Can't access existing folder

[f0t0n]

Hi guys,

I have some files in my Box folder and I need to do some operations on them, namely download and analyze their content, then map file URLs to entities in my database. So that I've went forward with boxsdk[jwt].
I've set up a code to access an existing folder to read files from.
The URL in Box looks like https://<username>.app.box.com/files/0/f/<int_id>/<folder_name>.
Though when I try to use that int_id as a Folder ID, the response says me that the folder is not found.
Then I tried to get a root folder with ID 0 but it says it's empty.

My code looks like follows:

from boxsdk import Client
from boxsdk import JWTAuth
from functools import partial


BOX_USER_NAME = '<my_box_user_name>'


def box_import(folder_id, client_id, client_secret, jwt_key_id, enterprise_id,
               rsa_private_key):
    create_auth = partial(
        JWTAuth, client_id=client_id, client_secret=client_secret,
        jwt_key_id=jwt_key_id, enterprise_id=enterprise_id,
        rsa_private_key_file_sys_path=rsa_private_key)
    auth = create_auth()
    client = Client(auth)
    users = client.users(filter_term=BOX_USER_NAME)
    user = users[0] if users else client.create_user(BOX_USER_NAME)
    user_auth = create_auth()
    user_auth.authenticate_app_user(user)
    client = Client(user_auth)

    folder = client.folder(folder_id=folder_id).get()
    print(folder.name)
    print(folder.owned_by)
    print(folder.get_items(100))

In result I get next output:

All Files
{'id': '282981125', 'type': 'user', 'login': '<user_login>@boxdevedition.com', 'name': '<my_box_user_name>'}
[]

So the empty list at the end indicates the root folder is empty. But it's not really. I have gigabytes of data in my account.

Why do I see such behavior and how I could access the target folder inside my root folder having its box URL?

User types and scopes in app settings:

[Jeff-Meadows]

Hi @f0t0n - thanks for trying out the SDK and JWT.

App Auth and App Users are intended to allow you to create new users and manage those users, but not intended to allow you to manage existing users in another enterprise. (Notice that your user's login is xyz@boxdevedition.com and not your actual email login)

The intended way for you to access your account is by using the OAuth2 login flow. Alternatively, you could create an app user, note its email address, and collaborate that user into the folders on your account you wish to analyze; then your app user will have access to those folders and the files within them.

[f0t0n]

Hi @Jeff-Meadows,

Thanks for the answer. So should I add the user created with client.create_user(BOX_USER_NAME) as a collaborator to my folder (the <login>@boxdevedition.com one)?.

[f0t0n]

Yea, this worked. ⤴️