Dropbox API Reference

Number of APIs: 191

The powerful, yet simple, Dropbox API allows you to manage and control content and team settings programmatically and extend Dropbox capabilities in new and powerful ways. This is a collection that includes requests to all endpoints in the Dropbox API.

The Dropbox API is divided in two groups of endpoints: User Endpoints and Business Endpoints. Operations that would most likely be executed by a user, such as file operations, are in the User Endpoints folder. Operations that would most likely be executed by a team administrator, such as adding users to groups, live in the Business Endpoints folder.

If you are new to Dropbox Business and Team Administration, please have a look at the Dropobox Admin Guide.

If you want more information on how to use our API please refer to our Developer Portal.

What's in the collection?

The endpoints are organized in the following folders: * account * auth * check * contacts * fileproperties * filerequests * files * sharing * team * team_log * users

Authorization

OAuth 2.0 for API Access

Dropbox uses OAuth 2.0, an open specification, to authorize access to data. To get an OAuth token from Dropbox to enable Qodex to access your Dropbox account via the API you’ll need to create a new app on the DBX Platform.

Creating an App on the DBX Platform

Navigate to https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps and select “Create app” 1. Choose an API
2. Choose the type of access you need 3. Give your app a name
4. Choose the Dropbox account that will own your app

For reference, please use the Dropbox OAuth guide

Generating an Access Token

Once you select “Create app” a page will load that displays information about your newly created app. To generate an access token scroll down to “OAuth 2” and click “Generate” beneath “Generated access token.” The token will display as a long string of characters. Copy this token for use with the Qodex Collection.

Adding an Access Token to the requests

In the Qodex client, click on the three dots to the right of the collection name to View more actions.

Then, click Edit.

Click on the Variables tab and, in the row for the access_token variable, paste your access token in the CURRENT VALUE column. The default value is your-access-token-here.

For information on sessions and variables in Qodex see the blog post at

Notes

Dropbox also has a Qodex Collection in the API Network to help administrators with team management workflows. It is called Dropbox Team Admin Workflows.