Box API v.2 For PHP

This is a package can be used with PHP Project and especially integrate with Laravel. This package will serve latest Box API for App User for Enterprise to communicate server to server (eg. Uploading files to company Box behind the scene without ask grant to your web visitor, and Standard User for common user accesing their own Box account, and this will need grant access from their account.

Installation on Laravel

To install into your project just run this command in terminal

composer require maengkom/boxapi

After download completed, you can add this to your app.php config file

Maengkom\Box\BoxAPIServiceProvider::class, // Laravel 5

'Maengkom\Box\BoxAPIServiceProvider',      // Laravel 4

And if you want using Facade, you can use these two facade

/* Laravel 5 */
'BoxAU'     => Maengkom\Box\Facades\AppUserFacade::class,
'BoxSU'     => Maengkom\Box\Facades\StandardUserFacade::class,

/* Laravel 4 */
'BoxAU'     => 'Maengkom\Box\Facades\AppUserFacade',
'BoxSU'     => 'Maengkom\Box\Facades\StandardUserFacade',

BoxAU is used for App User for Enterprise box account. BoxSU is used for normal box user to access their asset in their box account.

After this don't forget to run this command below, to copy config file into config folder in Laravel 5 project

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="boxapi"

for Laravel 4, run this command in terminal

php artisan config:publish maengkom/boxapi

Installation on Lumen

After install using composer, you need configure some in bootstrap/app.php file :

// Uncomment this line below
$app->withFacades();

// Add these line below to use Facade
class_alias('Maengkom\Box\Facades\AppUserFacade', 'BoxAU');
class_alias('Maengkom\Box\Facades\StandardUserFacade', 'BoxSU');

// Register this service provider
$app->register('Maengkom\Box\BoxAPIServiceProvider');

Common Installation

Just include the classes you want to use, pick one or both :

BoxAppUser.php			// Class for App User type
BoxStandardUser.php		// Class for Standard User type

and these classes are required

BoxContent.php			// Trait content Box Content API Methods
Helper.php				// Helper class

Configuration

General

Please read the comment and open url box documentation to get the values for those keys.

For App User type, assumed you only need one user for your webserver communicate with your box account. Just set app_user_name and package will check if not exist, it will created for you based on name, if exist as app user on your box app, it will use user id to used in application.

App User Private Key File

When using App User class ``BoxAppUser`, you must create 2 files : private_key.pem and public_key.pem. Put private key file in the root of application, for Laravel project this should be fine because outside public folder.

Laravel 5

There are some configuration key to set in folder

config/boxapi.php and don't forget if you set private key file in root folder. Set this

'private_key_file'  => base_path() . '/private_key.pem'

Laravel 4

Configuration file will be put on folder

app\config\packages\maengkom\boxapi\config.php

also like Laravel 5, you may set private key file in the root project folder

'private_key_file'  => base_path() . '/private_key.pem'

Lumen

Configuration integrated in .env file, use the key below and find the values in you box app. Follow guideline in http://developer.box.com

BOX_AU_CLIENT_ID	 		=
BOX_AU_CLIENT_SECRET   		=
BOX_REDIRECT_URI			=
BOX_ENTERPRISE_ID			=
BOX_APP_USER_NAME			=
BOX_APP_USER_ID				=
BOX_EXPIRATION				= 60
BOX_KID_VALUE				=
BOX_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE		= private_key.pem
BOX_PASSPHRASE				= 1234

For Lumen just mention the name of private key file, absolute path already set in ServiceProvider

'private_key_file'  => base_path() . "/" . $_ENV['BOX_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE']

PHP Project

Set configuration values in array and passing the config variables in instance creation, for example :

$config = array(
        'client_id' 		=> '',
        'client_secret'		=> '',
        'redirect_uri'		=> '',
        'enterprise_id'		=> '',
        'app_user_name'		=> '',
        'app_user_id'		=> '',
        'kid_value'			=> '',
        'passphrase'		=> '',
        'expiration'		=> 60,
        'private_key_file'	=> 'private_key.pem',
        
$box = new BoxAppUser($config); 		// For App User or
$box = new BoxStandardUser($config) 	// For Standard User

Set your private key file out of folder that accessible for internet user.

API List

Below are the API methods you can used. All methods are following Box documentation.

Object	Method	Verb	Official Manual
Folder	getFolderInfo($id)	Get	Get Folder’s Info
Folder	getFolderItems($id)	Get	Get Folder's Items
Folder	createFolder($name, $parent_id)	Post	Create Folder
Folder	updateFolder($id, $name)	Put	Update Folder
Folder	deleteFolder($id)	Delete	Delete Folder
Folder	copyFolder($id, $dest)	Post	Copy Folder
Folder	createSharedLink($id)	Put	Create Shared Link
Folder	folderCollaborations($id)	Get	Folder Collaborations
Folder	getTrashedItems($limit, $offeset)	Get	Get Trashed Items
Folder	getTrashedFolder($id)	Get	Get Trashed Folder
Folder	permanentDelete($id)	Delete	Permanently Delete
Folder	restoreFolder($id, $newName)	Get	Restore Folder
File	getFileInfo($id)	Get	Get File's Info
File	updateFileInfo($id, $name)	Put	Update File's Info
File	toggleLock($id, $type, $expire, $down)	Put	Lock and Unlock
File	downloadFile($id)	Get	Download File
File	uploadFile($file, $parent, $name)	Post	Upload File
File	deleteFile($id)	Delete	Delete File
File	updateFile($name, $id)	Post	Update File
File	copyFile($id, $dest)	Post	Copy File
File	getThumbnail($id)	Get	Get Thumbnail
File	getEmbedLink($id)	Get	Get Embed Link
File	createSharedLink($id, $access)	Put	Create Shared Link
File	getTrashedFile($id)	Get	Get Trashed File
File	deleteFilePermanent($id)	Delete	Permanently Delete
File	restoreItem($id, $newName)	Post	Restore File Item
File	viewComments($id)	Get	View Comments
File	getFileTasks($id)	Get	Get File's Tasks

Example

If you want to get folder information in root, call this methods :

BoxAU::getFolderInfo('0', true); // Return root folder information using App User in Json format
BoxSU::getFolderInfo('0', true); // Return root folder information using Standard User in Json format

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