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Snap type:

Write

 

Description:

This Snap writes binary data to a file on Box.

  • Expected upstream Snaps: File Reader.
  • Expected downstream Snaps: Not applicable.
  • Expected input: File path.
  • Expected output: Writes the file to the specified file path.

 

Prerequisites:

[None]

 

Support and limitations:

 

Account: 

This Snap uses account references created on the Accounts page of SnapLogic Manager to handle access to this endpoint. See Box Account for information on setting up this type of account.

 

Views:


InputThis Snap has exactly one binary input view.
OutputThis Snap has exactly one document output view.
ErrorThis Snap has at most one document error view and produces zero or more documents in the view.

 

Settings

Label

 

Required. The name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your pipeline.

File path


 

Required. The destination path of the file to be written.

Example: folder1/folder2/file 

Action


If the file exists, you can append to or overwrite the file.

Example: Overwrite

Default: Append 

Execute during preview


Enables you to execute the Snap during the Save operation so that the output view can produce the preview data.

 

 

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Example

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To write a file to Box, send a file from the File Reader Snap to the Box Write Snap where the file path is set to the destination path. If the Action property is set to Overwrite, it overwrites the existing file. If the Action property is set to Append, it appends the content to the existing file.

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