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Get trashed file

get
https://api.box.com/2.0
/files/:file_id/trash

Retrieves a file that has been moved to the trash.

Request

application/json

Path Parameters

stringin pathrequired
12345

The unique identifier that represent a file.

The ID for any file can be determined by visiting a file in the web application and copying the ID from the URL. For example, for the URL https://*.app.box.com/files/123 the file_id is 123.

Query Parameters

string arrayin queryoptional
id,type,name

A comma-separated list of attributes to include in the response. This can be used to request fields that are not normally returned in a standard response.

Be aware that specifying this parameter will have the effect that none of the standard fields are returned in the response unless explicitly specified, instead only fields for the mini representation are returned, additional to the fields requested.

Response

application/jsonFile

Returns the file that was trashed, including information about when the it was moved to the trash.

application/jsonClient error

Returns an error if the file is not in the trash.

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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Request Example

cURL
curl -X GET https://api.box.com/2.0/files/12345/trash \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>'
.NET
BoxFile trashedFile = await client.FilesManager.GetTrashedAsync("11111");
Java
String fileID = "9873459";
BoxTrash trash = new BoxTrash(api);
BoxFile.Info fileInfo = trash.getFileInfo(fileID);
Python
file_to_retrieve = client.file(file_id='11111')
file_from_trash = client.trash().get_item(file_to_retrieve)
print('File ID is {0} and name is {1}'.format(file_from_trash.id, file_from_trash.name))
Node
client.files.getTrashedFile('11111')
	.then(trashedFile => {
		/* trashedFile -> {
			type: 'file',
			id: '11111',
			sequence_id: '2',
			etag: '2',
			sha1: '4bd9e98652799fc57cf9423e13629c151152ce6c',
			name: 'Screenshot_1_30_13_6_37_PM.png',
			description: '',
			size: 163265,
			path_collection: 
			{ total_count: 1,
				entries: 
				[ { type: 'folder',
					id: '1',
					sequence_id: null,
					etag: null,
					name: 'Trash' } ] },
			created_at: '2013-01-30T18:43:56-08:00',
			modified_at: '2013-01-30T18:44:00-08:00',
			trashed_at: '2013-02-07T10:49:34-08:00',
			purged_at: '2013-03-09T10:49:34-08:00',
			content_created_at: '2013-01-30T18:43:56-08:00',
			content_modified_at: '2013-01-30T18:44:00-08:00',
			created_by: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '33333',
				name: 'Example User',
				login: 'user@example.com' },
			modified_by: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '33333',
				name: 'Example User',
				login: 'user@example.com' },
			owned_by: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '33333',
				name: 'Example User',
				login: 'user@example.com' },
			shared_link: null,
			parent: 
			{ type: 'folder',
				id: '0',
				sequence_id: null,
				etag: null,
				name: 'All Files' },
			item_status: 'trashed' }
		*/
	});