Box Java SDK

The Box Java SDK for interacting with the Box Content API.

Quickstart

The SDK can be obtained by adding it as a [maven dependency] (http://opensource.box.com/box-java-sdk/), cloning the source into your project, or by downloading one of the precompiled JARs from the [releases page on GitHub] (https://gitenterprise.inside-box.net/Box/box-java-sdk/releases).

If you use the JAR, you'll also need to include [minimal-json v0.9.1] (https://github.com/ralfstx/minimal-json) - which is the SDK's only dependency. You can get minimal-json from maven with com.eclipsesource.minimal-json:minimal-json:0.9.1.

Here is a simple example of how to authenticate with the API using a developer token and then print the ID and name of each item in your root folder.

BoxAPIConnection api = new BoxAPIConnection("developer-token");
BoxFolder rootFolder = BoxFolder.getRootFolder(api);
for (BoxItem.Info itemInfo : rootFolder) {
    System.out.format("[%d] %s\n", itemInfo.getID(), itemInfo.getName());
}

For more details on how to get started, check out the overview guide. It has a short explanation of how the SDK works and how you can get started using it.

Sample Project

A sample project can be found in src/example. This project will output your name and a list of the files and folders in your root directory.

To run the project, first provide a developer token in src/example/java/com/box/sdk/example/Main.java. You can obtain a developer token from your application's developer console.

public final class Main {
    private static final String DEVELOPER_TOKEN = "<YOUR_DEVELOPER_TOKEN>";

    // ...
}

Then just invoke gradle runExample to run the example!

Building

The SDK uses Gradle for its build system. Running gradle build from the root of the repository will compile, lint, and test the SDK.

$ gradle build

The SDK also includes integration tests which make real API calls, and therefore are run separately from unit tests. Integration tests should be run against a test account since they create and delete data. To run the integration tests, remove the .template extension from src/test/config/config.properties.template and fill in your test account's information. Then run:

$ gradle integrationTest

Documentation

You can find guides and tutorials in the doc directory.

• Javadocs
• Overview
• Authentication
• Files
• Folders
• Comments
• Collaborations
• Events
• Search
• Users
• Groups
• Tasks

Javadocs are generated when gradle javadoc is run and can be found in build/doc/javadoc.

Copyright and License

Copyright 2014 Box, Inc. All rights reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.