Copy File

Project compatibility

Windows | Cross-platform

Overview

Description	API Method	API Path
Create a copy of an existing file in Box.	POST	/files/{file_id}/copy

Input

Parameter	Description	Data Type
File	The file to be copied.	data list
Parent folder	The destination folder where the copied file will be created.	data list
File copy name	The name for the copied file, if different from the original. Be sure to include the appropriate file extension.	string
Version	Optional. The specific file version ID to copy. If omitted, the latest version is used.	string

Output

Parameter	Description	Data Type
Copy file	The response object representing the newly created file copy.	object
ID	The unique identifier of the newly created file copy.	string
Path collection entries ID	The identifier representing a folder in the file’s path hierarchy.	string
Created by ID	The unique identifier of the user who created the original file.	string
File version ID	The unique identifier of the file version associated with this file copy.	string
Parent ID	The unique identifier of the parent folder where the new file copy resides.	string
Owned by ID	The unique identifier of the user who owns the new file copy.	string
Modified by ID	The unique identifier of the user who last modified the new file copy.	string

• In API workflows, a single response object is returned as the output. Any required fields can be extracted directly from this object.
• In RPA workflows, some output parameters may differ, but the necessary values can still be retrieved from the response object even if they are not explicitly exposed.