> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.nextmatter.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Integrate with Box

> Connect your workflow to Box to handle your documents and upload them to workflow steps

You can connect Box in Next Matter so that you don't have to authenticate your API calls in specific steps.

You need to first connect Box in your Next Matter portal.

## Connect an integration

1. In your Next Matter portal, go to **Automations library**, and click **Connect** in the Box app tile.

2. Authenticate with your Box credentials. If you connect the integration in Next Matter you will not need to authenticate your API calls. When you configure your Box integration step in the workflow, select Box from the drop-down in the **Authorization** field in the **Headers** section.

## Box use cases

You can use your Box integration to upload files to workflow steps or to download documents from steps and send them to Box.

Refer to the following Box developer documentation links to structure your API calls:

* [Upload a file to Box](https://developer.box.com/reference/post-files-content/)

* [Send a document sign request](https://developer.box.com/reference/resources/sign-request/)

* [Create a task for a Box file](https://developer.box.com/reference/resources/task/)