Upload file version
POST https://{{upload.box.com}}/api/2.0/files/:file_id/content
Update a file's content. For file sizes over 50MB we recommend
https://developer.box.com/reference/post-files-id-content
Request Params
Key | Datatype | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
fields | string | 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. |
Request Body
[{"name"=>"attributes", "value"=>"{\n \"name\": \"Photo 2.0.png\",\n \"content_modified_at\": \"2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00\"\n}", "datatype"=>"string"}, {"name"=>"file", "value"=>"", "datatype"=>"null"}]
HEADERS
Key | Datatype | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
if-match | number | Ensures this item hasn't recently changed before | |
making changes. |
Pass in the item's last observed etag
value
into this header and the endpoint will fail
with a 412 Precondition Failed
if it
has changed since. |
| content-md5
| string | | An optional header containing the SHA1 hash of the file to
ensure that the file was not corrupted in transit. |
| Content-Type
| string | | |
RESPONSES
status: OK
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