To see what representations are available for a file you can call the
endpoint while requesting the
field.
curl https://api.box.com/2.0/files/123?fields=representations \
-H "authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN"
The response will include a list of representations in the following format
...
{
"info": {
"url": "https://api.box.com/2.0/internal_files/123/versions/345/representations/jpg_thumb_32x32"
},
"properties": {
"dimensions": "32x32",
"paged": "false",
"thumb": "true"
},
"representation": "jpg"
}
...
Response fields
Every representation will include a set of properties and the type of
representation.
-
The optional
dimensions field represents the file’s dimensions in pixels as width by height.
-
The optional
paged field specifies if this representation is a paged document. Some images and PDFs will often be paged documents.
-
The optional
thumb field specifies if this representation is suitable as a file thumbnail.
Last modified on March 19, 2026