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Manage hub items

post
https://api.box.com/2.0
/hubs/:hub_id/manage_items

Adds and/or removes Hub items from a Hub.

Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json

Request Headers

stringin headerrequired

Version header.

Value is always 2025.0

Path Parameters

stringin pathrequired
12345

The unique identifier that represent a hub.

The ID for any hub can be determined by visiting this hub in the web application and copying the ID from the URL. For example, for the URL https://*.app.box.com/hubs/123 the hub_id is 123.

Request Body

object arrayin bodyoptional

List of operations to perform on Hub items.

stringin bodyconditionally required
"add"

The action to perform on a Hub item.

Value is one of add,remove

object objectin body

Reference to an item that can be added to a Hub.

Response

application/jsonHub Items Manage Response

Retrieves the status of all the operations.

application/jsonClient error

Returned when the access token provided in the Authorization header is not recognized or not provided.

application/jsonClient error

Returned if the Hub is not found, or the user does not have access to the Hub.

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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Manage hub items
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Request Example

TypeScript Gen
await client.hubItems.manageHubItemsV2025R0(createdHub.id, {
  operations: [
    {
      action: 'add' as HubItemOperationV2025R0ActionField,
      item: new FolderReferenceV2025R0({ id: folder.id }),
    } satisfies HubItemOperationV2025R0,
  ],
} satisfies HubItemsManageRequestV2025R0);
Python Gen
client.hub_items.manage_hub_items_v2025_r0(
    created_hub.id,
    operations=[
        HubItemOperationV2025R0(
            action=HubItemOperationV2025R0ActionField.ADD,
            item=FolderReferenceV2025R0(id=folder.id),
        )
    ],
)
.NET Gen
await client.HubItems.ManageHubItemsV2025R0Async(hubId: createdHub.Id, requestBody: new HubItemsManageRequestV2025R0() { Operations = Array.AsReadOnly(new [] {new HubItemOperationV2025R0(action: HubItemOperationV2025R0ActionField.Add, item: new FolderReferenceV2025R0(id: folder.Id))}) });
Java Gen (Beta)
client.getHubItems().manageHubItemsV2025R0(createdHub.getId(), new HubItemsManageRequestV2025R0.Builder().operations(Arrays.asList(new HubItemOperationV2025R0(HubItemOperationV2025R0ActionField.ADD, new FolderReferenceV2025R0(folder.getId())))).build())

Response Example

{
  "operations": [
    {
      "action": "add",
      "error": "Item not found",
      "item": {
        "id": "42037322",
        "type": "file"
      },
      "status": 200
    }
  ]
}