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Update Box Skill cards on file

put
https://api.box.com/2.0
/files/:file_id/metadata/global/boxSkillsCards

Updates one or more Box Skills metadata cards to a file.

Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json-patch+json

Path Parameters

stringin pathrequired
12345

The unique identifier that represents a file.

The ID for any file can be determined by visiting a file in the web application and copying the ID from the URL. For example, for the URL https://*.app.box.com/files/123 the file_id is 123.

Request Body

object arrayin bodyrequired

A JSON-Patch specification for the changes to make to the metadata template.

The changes are represented as a JSON array of operation objects.

stringin bodyoptional
"replace"

replace

Value is always replace

stringin bodyoptional
"/cards/0"

The JSON Path that represents the card to replace. In most cases this will be in the format /cards/{index} where index is the zero-indexed position of the card in the list of cards.

Keyword Skill Card / Status Skill Card / Timeline Skill Card / Transcript Skill Card objectin body

The card to insert into the list of cards at the position defined by path.

Response

application/jsonSkills metadata instance

Returns the updated metadata template, with the custom template data included.

application/jsonClient error

The requested file could not be found

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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Request Example

cURL
curl -i -X PUT "https://api.box.com/2.0/files/12345/metadata/global/boxSkillsCards" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
     -H "content-type: application/json-patch+json" \
     -d '[
       "op": "replace",
       "path": "/cards/0",
       "value": {
         "type": "skill_card",
         "skill_card_type": "keyword",
         "skill_card_title": {
           "code": "license-plates",
           "message": "Licence Plates"
         },
         "skill": {
           "type": "service"
           "id": "license-plates-service"
         },
         "invocation": {
           "type": "skill_invocation"
           "id": "license-plates-service-123"
         },
         "entries": {
           { "text": "DD-26-YT" },
           { "text": "DN86 BOX" }
         }
       }
     ]'
TypeScript Gen
await client.skills.updateBoxSkillCardsOnFile(file.id, [
  {
    op: 'replace' as UpdateBoxSkillCardsOnFileRequestBodyOpField,
    path: '/cards/0',
    value: new KeywordSkillCard({
      type: 'skill_card' as KeywordSkillCardTypeField,
      skillCardType: 'keyword' as KeywordSkillCardSkillCardTypeField,
      skillCardTitle: {
        code: 'license-plates',
        message: updatedTitleMessage,
      } satisfies KeywordSkillCardSkillCardTitleField,
      skill: new KeywordSkillCardSkillField({
        id: skillId,
        type: 'service' as KeywordSkillCardSkillTypeField,
      }),
      invocation: new KeywordSkillCardInvocationField({
        id: invocationId,
        type: 'skill_invocation' as KeywordSkillCardInvocationTypeField,
      }),
      entries: [{ text: 'DN86 BOX' } satisfies KeywordSkillCardEntriesField],
    }),
  } satisfies UpdateBoxSkillCardsOnFileRequestBody,
]);
Python Gen
client.skills.update_box_skill_cards_on_file(
    file.id,
    [
        UpdateBoxSkillCardsOnFileRequestBody(
            op=UpdateBoxSkillCardsOnFileRequestBodyOpField.REPLACE.value,
            path="/cards/0",
            value=KeywordSkillCard(
                type=KeywordSkillCardTypeField.SKILL_CARD.value,
                skill_card_type=KeywordSkillCardSkillCardTypeField.KEYWORD.value,
                skill_card_title=KeywordSkillCardSkillCardTitleField(
                    code="license-plates", message=updated_title_message
                ),
                skill=KeywordSkillCardSkillField(
                    id=skill_id, type=KeywordSkillCardSkillTypeField.SERVICE.value
                ),
                invocation=KeywordSkillCardInvocationField(
                    id=invocation_id,
                    type=KeywordSkillCardInvocationTypeField.SKILL_INVOCATION.value,
                ),
                entries=[KeywordSkillCardEntriesField(text="DN86 BOX")],
            ),
        )
    ],
)

Response Example

{
  "$canEdit": true,
  "$id": "01234500-12f1-1234-aa12-b1d234cb567e",
  "$parent": "folder_59449484661,",
  "$scope": "enterprise_27335",
  "$template": "properties",
  "$type": "properties-6bcba49f-ca6d-4d2a-a758-57fe6edf44d0",
  "$typeVersion": 2,
  "$version": 1,
  "cards": [
    {
      "created_at": "2018-04-13T13:53:23-07:00",
      "type": "skill_card",
      "skill_card_type": "keyword",
      "skill_card_title": {
        "code": "labels",
        "message": "Labels"
      },
      "skill": {
        "type": "service",
        "id": "image-recognition-service"
      },
      "invocation": {
        "type": "skill_invocation",
        "id": "image-recognition-service-123"
      },
      "entries": [
        {
          "text": "keyword1"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}