Box.net OpenBox Developer Documentation

Welcome to the OpenBox Developer Platform's instructional site, a place to learn how to enable your applications to integrate with Box.net. By working with the OpenBox Platform, Box.net's 2 million+ users will be able to interact with the content they store on Box through your application or service.

Below you can find the information you need to begin creating OpenBox Actions and applications that use our external API.  When ready, you can  start a project by visiting the OpenBox services site.

Please note that we are continually editing and improving this documentation. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at developers@box.net.

OpenBox Actions

OpenBox Actions allow you to connect web application into the Box.net environment, giving your service direct access and visibility to our user base.

Box.net users can add your OpenBox Service to their Box.net account and use your service to modify, share, or perform other actions on their filew within Box.net. See some examples of existing OpenBox Actions.

The pages below should help get you started with the creation of service that leverage OpenBox Actions.

• User Experience - A complete overview of the OpenBox user experience. Begin here to get a good understanding of OpenBox.
• Request Workflow - A developer-centric view of the OpenBox experience.
• OpenBox Services - Create and configure your OpenBox service.
• OpenBox Actions - Define the things your OpenBox service can do.
  • Box Parameters - Use parameters in prompts or callbacks to provide Box.net Services with the information they need.
  • Client Callback URL - Details on this special case for popup actions.

OpenBox API

For developers of desktop applications that integrate with Box.net and web applications that will use Box.net features from outside of the Box.net environment, or for developers who use OpenBox Actions but want to use more advanced features of our service, we provide an API for external access. The pages below should help to get you started with our API.

• Box.net API Development Guide - Guide on how to set up an application that connects to Box.net when not using OpenBox Actions.
• Authentication Guide - Guide to authenticating users before performing advanced actions.

For details regarding the methods provided in our API, please refer to the list on the right-hand sidebar.

OpenBox Mobile

For developers of mobile applications, we have special tools and resources to help you work with Box.net's OpenBox API. 

Please visit our OpenBox Mobile Guide to get started.

Need additional assistance? Please feel free to contact us.