Set up a connection to Dropbox

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Included in the Jan. 2023 release Dropbox is a cloud content management and file sharing service. The Dropbox platform enables easy team collaboration.

Dropbox documentation: API guide, Authentication

A. Set up a Dropbox connection

Start establishing a connection to Dropbox in either of the following ways:

• From the Resources menu, select Connections. Then, click + Create connection at the top right.
      – or –
• While working in a new or existing integration, you can add an application to a flow simply by clicking Add source or Add destination/lookup.

In the resulting Application list, click Dropbox.

The Create connection pane then asks you to name the new connection.

Be sure to provide a clear and distinguishable Name as soon as the connection is created. Throughout integrator.io imports and exports, you will have the option to choose this new connection, and a unique identifier will prove helpful later when selecting among a list of connections that you’ve created.

B. Configure your client id and secret

At this point, you’re presented with the required settings for Dropbox authentication.

Redirect URL (required/uneditable): Use this URL when configuring your Dropbox app. Use the following steps to add the redirect URL to your Dropbox app:

1. Sign in to Dropbox.
2. Navigate to the App console.
3. Open the Dropbox app you're connecting.
4. In the OAuth 2 section of the Settings tab, enter the redirect URL copied from integrator.io.
5. Click Add.

iClient (required): Select the iClient pair that stores the client ID and client secret provided to you by Dropbox. To add an iClient and configure your credentials, click the plus (+) button. Click the edit () button to modify a selected iClient. Be sure to give the iClient a recognizable name for use in any other connections. Use the following steps to find the client ID and client secret for your Dropbox app.

1. Sign in to Dropbox.
2. Navigate to the App console.
3. Open the Dropbox app you're connecting to integrator.io.
4. Use the App key value displayed on the Settings tab as your client ID.
5. Click Show to display the App secret value to use as your client secret.

Configure scopes (required): Set the required Dropbox scopes for your connection.

C. Edit advanced Dropbox settings

Before continuing, you have the opportunity to provide additional configuration information, if needed, for the Dropbox connection.

Borrow concurrency from (optional): Select another connection from the list....

Concurrency level (optional): Up to 25 allowed....

D. Save and authorize

Once you have configured the Dropbox connection, you have a few options for continuing:

• Test connection – click this button to verify that your new connection is free of errors
• Save – click this button to test the connection, commit the new connection so that it will be available to all integrations for your account
• Cancel – click to exit without saving any new changes

When you select Test connection, the connection is verified before continuing and the status is displayed in the Connection pane.

The new connection is now successfully added to your account. It will be applied to the current source or destination app, if you created it within a flow. Otherwise, you may proceed to register the connection with an integration.