Box Action - Download file

Download contents of a file. File content can be used in subsequent steps of the recipe to upload the file into other applications.

In the example below, we use File contents data pill from Box's Download file action and provide that to Dropbox's Upload file action.

Input fields

Field name	Description
File ID	ID of file to download. File ID can be found in the output of other Box triggers/actions or at the end of file URL in Box.
Chunk size	File contents will be streamed in chunks of this size. Enter the size with the unit, Eg. 50KB. Valid units are 'B', 'KB', 'MB'. Default chunk size is 10 MB. Minimum is 32 kB and maximum is 10 MB. Use this when you want to optimize throughput. Bigger chunk size will increase throughput, but may exceed API limit.

Output fields

Field name	Description
File contents	Binary contents of the file. When you upload this file contents to other applications, streaming will be used.