Connecting to Box

Box is a secure web-based file-sharing service that helps your team to collaborate. You can create and edit documents with your colleagues in real time from anywhere and on any device.

To use external applications with IBM watsonx Orchestrate, you must establish a connection that enables communication between them. See Managing connections for more details.

Connecting to Box using the watsonx Orchestrate user interface

To connect watsonx Orchestrate to Box:

  1. From the main menu, select Manage > Connections.

  2. Search for Box.

  3. Find the connection ID with the following structure: box_key_value_ibm_184bdbd3.

  4. For the matched connection ID, click edit Edit icon.

  5. Choose the environment to create the connection: draft or live.

  6. Select the Authentication Type as Key Value Pair.

  7. Provide the following Keys, click Add new field to add additional key-value pairs:

    • base_url
    • token_url
    • client_id
    • client_secret
    • subject_id
    • subject_type

    For all Value fields insert the value corresponding to the key. To get these values, see the Box Authorization API documentation.

  8. Select the credential type.

  9. Click Save.

Note: The icon A green check icon appears. indicates that the connection was successfully established.