Setup with Client Credentials Grant

Prerequisites

To set up a Custom App using server-side authentication, you will need to ensure you have access to the Developer Console from your Box enterprise account. Alternatively, you may sign up for a developer account.

App creation steps

Navigate to the Developer Console

Log into Box and go to the Developer Console. Select Create Platform App.

Select application type

Select Custom App from the list of application types. A modal will appear to prompt a selection for the next step.

Provide basic application information

To describe your app, provide an app name and description. Use the drop-down list to select the app's purpose. Depending on the option chosen, you might need to specify further details.

Select application authentication

Select Server Authentication (with Client Credentials Grant) if you would like to verify application identity with a client ID and client secret, and confirm with Create App.

App Authorization

Before the application can be used, a Box Admin needs to authorize the application within the Box Admin Console.

Navigate to the Authorization tab for your application within the Developer Console.

Click Review and Submit to send an email to your Box enterprise Admin for approval. More information on this process is available in our authorization guide.

Learn how to authorize a Custom Application

Basic configuration

Application Access

An application's access level determines which users and content your app may access. By default, an application can only successfully interact with the content of its Service Account and any App Users. To also access existing Managed Users of an enterprise, navigate to the Application Access settings accessible via the Configuration tab of the Developer console and set to App + Enterprise Access.

Application Scopes

An application's scopes determine which endpoints and resources an application can successfully call. See the scopes guide for detailed information on each option.

CORS Domains

If your application makes API calls from front-end browser code in Javascript, the domain that these calls are made from will need to be added to an allow-list due to Cross Origin Resource Sharing, also known as CORS. If all requests will be made from server-side code, you may skip this section.

To add the full URI(s) to the allow-list, navigate to the CORS Domain section at the bottom of the Configuration tab in the Developer console.

Using SDKs and Client Credentials Grant

To learn more about Client Credentials Grant for each SDK head over to:

• .Net

• Java

• Python

• Node

• IOS