Box, in the Cloud Storage wars, is basically the business version of Dropbox. With an emphasis on security and data integrity, many businesses trust Box over the more traditional services for their business needs. This means that if you are developing a business application, and you want users to be able to access their Cloud Storage, then you need to make sure that you have Box integrated into your application.
Box is always referred to as an online backup service. Box is perhaps the most famous personal cloud storage service, with a focus on sharing files and collaboration across different computers via installed software.
Box API allows read/write access to these files through Box’s file synchronization and storage. This article will introduce you to the Box API. If you’ve never worked with Box, or integrating with CloudRail, before then you might be surprised at how easy it is to integrate Cloud Storage into your application.
Its popularity
Box API is used by many developers to build amazing applications. This means that if you ever get stuck, all of the usual communities online will be able to help you out.
Additionally, it’s not just developers that use Box. If you require to add the Cloud Storage service that is most likely for other users to have, then Box is your best bet.
Speed of access
Box is one of the fastest online file storage services, meaning that it is a great choice when you need to add Cloud Storage to your application. With features like multi-part file uploads (supported by CloudRail), you are able to access Cloud Storage with very little performance problems within your application.
Business features
By adding the CloudRaul Box Integration into your application, you also get a range of great business applications. Box is the kind of product that is used in many businesses, sometimes as a backup service, sometimes to send files to other team members, an sometimes to share products or reports with clients.
One particular use case, of which you could add into your application with the Box API, is contracts. A customer could want to send a signed contract. You could use the Box API to route these contracts into a specified folder, such as one named customers-contracts.
Why you should use CloudRail to Integrate Box
With CloudRail, you get a few click process to add any of our integrations into your application. As well as Box, this does include other Cloud Storage providers such as Google Drive, Dropbox, and many others. So, if you need to be sure that your integration makes use of the Cloud Storage options that your user actually uses, CloudRail is your best bet for making sure this is true.
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