Update a File Request

To update some of the basic details for an existing file request, all you need is its unique ID.

cURL

curl -i -X PUT "https://api.box.com/2.0/file_requests/42037322" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
     -d '{
       "title": "Please upload required documents",
       "description": "Please upload required documents",
       "status": "active",
       "is_email_required": true,
       "is_description_required": false
     }'

await client.fileRequests.updateFileRequestById(copiedFileRequest.id, {
  title: 'updated title',
  description: 'updated description',
} satisfies FileRequestUpdateRequest);

client.file_requests.update_file_request_by_id(
    copied_file_request.id, title="updated title", description="updated description"
)

await client.FileRequests.UpdateFileRequestByIdAsync(fileRequestId: copiedFileRequest.Id, requestBody: new FileRequestUpdateRequest() { Title = "updated title", Description = "updated description" });

try await client.fileRequests.updateFileRequestById(fileRequestId: copiedFileRequest.id, requestBody: FileRequestUpdateRequest(title: "updated title", description: "updated description"))

client.getFileRequests().updateFileRequestById(copiedFileRequest.getId(), new FileRequestUpdateRequest.Builder().title("updated title").description("updated description").build())

BoxFileRequest fileRequest = new BoxFileRequest(api, "id");
BoxFileRequest.Info fileRequestInfo = fileRequest.new Info();
fileRequestInfo.setDescription("Following documents are requested for your process");
fileRequestInfo.setIsDescriptionRequired(true);
fileRequestInfo.setStatus(BoxFileRequest.Status.ACTIVE);
fileRequestInfo = fileRequest.updateInfo(fileRequestInfo);

from boxsdk.object.file_request import StatusState
update_data = {
    "description": 'Updated description', 
    "is_email_required": True,
    "status": StatusState.ACTIVE
}
file_request.update_info(data=update_data)

var updateRequest = new BoxFileRequestUpdateRequest
{
    Description = "New file request description",
    Status = BoxFileRequestStatus.inactive
};

BoxFileRequestObject fileRequest = await client.FileRequestsManager.UpdateFileRequestAsync("12345", updateRequest);

client.fileRequests.update(fileRequestId, {
  title: 'Updated title'
}).then((r: FileRequest) => {
  // do something with the updated file request 
  console.log(r)
});

For more details on the different fields that can be updated when creating a template, please see the reference documentation for the API.

The ID of a file request can be determined by visiting the Box web app and inspecting the URL. Please on setting up a file request template to learn how to determine a file request ID.