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List all collections

get
https://api.box.com/2.0
/collections

Retrieves all collections for a given user.

Currently, only the favorites collection is supported.

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Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json

Query Parameters

string arrayin queryoptional
id,type,name

A comma-separated list of attributes to include in the response. This can be used to request fields that are not normally returned in a standard response.

Be aware that specifying this parameter will have the effect that none of the standard fields are returned in the response unless explicitly specified, instead only fields for the mini representation are returned, additional to the fields requested.

integer (int64)in queryoptional
1000
1000

The maximum number of items to return per page.

integer (int64)in queryoptional
1000
0

The offset of the item at which to begin the response.

Queries with offset parameter value exceeding 10000 will be rejected with a 400 response.

Response

application/jsonCollections

Returns all collections for the given user

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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Request Example

cURL
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/collections" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
TypeScript Gen
await client.collections.getCollections();
Python Gen
client.collections.get_collections()
.NET Gen
await client.Collections.GetCollectionsAsync();
Java
Iterable<BoxCollection.Info> collections = BoxCollection.getAllCollections(api);
for (BoxCollection.Info collectionInfo : collections) {
	// Do something with the collection.
}
Python
collections = client.collections()
for collection in collections:
    print(f'Collection "{collection.name}" has ID {collection.id}')
.NET
BoxCollection<BoxCollectionItem> collections = await client.CollectionsManager.GetCollectionsAsync();
Node
client.collections.getAll()
	.then(collections => {
		/* collections -> { total_count: 1,
			entries: 
			[ { type: 'collection',
				id: '11111',
				name: 'Favorites',
				collection_type: 'favorites' } ],
			limit: 100,
			offset: 0 }
		*/
	});

Response Example

{
  "entries": [
    {
      "collection_type": "favorites",
      "id": "11446498",
      "name": "Favorites",
      "type": "collection"
    }
  ],
  "limit": 1000,
  "offset": 2000,
  "order": [
    {
      "by": "type",
      "direction": "ASC"
    }
  ],
  "total_count": 5000
}