Creates an upload session for a new file.
"Project.mov"The name of new file.
104857600The total number of bytes of the file to be uploaded.
"0"The ID of the folder to upload the new file to.
Returns a new upload session.
Returns an error if some of the parameters are missing or not valid.
missing_destination: No folder_id was provided.invalid_folder_id: folder_id is not valid.item_name_invalid: file_name is not valid.missing_file_size: file_size was not provided.invalid_file_size: file_size was not a valid number.file_size_too_small: file_size is below minimum file size for
uploads via this API.missing_file_name: file_name was not provided.Returns an error if the operation is not allowed for some reason.
storage_limit_exceeded: Account storage limit reached.Returns an error if the parent folder could not be found, or the authenticated user does not have access to it.
invalid_parameter: The folder_id value represents a
folder that the user does not have access to, or does not
exist.Returns an error if the file already exists, or the account has run out of disk space.
An unexpected client error.
curl -i -X POST "https://upload.box.com/api/2.0/files/upload_sessions" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{
"folder_id": "0",
"file_size": 104857600,
"file_name": "Contract.pdf"
}'await client.chunkedUploads.createFileUploadSession({
fileName: fileName,
fileSize: fileSize,
folderId: parentFolderId,
} satisfies CreateFileUploadSessionRequestBody);client.chunked_uploads.create_file_upload_session(
parent_folder_id, file_size, file_name
)await client.ChunkedUploads.CreateFileUploadSessionAsync(requestBody: new CreateFileUploadSessionRequestBody(fileName: fileName, fileSize: fileSize, folderId: parentFolderId));try await client.chunkedUploads.createFileUploadSession(requestBody: CreateFileUploadSessionRequestBody(fileName: fileName, fileSize: Int64(fileSize), folderId: parentFolderId))client.getChunkedUploads().createFileUploadSession(new CreateFileUploadSessionRequestBody(parentFolderId, fileSize, fileName))BoxFileUploadSession.Info sessionInfo;
if (/* uploading a new file */) {
// Create the upload session for a new file
BoxFolder rootFolder = BoxFolder.getRootFolder(api);
sessionInfo = rootFolder.createUploadSession("New Large File.pdf", fileSize);
} else if (/* uploading a new version of an exiting file */) {
// Create the uplaod session for a new version of an existing file
String fileID = "93465";
BoxFile file = new BoxFile(api, fileID);
sessionInfo = file.createUploadSession(fileSize);
}
//Get the session resource from the session info
BoxFileUploadSession session = sessionInfo.getResource();
//Create the Message Digest for the whole file
MessageDigest digest = null;
try {
digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA1");
} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException ae) {
throw new BoxAPIException("Digest algorithm not found", ae);
}file_size = 26000000
file_name = 'test_file.pdf'
upload_session = client.folder('22222').create_upload_session(file_size, file_name)
print(f'Created upload session {upload_session.id} with chunk size of {upload_session.part_size} bytes')// Create a session to upload a 2GB file "huge.pdf" into folder 12345
client.files.createUploadSession('12345', 2147483648, 'huge.pdf', callback);{
"id": "F971964745A5CD0C001BBE4E58196BFD",
"type": "upload_session",
"num_parts_processed": 455,
"part_size": 1024,
"session_endpoints": {
"abort": "https://{box-upload-server}/api/2.0/files/upload_sessions/F971964745A5CD0C001BBE4E58196BFD",
"commit": "https://{box-upload-server}/api/2.0/files/upload_sessions/F971964745A5CD0C001BBE4E58196BFD/commit",
"list_parts": "https://{box-upload-server}/api/2.0/files/upload_sessions/F971964745A5CD0C001BBE4E58196BFD/parts",
"log_event": "https://{box-upload-server}/api/2.0/files/upload_sessions/F971964745A5CD0C001BBE4E58196BFD/log",
"status": "https://{box-upload-server}/api/2.0/files/upload_sessions/F971964745A5CD0C001BBE4E58196BFD",
"upload_part": "https://{box-upload-server}/api/2.0/files/upload_sessions/F971964745A5CD0C001BBE4E58196BFD"
},
"session_expires_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
"total_parts": 1000
}