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PUT
/
files
/
{file_id}
/
metadata
/
global
/
boxSkillsCards
cURL
curl -i -X PUT "https://api.box.com/2.0/files/12345/metadata/global/boxSkillsCards" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
     -H "content-type: application/json-patch+json" \
     -d '[{
       "op": "replace",
       "path": "/cards/0",
       "value": {
         "type": "skill_card",
         "skill_card_type": "keyword",
         "skill_card_title": {
           "code": "license-plates",
           "message": "Licence Plates"
         },
         "skill": {
           "type": "service",
           "id": "license-plates-service"
         },
         "invocation": {
           "type": "skill_invocation",
           "id": "license-plates-service-123"
         },
         "entries": [
           { "text": "DD-26-YT" },
           { "text": "DN86 BOX" }
         ]
       }
     }]'
{
  "$canEdit": true,
  "$id": "01234500-12f1-1234-aa12-b1d234cb567e",
  "$parent": "folder_59449484661,",
  "$scope": "enterprise_27335",
  "$template": "properties",
  "$type": "properties-6bcba49f-ca6d-4d2a-a758-57fe6edf44d0",
  "$typeVersion": 2,
  "$version": 1,
  "cards": [
    {
      "type": "skill_card",
      "skill_card_type": "keyword",
      "skill": {
        "type": "service",
        "id": "image-recognition-service"
      },
      "invocation": {
        "type": "skill_invocation",
        "id": "image-recognition-service-123"
      },
      "entries": [
        {
          "text": "keyword1"
        }
      ],
      "created_at": "2018-04-13T13:53:23-07:00",
      "skill_card_title": {
        "message": "Labels",
        "code": "labels"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.box.com/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

This endpoint is in the version 2024.0. No changes are required to continue using it. For more details, see Box API versioning.Learn more about Box SDK versioning strategy.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.

Path Parameters

​
file_id
string
required

The unique identifier that represents a file.

The ID for any file can be determined by visiting a file in the web application and copying the ID from the URL. For example, for the URL https://*.app.box.com/files/123 the file_id is 123.

Body

application/json-patch+json
​
op
enum<string>

The value will always be replace.

Available options:
replace
Example:

"replace"

​
path
string

The JSON Path that represents the card to replace. In most cases this will be in the format /cards/{index} where index is the zero-indexed position of the card in the list of cards.

Example:

"/cards/0"

​
value
Keyword Skill Card · object

The card to insert into the list of cards at the position defined by path.

Response

Returns the updated metadata template, with the custom template data included.

The metadata assigned to a using for Box skills.

​
$canEdit
boolean

Whether the user can edit this metadata.

Example:

true

​
$id
string<uuid>

A UUID to identify the metadata object.

Maximum string length: 36
Example:

"01234500-12f1-1234-aa12-b1d234cb567e"

​
$parent
string

An ID for the parent folder.

Example:

"folder_59449484661,"

​
$scope
string

An ID for the scope in which this template has been applied.

Example:

"enterprise_27335"

​
$template
string

The name of the template.

Example:

"properties"

​
$type
string

A unique identifier for the "type" of this instance. This is an internal system property and should not be used by a client application.

Example:

"properties-6bcba49f-ca6d-4d2a-a758-57fe6edf44d0"

​
$typeVersion
integer

The last-known version of the template of the object. This is an internal system property and should not be used by a client application.

Example:

2

​
$version
integer

The version of the metadata object. Starts at 0 and increases every time a user-defined property is modified.

Example:

1

​
cards
(Keyword Skill Card · object | Timeline Skill Card · object | Transcript Skill Card. · object | Status Skill Card · object)[]

A list of Box Skill cards that have been applied to this file.

A skill card that contains a set of keywords.