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Dropbox (REST API)

Create a Dropbox connection using the DryvIQ REST API.

Written by Andrea Harvey

Updated at April 29th, 2025

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Table of Contents

Creating a Connection Creating a Job

Creating a Connection

The following GET will return a target URL. Use this URL to log in to your Dropbox account and authenticate the connection.  

GET {{url}}v1/connections/platforms/dropbox/new

Creating a Job

The sample code below shows how to create a job for a Dropbox connection.

POST {{url}}v1/jobs
{
   "name":"Simple Job",
   "kind": "transfer",
   "transfer": {
     "transfer_type": "copy",
       "source": {
           "connection": { "id": "{{Dropbox_StandardAccount_ConnectionID}}" },
           "target": {
               "path": "/sourceFolder"
           }
       },
       "destination": {
           "connection": { "id": "{{OneDriveForBusiness_connection_destinationID}}" },
           "target": {
               "path": "/Documents/destinationFolder"
           }
       },
       "simulation_mode": false
   },
   "schedule": {
       "mode": "manual"
   },
   "stop_policy": {
       "on_success": 5,
       "on_failure": 5,
       "on_execute": 25
   },
   "category": {
     "name": "Report Category {Name}"
   }
}

 

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