copy

 

Description REST SOAP XML

 

Description

 

This method copies a file into another folder.

 

Input parameters:

 

Name	Type	Description
api_key	string	The API key obtained when registering a project with OpenBox.
auth_token	string	The authentication token obtained when a user authenticates your application with Box.
target	string	The type of item to be copied.  Currently this can only be set to 'file'
target_id	long	The id of the file you wish to copy.
destination_id	long	The folder_id of the folder to which you will copy the item.

 

 

Output parameters:

 

Name	Type	Description
status	string	If the operation was successful, the status will be 's_copy_node' If the operation was not successful, the status field can be: 'e_copy_node' 'not_logged_in' 'application_restricted'

 

 

REST

 

Request

 

 

https://www.box.net/api/1.0/rest?action=copy&api_key=rrc1d3ntb53tt6b2vhail6rdtrsxov3v&auth_token=19x43ykyo3bnefz75yyuepxgm6o4rf7a&target=file&target_id=739&destination_id=738

 

 

Response

 

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

<response>

<status>s_copy_node</status>

</response>

 

SOAP

 

Request

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"

xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"

xmlns:tns="urn:boxnet" xmlns:types="urn:boxnet/encodedTypes"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

>

<soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">

<tns:copy>

<api_key xsi:type="xsd:string">rrc1d3ntb53tt6b2vhail6rdtrsxov3v</api_key>

<sid xsi:type="xsd:string">baa8b089c5a635adc0baa68aa1c61bbe</sid>

<target xsi:type="xsd:string">file</target>

<target_id xsi:type="xsd:long">3777</target_id>

<destination_id xsi:type="xsd:long">440</destination_id>

</tns:copy>

</soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

 

Response

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope  xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"

xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"

xmlns:ns4="urn:boxnet"

SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"

>

<SOAP-ENV:Body>

<ns4:copyResponse>

<status xsi:type="xsd:string">s_copy_node</status>

</ns4:copyResponse>

</SOAP-ENV:Body>

</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

 

XML

 

Request

 

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>

<request>

<action>copy</action>

<api_key>rrc1d3ntb53tt6b2vhail6rdtrsxov3v</api_key>

<auth_token>19x43ykyo3bnefz75yyuepxgm6o4rf7a</auth_token>

<target>file</target>

<target_id>739</target_id>

<destination_id>738</destination_id>

</request>

 

Response

 

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

<response>

<status>s_copy_node</status>

</response>

 

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