App Users are programmatic user accounts that can be created by apps
using server authentication
( or
).
They represent users, groups, or processes behind the scenes in your
application without requiring a Box account to log in.
Before you can create App Users, your JWT or CCG application must be
in
the Admin Console, which generates a
. You
use the Service Account’s access token to create App Users through the API.
App Users can only be accessed through the Box APIs and don’t have credentials
to log in to box.com directly.
Common App User Patterns
Typically app users are created for a number of different patterns:
- To represent a single application user or group of users without a
box.com account.
- To represent an application process, such as having the app user monitor all events within an enterprise.
- To provide the application with the ability to completely control the file and folder structure of a user account without the possibility of that content being modified through the
box.com web app.
Creating a New App User
To generate a new app user, the minimal information that will be required will
be a name for the app user.
BoxUser.Info createdUserInfo = BoxUser.createAppUser(api, "A User");
Before you can make any changes to the newly created account, you need to
click the link you receive in the confirmation email.
