DropBox Integration
Q. What is the purpose of using Dropbox?
Dropbox is a home for all your work. You can store and share files, collaborate on projects, and bring your best ideas to life—whether you’re working alone or with colleagues and clients. With Dropbox, all your files are backed up to the cloud and available online.
Q. How to create a DropBox Account.
For Creating DropBox Account follow the steps:
Step 1 : Go through the Link https://www.dropbox.com
Step 2 : Click on the Sign Up button and create a
DropBox account with your gmail.
Q. How to Create an App in DropBox ?
To Create App in DropBox :
Step 1 : Go through the Link
Step 2 : Click on the Create app button .
Step 3 : Choose all options as I mentioned below.
Add a name for your app then click on Create app button.
Step 4 : Now from the permission tab you need to give
permission to your app.
Step 5 : Inside the permission tab scroll down and select
files.metadata.write, files.content.write,
files.content.read
Step 6 : Click on submit button
Here you can see your App key & App secret :
Step 7 : To generate access token click on Generate button as
shown below :
Step 7 : Copy the access token for later use:
Q. How to Integrate Salesforce with DropBox using
Http callout service.
To Integrate Salesforce with DropBox, Follow the steps given below :
Step 1 : Create a DropBox Account .
Step 2 : Create App and generate access token then save it for later
Use.
Step 3 : Create an apex class and make a http callout through class
by using access tokens .
For creating single file, Use End Point :
For creating multiple files, Use End Point :