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PUT
/
files
/
{file_id}
/
watermark
cURL
curl -i -X PUT "https://api.box.com/2.0/files/12345/watermark" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
     -H "content-type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "watermark": {
         "imprint": "default"
       }
     }'
{
  "watermark": {
    "created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
    "modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00"
  }
}

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.

This endpoint is in the version 2024.0. No changes are required to continue using it. For more details, see Box API versioning.Learn more about Box SDK versioning strategy.

Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.

Path Parameters

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file_id
string
required

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.

Body

application/json
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watermark
object
required

The watermark to imprint on the file.

Response

Returns an updated watermark if a watermark already existed on this file.

A watermark is a semi-transparent overlay on an embedded file preview that displays a viewer's email address or user ID and the time of access over a file's content.

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watermark
object