'Have to use Oauth2, Bearer token is only good for one hour. I am using postman for API calls as I am trying to download on batch thousands of files from a database. ' Box doesn't support Basic Authentication. 'In which case we have to add the basic authorization header manually.ĭim bytes() As Byte = 8.GetBytes(String.Format("",username,password))ĭim base64 As String = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes)
A data file containing the cURL commands. Import a collection directly or generate one with one click from: An API schema in the RAML, WADL, OpenAPI, or GraphQL format. 'Sometimes a web server will require the authorisation header in the initial request Instead of creating calls manually to send over the command line, all you need is a Postman Collection.
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However, I had to make a small code change in your code to connect to Box Integration (Oauth 2.0).īearer token is only good for one hour. Need to figure it a way to generate new Bearer token using client_id and client_secrete every request.īox provided javascript code to generate new token (Find attached) Now, I need to convert it from javascript to VB and incorporate it to Request File Object.ĭim request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(addressURL) I was able to download file using your object on REST API with Basic Authentication. Thank you Eric for the HTTP Request File Object. How can we save this content as a original file. After making request we are getting File data as text in the response content data item.įor your reference I am getting the response as below as text type. NET HttpClient class to retrieve your file.ĭirector, Partner Integrations for Digital Exchange It is a powerful HTTP client and makes it easy to test, develop and document APIs by allowing user to. In the meantime, I would suggest using a code stage and something like the. Postman is one of the very popular tool for testing APIs. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the repository is publicly accessible. This has been raised with product as a limitation of the feature and should be addressed in a future release. Unfortunately, binary streams are not supported as a return type of a Web API service.
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