Event Source
Event Source
If a user or item triggers an event, The response of the
GET /events endpoint contains an event source object.
User Source Object
If a user triggers an event, the source object will be the standard representation of the user resource.
{
"source": {
"id": 11446498,
"type": "user",
"address": "900 Jefferson Ave, Redwood City, CA 94063",
"avatar_url": "https://www.box.com/api/avatar/large/181216415",
"created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
"job_title": "CEO",
"language": "en",
"login": "ceo@example.com",
"max_upload_size": 2147483648,
"modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
"name": "Aaron Levie",
"notification_email": {
"email": "notifications@example.com",
"is_confirmed": true
},
"phone": 6509241374,
"space_amount": 11345156112,
"space_used": 1237009912,
"status": "active",
"timezone": "Africa/Bujumbura"
}
}
Item Source Object
If an item triggers an event, the source object will be the event source resource.
{
"source": {
"item_type": "file",
"item_id": "8903212345",
"item_name": "example.docx",
"parent": {
"type": "folder",
"name": "All Files",
"id": "0"
},
"owned_by": {
"type": "user",
"id": "11446498",
"name": "Aaron Levie",
"login": "notifications@example.com"
},
"classification": {
"name": "Top Secret"
}
}
}