Dropbox

Discover more about the Dropbox component and how to use it on the Digibee Integration Platform.

The Dropbox component allows a connection with the Dropbox service to be established, on top of enabling the following operations with files: Download, Upload and Delete.

Parameters

Take a look at the configuration parameters of the component. Parameters supported by Double Braces expressions are marked with (DB).

Parameter	Description	Default value	Data type
Account	Account for the component to make the service authentication. It’s necessary to use an Oauth-Bearer account type. Check the official documentation to know more about Dropbox credentials.	N/A	String
Operation	Operation to be executed, which can be Download, Upload, or Delete.	Download	String
File Name	File name or full file path (i.e. tmp/processed/file.txt) of the local file. Applicable only in the Download and Upload operations.	N/A	String
Remote File Name	File name or full file path of the remote file (e.g. tmp/file.txt).	N/A	String
Remote Directory	Dropbox remote directory in which the selected operation will take place.	N/A	String
Fail On Error	If the option is enabled, the execution of the pipeline with an error will be interrupted; otherwise, the pipeline execution proceeds, but the result will show a false value for the “success” property.	False	Boolean

Messages flow

Input

The component expects the following mandatory fields to be filled:

• Account

• File Name

• Remote File Name

• Remote Directory

It is also possible to provide the parameters (except to Account and Operation) related to the file inside the integration flow. In this case, the component expects a message in the following format:

{
    "filename": "data.csv",
    "remoteFileName": "data.csv,
    "remoteDirectory": "/"
}

Output

When executing the component, the following JSON structure will be generated when the action is successfully completed:

{
    "fileName": "data.csv",
    "remoteDirectory": "/",
    "remoteFileName": "data.csv",
    "success": true
}

If an error occurs during the operation execution, the following JSON structure will be generated:

{
    "error": {"exception": "<ERROR DETAILS>",
        "message": "<ERROR MESSAGE>",
        "success": false
    },
    "success": false
}

Important: the files manipulation inside a pipeline occurs in a protected way. All the files can be accessed with a temporary directory only, where each pipeline key gives access to its own files set.

Dropbox in Action

Upload of a file

Input

• Local file: data.csv

Parameters:

• Account: dropbox-test

• Operation: Upload

• File Name: data.csv

• Remote File Name: data.csv

• Remote Directory: /Public

or

• Account: dropbox-test (via component configuration screen)

• Operation: Upload (via component configuration screen)

• Payload:

{
    "fileName": "data.csv",
    "remoteFileName": "data.csv",
    "remoteDirectory": "/Public"
}

Output

{
    "fileName": "data.csv",
    "remoteDirectory": "/Public",
    "remoteFileName": "data.csv",
    "success": true
}

Download of a file

Input

Parameters:

• Account: dropbox-test

• Operation: Download

• File Name: data.csv

• Remote File Name: data.csv

• Remote Directory: /Public

or

• Account: dropbox-test (via component configuration screen)

• Operation: Download (via component configuration screen)

• Payload:

{
    "fileName": "data.csv",
    "remoteFileName": "data.csv",
    "remoteDirectory": "/Public"
}

Output

{
    "fileName": "data.csv",
    "remoteDirectory": "/Public",
    "remoteFileName": "data.csv",
    "success": true
}

The file download will be made in the pipeline local directory.

Delete of a file

Input

Parameters

• Account: dropbox-test

• Operation: Delete

• File Name: data.csv

• Remote File Name: data.csv

• Remote Directory: /Public

or

• Account: dropbox-test (via component configuration screen)

• Operation: Delete (via component configuration screen)

• Payload:

{
    "fileName": "data.csv",
    "remoteFileName": "data.csv",
    "remoteDirectory": "/Public"
}

Output

{
    "fileName": "data.csv",
    "remoteDirectory": "/Public",
    "remoteFileName": "data.csv",
    "success": true
}