens=your_store_tokens_callback_method,
)

auth_url, csrf_token = oauth.get_authorization_url('http://YOUR_REDIRECT_URL')

# Redirect user to auth_url, where they will enter their Box credentials
Node
var BoxSDK = require('box-node-sdk');
var sdk = new BoxSDK({
	clientID: 'YOUR-CLIENT-ID',
	clientSecret: 'YOUR-CLIENT_SECRET'
});

// the URL to redirect the user to
var authorize_url = sdk.getAuthorizeURL({
	response_type: 'code'
});
iOS
import BoxSDK

let sdk = BoxSDK(clientId: "YOUR CLIENT ID HERE", clientSecret: "YOUR CLIENT SECRET HERE")
sdk.getOAuth2Client() { result in
    switch result {
    case let .success(client):
        // Use client to make API calls
    case let .failure(error):
        // Handle error creating client
    }
}