Question

Is there a way to download Box’s webdocs and Google’s gdocs as Word documents, and Google’s gsheets as Excel spreadsheets?

I download files as follows:

HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
HttpMethod getMethod = new GetMethod("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/fileId/data");
getMethod.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "BoxAuth api_key=" + API_KEY + "&auth_token=" + authToken);
client.executeMethod(getMethod);

Is there a header or parameter I can include that will allow export in the specified format?

Answer 1

We don’t have the capability to convert to Excel or other formats available via API. Thanks for asking. If we see enough business demand for it, then we will consider offering it.