BoxGetUser Set On-Behalf-Of

[mjanow]

So, I guess the boxGetUser function doesn't change who the current user is. How would I go about adding to the function the ability to select the user and then perform a function such as boxCreateFolder On-Behalf-Of the user?

Cheers

[mbegan]

Are you talking about this? https://developer.box.com/reference#as-user-1

[mjanow]

I was more interested in this, since I wouldn't have to find a way to export or discover a userid. That said, it seems Box wants to move people towards As User, but I don't know how difficult it will be to use powershell to script a process to find the userid for each of my users in a csv. https://blog.box.com/blog/announcing-on-behalf-of-the-simplest-most-powerful-admin-api-youll-ever-use/

[mjanow]

I have been trying to integrate this code with your functions, but keep getting a 401 unauthorized error on adding the AS User functionality. https://community.box.com/t5/Box-Developer-Forum/how-to-use-AS-user-in-powershell/m-p/28684#M1475

[mbegan]

i have no way of testing this

Take a look at this branch, i've taken a stab at what i think needs to be done, can you download and test?

https://github.com/mbegan/Box-PSModule/tree/AsUser

[mjanow]

boxThrowError : Cannot index into a null array.
At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\Box\box.psm1:684 char:9

•     boxThrowError -text $txt
  

•     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [boxThrowError], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullArray,boxThrowError

boxThrowError : Cannot index into a null array.
At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\Box\box.psm1:684 char:9

•     boxThrowError -text $txt
  

•     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [boxThrowError], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullArray,boxThrowError

[mjanow]

It looks like what broke is boxUsers.psm1. boxCreateFolder works by itself, but none of the boxGetCurrentUser or boxGetUser functions work.

[mbegan]

I didn't change anything in those functions.

Just the core API call and folder/collaboration functions

getting users and getting groups as a different user seems unnecessary doesn't it?

need more context, looks like the real error is being hidden.
Can you run the following and share the output

$Error.Clear()
boxGetUser -username anything
foreach ($e in $Error){$e}

[mjanow]

Cannot index into a null array.
At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\Box\box.psm1:567 char:5

• $errorString = ($boxSays.status.ToString() + " " + $boxSays.code. ...
  

• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullArray

Exception calling "GetResponse" with "0" argument(s): "The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found."
At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\Box\box.psm1:662 char:9

•     [System.Net.HttpWebResponse]$response = $request.GetResponse( ...
  

•     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebException