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Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.box.com/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

To list all collections for a user, call the GET /collections API. 
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/collections" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
The only collection that is available via the API is the “Favorites” collection. The ID of this collection is different for every user.

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Favorites Collection

The only collection that can items can currently be added and removed to via the API is the “Favorites” collection. The ID of the favorites collection is different for every user. To find the user’s collection ID for their favorites, list all the user’s collections and then find the collection with a collection_type of favorites. 
{
  "entries": [
    {
      "collection_type": "favorites",
      "id": "12345678",
      "name": "Favorites",
      "type": "collection"
    }
  ],
  "limit": 100,
  "offset": 0,
  "total_count": 1
}