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The find item for shared link API is designed to accept a shared link as an input using a BoxApi header and return the file or folder object that the shared link is set for. To get the file or folder object associated with a shared link, supply the full shared link URL in the request. 
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/shared_items" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
     -H "boxapi: shared_link=https://app.box.com/s/gjasdasjhasd&shared_link_password=letmein"
Please note that when the shared link is for a folder, the response of this API does not include the list of nested items within that folder.To further traverse the items in the folder, use the same BoxApi header to get a nested folder’s information, list the items in those folders, get a nested file’s information, or download a file