# Configuring the Dropbox account

## **How to get an access token** <a href="#h_2db91903cc" id="h_2db91903cc"></a>

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;**

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3. Choose one of the API types;
4. Then one of the access types;
5. And last, the name of your app;
6. Then click **Create app** to finish this step.

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### 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:

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

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3. Your access token has been generated.

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### 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:

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

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