Box Action - Search files/folders

This action searches for files or folders in Box.

Searches may not return newly created files or folders in Box due to time delay for indexing files and folders. Learn more about Box indexing time here (opens new window). Run the searches again after certain amount of time often solves the problem.

Input fields

Field name	Description
Search text	Search against file name, description, contents. File name should include extension, for example, File.csv
Type	Whether you want to search files or folders.
Starting folder	Narrow down your search to this folder.
Exact match	Whether to search using exact match or partial match.
File extensions	Comma separated list of file extensions to include.

Output fields

Field name	Description
Files	A list data pill representing the list of files/folders found from the search. You can loop through all files/folders in the list with a Repeat step.
ID	ID of the file.
Name	File name.
Type	Type of this object, which in this case is file.
Description	Description of file.
Size	Size of file.
Shared link
- URL	Shared link URL for viewing file.
- Download URL	Shared link URL for downloading file.
Created at	Date/time file is created.
Modified at	Date/time file is modified.
Trashed at	Date/time file is trashed.
Purged at	Date/time file is purged.
Content created at	Date/time file content is created.
Content modified at	Date/time file content is modified.
Sequence ID	Position of this object in the folder hierarchy.
Etag	Entity tag of this object.
Sha 1	SHA-1 hash value of this object.
Parent	Includes details about the file's parent folder.
- ID	ID of parent folder.
- Name	Name of parent folder.
- Type	Object type, which in this case is folder.
- Sequence ID	Position of this object in the folder hierarchy.
- Etag	Entity tag of this object.
Path	File path.
Path collection	Includes details of all paths this file belongs to.
- Total count	Number of file paths.
- Entries	File path entries.
-- ID	ID of file path.
-- Name	File path.
-- Type	Type of file path.
-- Sequence ID	Position of this object in the folder hierarchy.
-- Etag	Entity tag of this object.
-- List size	Number of items in this Entries list.
Created by	Includes details about user who created this file.
- ID	ID of user.
- Name	Name of user.
- Type	Type of user.
- Login	Login email of user.
Modified by	Includes details about user who modified this file.
- ID	ID of user.
- Name	Name of user.
- Type	Type of user.
- Login	Login email of user.
Owned by	Includes details about user who owned this file.
- ID	ID of user.
- Name	Name of user.
- Type	Type of user.
- Login	Login email of user.
Item status	Status of this file, for example, active.