Revert file version
Revert to a previous version of a file.
If previous versions exist, this method can be used to promote one of the older versions to the top of the version history.
This actually creates a new copy of the old version and puts it at the
top of the versions history. The file will have the exact same contents
as the older version, with the the same hash digest, etag, and
name as the original.
Other properties such as comments do not get updated to their former values.
Request
Path Parameters
12345The 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
id,type,nameA 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.
Request Body
11446498The file version ID
file_versionValue is always file_version
Response
Returns a newly created file version object.
An unexpected client error.
Request Example
curl -X POST https://api.box.com/2.0/files/12345/versions/current \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>'
-H 'Content-Type: application/json" '
-d '{
"type": "file_version",
"id": "456456"
}'string fileId = "11111";
BoxFileVersion current = await client.FilesManager.PromoteVersionAsync(fileId, versionId: "22222");BoxFile file = new BoxFile(api, "id");
List<BoxFileVersion> versions = file.getVersions();
BoxFileVersion firstVersion = versions.get(0);
firstVersion.promote();file_id = '11111'
file_version_id = '12345'
version_to_promote = client.file_version(file_version_id)
new_version = client.file(file_id).promote_version(version_to_promote)
print('Version {0} promoted; new version {1} created'.format(file_version_id, new_version.id))var fileID = '11111';
var versionID = '22222';
client.files.promoteVersion(fileID, versionID)
.then(version => {
/* version -> {
type: 'file_version',
id: '33333',
sha1: '12039d6dd9a7e6eefc78846802e',
name: 'Stark Family Lineage.pptx',
size: 37934912,
created_at: '2013-11-20T13:20:50-08:00',
modified_at: '2013-11-20T13:26:48-08:00',
modified_by:
{ type: 'user',
id: '44444',
name: 'Eddard Stark',
login: 'ned@winterfell.example.com' } }
*/
});