title: Can I directly download files from Box to IBM Cloud Object Storage?
body: <p>What I want to achieve is to download files from Box directly to my COS bucket without downloading it to my local computer. I want to run this code in IBM Cloud Functions so I need to establish this direct download somehow.</p>
  <pre><code>def main(args):
      config = JWTAuth.from_settings_file('test_config.json')
      client = Client(config)
      print(client.user('me').get())
  
      #set the path to folder
      folderId = &quot;131511144823&quot;
      #filename we need
      file_we_looking_for = &quot;test.xls&quot;
  
      files_to_download = {}
      #get all items in box folder
      items_in_folder = client.folder(folder_id=folderId).get_items()
      for item in items_in_folder:
          if file_we_looking_for == item.name:
              print(item.name)
              files_to_download[item.id] = item.name
  
      #upload the file straight to object storage
      cos_client_conn = get_cos_client_connection()
      upload_large_file(cos_client_conn,'test','exceltestfrombox', files_to_download.keys()[0])
  
  
  def upload_large_file(cos_cli, bucket_name, item_name, file_path):
      print(&quot;Starting large file upload for {0} to bucket: {1}&quot;.format(item_name, bucket_name))
  
      # set the chunk size to 5 MB
      part_size = 1024 * 1024 * 5
  
      # set threadhold to 5 MB
      file_threshold = 1024 * 1024 * 5
  
  
      # set the transfer threshold and chunk size in config settings
      transfer_config = ibm_boto3.s3.transfer.TransferConfig(
          multipart_threshold=file_threshold,
          multipart_chunksize=part_size
      )
  
      # create transfer manager
      transfer_mgr = ibm_boto3.s3.transfer.TransferManager(cos_cli, config=transfer_config)
  
      try:
          # initiate file upload
          future = transfer_mgr.upload(file_path, bucket_name, item_name)
  
          # wait for upload to complete
          future.result()
  
          print (&quot;Large file upload complete!&quot;)
      except Exception as e:
          print(&quot;Unable to complete large file upload: {0}&quot;.format(e))
      finally:
          transfer_mgr.shutdown()
  </code></pre>
  <p>The problem is the <strong>upload_large_file</strong> function is looking for an absolute path of the file downloaded to my computer. I also tried to generate a shared link of the file and paste that there but it did not work.</p>