Friday, July 31st, 2009

Send files to Box easily with Quick Import

By , Platform Manager

The OpenBox platform is designed for incredible flexibility to let developers create the widest variety of integrations possible.  But we also notice trends among applications and like to help simplify those common tasks.  For instance, many services wish to transfer files to a user’s Box account often performing the same set of operations – authenticating the user, displaying the user’s account structure to select a folder, and then sending the file to the specified folder.

Today, we are pleased to announce a new API method to drastically simplify this popular use of the OpenBox API: Quick Import. This method helps developers to easily transfer content to a user’s Box.net account, through an API call as simple to create as an ordinary download link.

To use Quick Import, all you need to do is provide this tool with the URL of a file you want to send. Then direct your user to that URL, and let Box.net handle the rest – authentication, selecting the upload folder, etc.

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With Quick Import, you can easily move content into to your user’s Box account for further collaboration and sharing.  As an example, you may want to try out Open IT Online, a popular Firefox extension that now lets you save what you find online straight to Box.

To get started, instructions are available on our documentation page.

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