How to use IBM App Connect with Dropbox

Dropbox is a file hosting service that offers free cloud-based storage. The following information describes how to use App Connect to connect to Dropbox.
Availability:
  • A connector in IBM App Connect Enterprise as a ServiceApp Connect Enterprise as a Service connector
  • A local connector in a Designer instance of IBM App Connect in containers (Continuous Delivery release)Local connector in containers (Continuous Delivery release) 11.0.0.11-r1 or later
  • A local connector in a Designer instance of IBM App Connect in containers (Extended Update Support)Local connector in containers (Extended Update Support release)
  • A local connector in a Designer instance of IBM App Connect in containers (Long Term Support)Local connector in containers (Long Term Support 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

The considerations and steps for connecting App Connect to a Dropbox account depend on which type of connector you want to use to connect to your Dropbox account for use in your flows:

General considerations for using Dropbox in App Connect

  • 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 Catalog 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 Catalog page of the App Connect Designer.

    For some applications, the events and actions in the catalog 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.

Note: Events are not available for changes in this application. You can trigger a flow in other ways, such as at a scheduled interval or at specific dates and times.

Dropbox actions

Your flow completes these actions on this application.

Files
Retrieve all files
Download file content
Folders
Retrieve all folders
Paper docs
Retrieve all Paper docs

More items are available when you have connected App Connect to Dropbox.

Examples

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Dashboard tile for a template that uses Dropbox
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Use templates to quickly create flows for Dropbox

Learn how to use App Connect templates to quickly create flows that complete actions on Dropbox. For example, open the Templates gallery, and then search for Dropbox.

Learn more

Dashboard tile for a template that uses Dropbox