Box Connector 24.2

# Retrieve Information from Box

To retrieve information from a single Box account, create a new fetch task by following these steps. The connector runs fetch tasks automatically, based on the schedule that is configured in the configuration file.

NOTE: Before configuring a fetch task, you must create a Box application to represent the connector and configure OAuth authentication. For more information, see Create a Box Application and Configure OAuth Authentication.

To create a new Fetch Task

1. Stop the connector.
2. Open the configuration file in a text editor.

3. In the `[FetchTasks]` section of the configuration file, specify the number of fetch tasks using the `Number` parameter. If you are configuring the first fetch task, type `Number=1`. If one or more fetch tasks have already been configured, increase the value of the `Number` parameter by one (1). Below the `Number` parameter, specify the names of the fetch tasks, starting from zero (0). For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=MyTask

4. Below the `[FetchTasks]` section, create a new TaskName section. The name of the section must match the name of the new fetch task. For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=MyTask

       [MyTask]

1. In the new section, set the parameters required to authenticate with Box. The OAuth configuration tool (described in Configure OAuth Authentication) creates a file that contains these parameters, and you can include them in the connector's configuration file using the following syntax:

       [MyTask] < "oauth.cfg" [OAUTH]

   For more information about including parameters from another file, see Include an External Configuration File

2. Set the following configuration parameters:

   `Username` | The user ID or login name to use to retrieve information from Box.
   `ProxyHost` | (Optional) The host name or IP address of the proxy server to use to access Box.
   `ProxyPort` | (Optional) The port of the proxy server to use to access Box.

   For more information about the configuration parameters that you can use to configure the connector, refer to the Box Connector Reference.

3. Save and close the configuration file.

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Product: IDOL Box Connector 24.2

Topic Title: Retrieve Information from Box