How to use IBM App Connect with Dropbox
App Connect
Enterprise as a Service connector
Local
connector in containers (Continuous Delivery release) 11.0.0.11-r1 or
later-
Local connector in containers (Long Term Support Cycle-2 release)
Supported product and API versions
To find out which product and API versions this connector supports, see Detailed System Requirements on the IBM Support page.
Connecting to Dropbox
To connect App Connect to a Dropbox account, see Connecting to Dropbox from an App Connect Designer instance in a containerized environment (local connector).
General considerations for using Dropbox in App Connect
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Before you use the account that is created in App Connect in a flow, rename the account to something meaningful that helps you to identify it. To rename the account on the Applications and APIs page, select the account, open its options menu (⋮), then click Rename Account.
- (General consideration) You can see lists of the trigger events and
actions that are available on the Applications and APIs
page of the App Connect Designer.
For some applications, the events and actions depend on the environment and whether the connector supports configurable events and dynamic discovery of actions. If the application supports configurable events, you see a Show more configurable events link under the events list. If the application supports dynamic discovery of actions, you see a Show more link under the actions list.
- (General consideration) If you are using multiple accounts for an application, the set of fields that is displayed when you select an action for that application can vary for different accounts. In the flow editor, some applications always provide a curated set of static fields for an action. Other applications use dynamic discovery to retrieve the set of fields that are configured on the instance that you are connected to. For example, if you have two accounts for two instances of an application, the first account might use settings that are ready for immediate use. However, the second account might be configured with extra custom fields.
Events and actions
Dropbox events
These events are for changes in this application that trigger a flow to start completing the actions in the flow.
Dropbox actions
Your flow completes these actions on this application.
| Object | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Files | Create file | Creates a file in Dropbox |
| Delete file | Deletes a file from Dropbox | |
| Download file content | Downloads a file from a user's Dropbox | |
| Retrieve files | Retrieves all details about files from Dropbox | |
| Update file | Updates file in Dropbox | |
| Folder items | Retrieve folder items | Retrieves details about a folder for a specified path in Dropbox |
| Folders | Create folder | Creates a folder in Dropbox |
| Delete folder | Deletes a folder from Dropbox | |
| Retrieve folders | Retrieves all details about a folder for a specified path in Dropbox | |
| Sharing | Create shared link | Creates a shared link for a file in Dropbox |
| Retrieve shared links | Retrieves all details about a shared link from Dropbox | |
| Revoke a shared link | Even after revoking a shared link to a file, the file might be accessible if shared links lead to any of the file parent folders |
More items are available when you have connected App Connect to Dropbox.
Examples
Use templates to create flows for Dropbox
Learn how to use App Connect templates to create flows that complete actions on Dropbox. For example, open Discover, then search for Dropbox.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) support
The Dropbox connector supports MCP, and all Dropbox actions for the listed objects can be added to an MCP server as tools. For more information on how to configure an MCP server, see Creating and managing MCP servers.