Upload file

POST https://{{upload.box.com}}/api/2.0/files/content

Uploads a small file to Box. For file sizes over 50MB we recommend

https://developer.box.com/reference/post-files-content

Request Params

KeyDatatypeRequiredDescription
fieldsstringA 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. |

Request Body

[{"name"=>"attributes", "value"=>"{\n  \"name\": \"Photo.png\",\n  \"parent\": {\n    \"id\": \"124132\"\n  },\n  \"content_created_at\": \"2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00\",\n  \"content_modified_at\": \"2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00\"\n}", "datatype"=>"string"}, {"name"=>"file", "value"=>"", "datatype"=>"null"}]

HEADERS

KeyDatatypeRequiredDescription
content-md5stringAn optional header containing the SHA1 hash of the file to
ensure that the file was not corrupted in transit.
Content-Typestring

RESPONSES

status: Created

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