Quick start guides - Box Dev Docs

Overview

Welcome to the Box quick starts! Here you’ll find step-by-step guides to help you get started with various Box tools and integrations, including Box AI, the Box CLI, and Postman. If you’re new to Box, start with the foundations below before diving into the tutorials.

Try it now

Make your first Box API call in seconds. Generate a developer token from the Developer Console, then run:

curl https://api.box.com/2.0/users/me \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_DEVELOPER_TOKEN"

A successful response returns your user profile:

{
  "type": "user",
  "id": "12345678",
  "name": "Example User",
  "login": "user@example.com"
}

Foundations

Quick Start

Auth methods

User types

Create your first app

Files and folders

Use three ways to upload content to Box

Recursively upload content to a folder in Box

Create file requests with the Box Python SDK

Download zip archives with the Box API

Restructure the Box folder tree with Python

Share folders in bulk with the Box CLI

Metadata

Learn how to work with Box Metadata

Search content in Box using the search API

Automate metadata management using Box Cascade Policies

Box AI

Extract structured metadata from files using Box AI and Python

Extract metadata from documents using natural language prompts with Box AI and Python

Extract complex metadata using the Box AI Enhanced Extract Agent and Python

Summarize content with Box AI

Override AI model configuration with Box AI API

Create and manage AI agents with Box AI Studio API

Custom portals and integrations

Discover common patterns for integrating Box

Build custom portals with Box UI Elements

Embed Box Hubs in custom portals

Tooling

Perform routine or bulk actions in Box with the Box CLI

Make API calls to the Box API with Postman

Last modified on September 18, 2026

​Overview

​Try it now

​Foundations