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The bare basic representation of a folder, the minimal amount of fields returned when using the fields query parameter.

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id
string
required

The unique identifier that represent a folder.

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

Example:

"12345"

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type
enum<string>
required

The value will always be folder.

Available options:
folder
Example:

"folder"

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etag
string | null

The HTTP etag of this folder. This can be used within some API endpoints in the If-Match and If-None-Match headers to only perform changes on the folder if (no) changes have happened.

Example:

"1"