BoxUtils 0.1.2

A utility package for performing Box file and folder operations with a service account

BoxUtils

A class using the box_sdk_gen python SDK for doing basic file and folder operations.

Configuration Info Locations

Key information is stored in the developer console for the selected app in Platform Apps.

The User ID and Enterprise ID is found on the General. Settings/App Info section.

The service account which folders/files should be shared with is located on the General Settings/Service Account Info section.

The app configuration json file can be downloaded under the Configuration/App Settings section.

Two files are required for initialization of the class

1. .jwt.env - contains information about the the path to the config json file, the JWT user id and the enterprise id

A# JWT Settings
JWT_CONFIG_PATH = .jwt.config.json
JWT_USER_ID = 397515XXXX
ENTERPRISE_ID = 686XXX

2. .jwt.config.json - contains the JWT credentials. This is downloaded from the box dev console.

   # Sample app configuration file
   {
     "boxAppSettings": {
       "clientID": "1u3gto5in5gff7ve8031tx8x6kl8xxxx",
       "clientSecret": "********************************",
       "appAuth": {
         "publicKeyID": "",
         "privateKey": "",
         "passphrase": ""
       }
     },
     "enterpriseID": "686XXX"
   }
   

For package creation and publishing

Be sure to update the setup.py with version information.

# create the dist
python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel

# upload the package
# credentials for pypi.org are kept in ~/.pypirc
twine upload dist/*