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Box to YugabyteDB integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep Box and YugabyteDB 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 YugabyteDB

Keep YugabyteDB and Box in step: a row in YugabyteDB 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 YugabyteDB 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 Databases and Keyspaces, Tables, Indexes, Materialized Views in YugabyteDB with Groups, Tasks, Events, Files 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 Two-way sync between YugabyteDB application tables and a CRM so product data and account records stay consistent.
  • 02 Sync reference data such as pricing or entitlements from an ERP into YugabyteDB for globally distributed low-latency reads.
  • 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 YugabyteDB 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 YugabyteDB 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 YugabyteDB, 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 YugabyteDB

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 YugabyteDB objects How this pairing syncs
Groups Named user collections used for bulk collaboration; membership synced from a directory or IdP. CDC Streams Change streams over the storage-layer WAL consumed through logical replication or Debezium-compatible connectors. Groups is specific to Box and CDC Streams to YugabyteDB — 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. Databases and Keyspaces Top-level containers for the YSQL (Postgres-style) and YCQL (Cassandra-style) APIs respectively. Tasks is specific to Box and Databases and Keyspaces to YugabyteDB — 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. Tables Distributed SQL tables split into tablets; the primary read and write targets. Events is specific to Box and Tables to YugabyteDB — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Files Core content object with versions, name, size, and metadata; synced two-way so files and their attributes move between Box and a database or another store. Indexes Global secondary indexes maintained transactionally alongside table writes. Files is specific to Box and Indexes to YugabyteDB — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Folders Hierarchical containers whose tree, names, and parent moves are mirrored so a target system reflects Box's structure; the account root is always folder ID 0. Materialized Views Precomputed query results available in YSQL for read-side shaping. Folders is specific to Box and Materialized Views to YugabyteDB — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Metadata Structured key-value instances attached to files and folders via metadata templates; synced two-way with database columns for classification and search. Schemas Postgres-style namespaces in YSQL used to organize synced data. Metadata is specific to Box and Schemas to YugabyteDB — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between Box and YugabyteDB

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 YugabyteDB 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 YugabyteDB as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.

YugabyteDB Box Sub-second propagation

DetectionChanges in YugabyteDB are captured at the source via change data capture — no polling loop against its API. Native CDC from the write-ahead log via PostgreSQL logical replication or Debezium-compatible connectors.

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.
  • YugabyteDB: No API rate limits; throughput scales with cluster nodes and tablet distribution.
What ships with Box ⇄ YugabyteDB

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

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

Real-time

Two-way sync

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

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Box or YugabyteDB 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 YugabyteDB record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Box ⇄ YugabyteDB 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 YugabyteDB.

How the Box and YugabyteDB 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.

YugabyteDB

Integration surface
SQL wire protocol (PostgreSQL-compatible YSQL) plus a Cassandra-compatible YCQL API
Authentication
Database credentials
Change detection
Native CDC from the write-ahead log via PostgreSQL logical replication or Debezium-compatible connectors
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
No API rate limits; throughput scales with cluster nodes and tablet distribution.
How it works

How to connect Box to YugabyteDB — 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 YugabyteDB 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
    YugabyteDB connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Box and YugabyteDB 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 ⇄ YugabyteDB
    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 YugabyteDB
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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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

Securely connects to your systems with:

OAuth 2 SSH Tunnelling SSL certificates IP Whitelisting VPN gateway VPC peering and more

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