Getting started with Box UI Elements using Python & Flask

Pre-requisites

Follow the instructions on the medium article:

Getting started with Box UI Elements using Python & Flask (Part 1)

It will guide you through:

• creating a free Box account
• setting up a Box application
• creating a folder
• uploading some demo files

Installation

Get the code

$ git clone git@github.com:barduinor/ui-elements-python.git
$ cd ui-elements-python

Set up your virtual environment

$ python3.10 -m venv venv
$ source ./venv.bin/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Create your application environment

$ cp .env.example .env

Edit your .env file and fill in the information

DEVELOPER_TOKEN=YOUR_DEVELOPER_TOKEN_GOES_HERE
PREVIEWER_FILE_ID= YOUR_PREVIEWER_FILE_ID_GOES_HERE
PREVIEWER_FILE_LIST=Multiple,File,ids,comma,separated,no,spaces
UPLOADER_FOLDER_ID=YOUR_UPLOADS_FOLDER_ID_GOES_HERE

Set up the environment variables and start the server

$ export FLASK_APP=app
$ export FLASK_ENV=development
$ flask run

Point your browser to the server (e.g http://127.0.0.1:5000) Inspect you browser console to see the javascript events. Server events will be printed on the terminal.