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Box to Scaleway Postgres integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep Box and Scaleway Postgres in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect Box and Scaleway Postgres

Keep Scaleway Postgres and Box in step: a row in Scaleway Postgres for every file in Box, with names, paths, metadata, and status staying consistent in real time, in both directions.

A database holds structured records; a storage system holds the files those records depend on, such as contracts, images, exports, uploads, and documents. The two describe the same things from opposite sides: a row in Scaleway Postgres says a file exists and carries its name, location, and status, while Box holds the bytes. Linked only by a hand-kept path or a one-off script, the two drift the moment a file is renamed, moved, or deleted and the record still points at where it used to be.

Stacksync syncs Materialized views, Schemas, Sequences, Columns in Scaleway Postgres with Collaborations, Users, Groups, Tasks in Box bi-directionally and in real time. File attributes, including name, path or object key, size, type, modified time, owner, and tags or custom properties, map field by field to columns on the matching row, and a change on either side shows up on the other within seconds. New files appear as rows, metadata edits travel in the direction you choose, and deletes stay consistent, with conflict rules you set in place of nightly reconciliation scripts.

Common use cases

  • 01 Back internal tools with the same Postgres instance while Stacksync keeps it consistent with external systems
  • 02 Keep an EU-hosted Postgres as the system of record while distributing data to US-hosted SaaS applications
  • 03 Stream enterprise Events (admin events) into a warehouse for audit, DLP, and access-review reporting.
  • 04 Two-way sync of Files and Folders between Box and an operational database so applications track document status without calling the Box API directly.

Common sync patterns

A landing zone for incoming files

Files that arrive in a folder or bucket in Box become rows in Scaleway Postgres as they land, so a database-driven process can pick them up without polling the storage system's API.

Continuous archival to file storage

Rows from Scaleway Postgres are written out to Box as files on a schedule or as they change, giving a durable, low-cost copy for backup, compliance, or a data lake, without a custom export job to maintain.

A queryable index of the file store

Every file or object in Box shows up as a row in Scaleway Postgres, with its name, folder or key, size, type, and modified date as columns, so the contents of the store can be listed, filtered, and joined like any other table.

What you can sync between Box and Scaleway Postgres

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

Box objects Scaleway Postgres objects How this pairing syncs
Metadata Structured key-value instances attached to files and folders via metadata templates; synced two-way with database columns for classification and search. Columns Postgres-native types, including JSONB and arrays, are mapped to fields in the paired system. Metadata is specific to Box and Columns to Scaleway Postgres — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Collaborations Access grants linking a user or group to a file or folder with a role such as viewer, editor, or co-owner; written to manage sharing programmatically. Tables Primary sync unit; each table maps to an object or table on the other side of the sync. Collaborations is specific to Box and Tables to Scaleway Postgres — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Users Managed and app users in the enterprise; provisioned, updated, and deprovisioned to keep Box access aligned with an HR or identity source. Views Read-only sources for shaping data before it leaves the database. Users is specific to Box and Views to Scaleway Postgres — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Groups Named user collections used for bulk collaboration; membership synced from a directory or IdP. Materialized views Precomputed result sets that can be read on a schedule for downstream syncs. Groups is specific to Box and Materialized views to Scaleway Postgres — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Tasks Review or approval assignments on a file with due dates and states; read for workflow reporting or written to start approvals. Schemas Namespace tables so multiple applications or environments can be synced selectively. Tasks is specific to Box and Schemas to Scaleway Postgres — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Events Enterprise admin event stream, an audit log of uploads, deletes, logins, and shares across the account; read-only, consumed for reporting or change feeds. Sequences Generate primary keys; sync tooling must respect them when writing rows. Events is specific to Box and Sequences to Scaleway Postgres — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between Box and Scaleway Postgres

Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.

Box Scaleway Postgres Sub-second propagation

DetectionBox notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. V2 webhooks fire on triggers such as FILE.UPLOADED, FILE.TRASHED, and METADATA_INSTANCE.UPDATED.

DeliveryEach detected change is applied to Scaleway Postgres as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.

Scaleway Postgres Box Sub-second propagation

DetectionChanges in Scaleway Postgres are captured at the source via change data capture — no polling loop against its API. Log-based CDC via PostgreSQL logical replication where the managed instance permits it.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to Box through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Rate-limit considerations

  • Box: Per user: 1,000 API calls per minute and 240 file uploads per minute; exceeding limits returns HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header. Box Business plans also carry a licensed monthly API-call allotment per enterprise.
  • Scaleway Postgres: Throughput is bounded by instance size and connection limits rather than API quotas.
What ships with Box ⇄ Scaleway Postgres

Connect Box and Scaleway Postgres for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Box–Scaleway Postgres connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in Box or Scaleway Postgres instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Box or Scaleway Postgres data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single Box or Scaleway Postgres record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Box ⇄ Scaleway Postgres sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Box and Scaleway Postgres.

How the Box and Scaleway Postgres connectors work

Box

Integration surface
REST API (api.box.com/2.0), plus the Events API and V2 Webhooks
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 for user-delegated access, or server-to-server auth via JWT (RSA keypair) or Client Credentials Grant (CCG) using a Box app; short-lived developer tokens for testing
Change detection
V2 webhooks fire on triggers such as FILE.UPLOADED, FILE.TRASHED, and METADATA_INSTANCE.UPDATED; the Events API (user stream via long-poll by stream_position, or enterprise/admin events) provides a near-real-time change feed
Capabilities
read · write · webhooks
Rate limits
Per user: 1,000 API calls per minute and 240 file uploads per minute; exceeding limits returns HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header. Box Business plans also carry a licensed monthly API-call allotment per enterprise.

Scaleway Postgres

Integration surface
SQL wire protocol (PostgreSQL)
Authentication
Database credentials (username/password over TLS)
Change detection
Log-based CDC via PostgreSQL logical replication where the managed instance permits it; otherwise timestamp or query-based polling
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
Throughput is bounded by instance size and connection limits rather than API quotas
How it works

How to connect Box to Scaleway Postgres — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate Box and Scaleway Postgres with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    Box connected
    Scaleway Postgres connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Box and Scaleway Postgres objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · Box ⇄ Scaleway Postgres
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    Box Scaleway Postgres
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
FAQ

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SECURITY

Security teams trust Stacksync

As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.

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SSO & SCIM

Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.

Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

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