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Collaborations

Create collaboration

Adds a collaboration for a single user or a single group to a file or folder.

Collaborations can be created using email address, user IDs, or a group IDs.

If a collaboration is being created with a group, access to this endpoint is dependent on the group's ability to be invited.

If collaboration is in pending status, field name is redacted when:

  • a collaboration was created using user_id,
  • a collaboration was created using login.
post/collaborations

Query parameters

fieldsstring[]

A comma-separated list of attributes to include in the response. This can be used to request fields that are not normally returned in a standard response.

Be aware that specifying this parameter will have the effect that none of the standard fields are returned in the response unless explicitly specified, instead only fields for the mini representation are returned, additional to the fields requested.

notifyboolean

Determines if users should receive email notification for the action performed.

Request body

role'editor' | 'viewer' | 'previewer' | 'uploader' | 'previewer uploader' | 'viewer uploader' | 'co-owner' required

The level of access granted.

is_access_onlyboolean

If set to true, collaborators have access to shared items, but such items won't be visible in the All Files list. Additionally, collaborators won't see the path to the root folder for the shared item.

can_view_pathboolean

Determines if the invited users can see the entire parent path to the associated folder. The user will not gain privileges in any parent folder and therefore can not see content the user is not collaborated on.

Be aware that this meaningfully increases the time required to load the invitee's All Files page. We recommend you limit the number of collaborations with can_view_path enabled to 1,000 per user.

Only an owner or co-owners can invite collaborators with a can_view_path of true. Only an owner can update can_view_path on existing collaborations.

can_view_path can only be used for folder collaborations.

When you delete a folder with can_view_path=true, collaborators may still see the parent path. For instructions on how to remove this, see Even though a folder invited via can_view_path is deleted, the path remains displayed.

expires_atstring date-time

Set the expiration date for the collaboration. At this date, the collaboration will be automatically removed from the item.

This feature will only work if the Automatically remove invited collaborators: Allow folder owners to extend the expiry date setting has been enabled in the Enterprise Settings of the Admin Console. When the setting is not enabled, collaborations can not have an expiry date and a value for this field will be result in an error.

Example request

{
  "item": {
    "type": "file",
    "id": "11446498"
  },
  "accessible_by": {
    "type": "user",
    "id": "23522323",
    "login": "john@example.com"
  },
  "role": "editor",
  "is_access_only": true,
  "can_view_path": true,
  "expires_at": "2019-08-29T23:59:00-07:00"
}

Response

Returns a new collaboration object.

idstring required

The unique identifier for this collaboration.

type'collaboration' required

The value will always be collaboration.

invite_emailstring nullable

The email address used to invite an unregistered collaborator, if they are not a registered user.

role'editor' | 'viewer' | 'previewer' | 'uploader' | 'previewer uploader' | 'viewer uploader' | 'co-owner' | 'owner'

The level of access granted.

expires_atstring date-time nullable

When the collaboration will expire, or null if no expiration date is set.

is_access_onlyboolean

If set to true, collaborators have access to shared items, but such items won't be visible in the All Files list. Additionally, collaborators won't see the path to the root folder for the shared item.

status'accepted' | 'pending' | 'rejected'

The status of the collaboration invitation. If the status is pending, name returns an empty string.

acknowledged_atstring date-time

When the status of the collaboration object changed to accepted or rejected.

created_atstring date-time

When the collaboration object was created.

modified_atstring date-time

When the collaboration object was last modified.

Example response

{
  "id": "12345678",
  "type": "collaboration",
  "item": {
    "id": "12345",
    "etag": "1",
    "type": "file",
    "sequence_id": "3",
    "name": "Contract.pdf",
    "sha1": "85136C79CBF9FE36BB9D05D0639C70C265C18D37",
    "file_version": {
      "id": "12345",
      "type": "file_version",
      "sha1": "134b65991ed521fcfe4724b7d814ab8ded5185dc"
    },
    "description": "Contract for Q1 renewal",
    "size": 629644,
    "path_collection": {
      "total_count": 1,
      "entries": [
        {
          "id": "12345",
          "etag": "1",
          "type": "folder",
          "sequence_id": "3",
          "name": "Contracts"
        }
      ]
    },
    "created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
    "modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
    "trashed_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
    "purged_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
    "content_created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
    "content_modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
    "created_by": {
      "id": "11446498",
      "type": "user",
      "name": "Aaron Levie",
      "login": "ceo@example.com"
    },
    "modified_by": {
      "id": "11446498",
      "type": "user",
      "name": "Aaron Levie",
      "login": "ceo@example.com"
    },
    "owned_by": {
      "id": "11446498",
      "type": "user",
      "name": "Aaron Levie",
      "login": "ceo@example.com"
    },
    "shared_link": {
      "url": "https://www.box.com/s/vspke7y05sb214wjokpk",
      "download_url": "https://www.box.com/shared/static/rh935iit6ewrmw0unyul.jpeg",
      "vanity_url": "https://acme.app.box.com/v/my_url/",
      "vanity_name": "my_url",
      "access": "open",
      "effective_access": "company",
      "effective_permission": "can_download",
      "unshared_at": "2018-04-13T13:53:23-07:00",
      "is_password_enabled": true,
      "permissions": {
        "can_download": true,
        "can_preview": true
      },
      "download_count": 3,
      "preview_count": 3
    },
    "parent": {
      "id": "12345",
      "etag": "1",
      "type": "folder",
      "sequence_id": "3",
      "name": "Contracts"
    },
    "item_status": "active"
  },
  "app_item": {
    "id": "12345678",
    "type": "app_item",
    "application_type": "hubs"
  },
  "accessible_by": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "user",
    "name": "Aaron Levie",
    "login": "ceo@example.com",
    "is_active": true
  },
  "invite_email": "john@example.com",
  "role": "editor",
  "expires_at": "2012-12-26T10:53:43-08:00",
  "is_access_only": true,
  "status": "accepted",
  "acknowledged_at": "2012-12-12T10:55:20-08:00",
  "created_by": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "user",
    "name": "Aaron Levie",
    "login": "ceo@example.com",
    "is_active": true
  },
  "created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "acceptance_requirements_status": {
    "terms_of_service_requirement": {
      "is_accepted": true,
      "terms_of_service": {
        "id": "11446498",
        "type": "terms_of_service"
      }
    },
    "strong_password_requirement": {
      "enterprise_has_strong_password_required_for_external_users": true,
      "user_has_strong_password": true
    },
    "two_factor_authentication_requirement": {
      "enterprise_has_two_factor_auth_enabled": true,
      "user_has_two_factor_authentication_enabled": true
    }
  }
}