Multipart File Upload in Okta Workflows (with Box example)

June 24, 2024

Multipart File Upload in Okta Workflows (with Box example)

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How to upload a file to Box using multipart file upload in Okta Workflows?

This guide will teach you how to upload a file to Box using multipart file upload in Okta Workflows.

Create Box app

Create a Box Limited Access App to upload a file to Box from the Box Developer Console.

The app looks like this. You will return to this app to set up Box authentication in Workflows.

Upload file to Box flow

The flow to upload a file to Box:

Flow steps

The flow has the following steps.

Get the file to upload.
Set up the file name and folder.
Set up authentication.
Upload the file.

Get the file to upload

In the first step, the File – Download card downloads a file from the internet. The flow will upload this file to Box. You can use any other Workflows card that returns a File type.

Set up the file name and folder

The Object—Construct card sets a file name and folder where to upload the file. The folder ID is in the folder URL.

Set up authentication

In this step, the Object – Construct card creates the Authorization header. You will find the token on the Configuration tab of the app:

Upload the file

In the last step, the File – Multipart Upload card uploads the file to Box.

The upload URL is set to https://upload.box.com/api/2.0/files/content
The card gets the Headers field and attributes field from previous cards.

Allow the app user to upload files

The Box developer app you created has a Service Account ID (ends with @boxdevedition.com) listed in the General Settings tab. You need to share the folder where you upload the file with this account ID. Click Share in a folder you want to share and enter the Service Account ID email address.

Run the flow

Run the flow to download the file from the internet and then upload it to Box.

The file on Box:

Random file name and CSV file examples

In this section, you will see two variations of the flow:

Generate a random file name before uploading.
Upload a CSV file.

Generate random file name before uploading

Box will return an error if you try to upload a file with the same name.

The following flow shows how to generate a random file name:

The file has z35nv_humans.txt format.

Upload a CSV file

This flow shows exporting a Workflows table to a CSV file and uploading the file to Box.

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