Configuring the Dropbox account

Discover how users can set up the Dropbox Connector and how it is used on the Digibee iPaaS with this step-by-step guide.

How to get an access token

Authentication in Dropbox is via an access token. Complete the following steps to obtain an access token that can be used on the Dropbox Connector:

Create app

1. Go to https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps.

2. Click on Create app;

1. Choose one of the API types;

2. Then one of the access types;

3. And last, the name of your app;

4. Then click Create app to finish this step.

Generate token

1. After clicking Create App, you will be redirected to the settings page of your new app, as shown in the image below:

1. Then click Generate in the OAuth 2 section. This will give you your access token:

1. Your access token has been generated.

Creating an Account

Now we need to create an Account on the platform of the type oauth-bearer and insert the generated access token, as follow:

Finally, we have our access token configured and our Account created, ready to be used on the Dropbox Connector: