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Create Web Link

To create a web link in Box, you will need to provide our API with a folder id and the url you want the web link to be linked to. The url must start with http:// or https://.

cURL
curl -i -X POST "https://api.box.com/2.0/web_links" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
     -H "content-type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "name": "Cloud Content Management",
       "url": "https://box.com",
       "parent": {
         "id": "0"
       }
     }'
TypeScript Gen
await client.webLinks.createWebLink({
  url: 'https://www.box.com',
  parent: { id: parent.id } satisfies CreateWebLinkRequestBodyParentField,
  name: getUuid(),
  description: 'Weblink description',
} satisfies CreateWebLinkRequestBody);
Python Gen
client.web_links.create_web_link(
    "https://www.box.com",
    CreateWebLinkParent(id=parent.id),
    name=get_uuid(),
    description="Weblink description",
)
.NET Gen
await client.WebLinks.CreateWebLinkAsync(requestBody: new CreateWebLinkRequestBody(url: "https://www.box.com", parent: new CreateWebLinkRequestBodyParentField(id: parent.Id)) { Name = Utils.GetUUID(), Description = "Weblink description" });
Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.webLinks.createWebLink(requestBody: CreateWebLinkRequestBody(url: "https://www.box.com", parent: CreateWebLinkRequestBodyParentField(id: parent.id), name: Utils.getUUID(), description: "Weblink description"))
Java Gen (Beta)
client.getWebLinks().createWebLink(new CreateWebLinkRequestBody.Builder(url, new CreateWebLinkRequestBodyParentField(parent.getId())).name(name).description(description).build())
Java
BoxFolder folder = new BoxFolder(api, id);
URL url = new URL("https://www.example.com");
folder.createWebLink("Link to Example", url, "This goes to an example page");
Python
web_link = client.folder(folder_id='12345').create_web_link('https://example.com', 'Example Link', 'This is the description')
print(f'Web Link url is {web_link.url} and its description is {web_link.description}')
.NET
var weblinkParams = new BoxWebLinkRequest()
{
    Url = new Uri("http://www.example.com"),
    Parent = new BoxRequestEntity()
    {
        Id = "22222"
    }
};
BoxWebLink link = await client.WebLinksManager.CreateWebLinkAsync(weblinkParams);
Node
client.weblinks.create(
	'https://www.box.com',
	'22222',
	{
		name: 'Box Website!',
		description: 'Cloud Content Management'
	})
	.then(weblink => {
		/* weblink -> {
			type: 'web_link',
			id: '11111',
			sequence_id: '0',
			etag: '0',
			name: 'Box Website!',
			url: 'https://www.box.com',
			created_by: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '33333',
				name: 'Example User',
				login: 'user@example.com' },
			created_at: '2015-05-07T15:00:01-07:00',
			modified_at: '2015-05-07T15:00:01-07:00',
			parent: 
			{ type: 'folder',
				id: '22222',
				sequence_id: '1',
				etag: '1',
				name: 'Bookmarks' },
			description: 'Enterprise Cloud Content Management',
			item_status: 'active',
			trashed_at: null,
			purged_at: null,
			shared_link: null,
			path_collection: 
			{ total_count: 2,
				entries: 
				[ { type: 'folder',
					id: '0',
					sequence_id: null,
					etag: null,
					name: 'All Files' },
					{ type: 'folder',
					id: '22222',
					sequence_id: '1',
					etag: '1',
					name: 'Bookmarks' } ] },
			modified_by: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '33333',
				name: 'Example User',
				login: 'user@example.com' },
			owned_by: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '33333',
				name: 'Example User',
				login: 'user@example.com' } }
		*/
	});