DropBox Connector

DropBox Connector

The high-performance DropBox Connector provides read/write capabilities within your application, allowing you to perform numerous DropBox operations with minimal coding or even no-coding at all. Integrate DropBox data into applications such as SSIS, SQL Server, any ODBC-compatible application, or even directly within a programming language using this connector.

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Data Integration
Database
BI & Reporting
Productivity
Programming Languages
Automation & Scripting
ODBC applications

Actions supported by DropBox Connector

DropBox Connector support following actions for REST API integration. If some actions are not listed below then you can easily edit Connector file and enhance out of the box functionality.
 Make connection test
Makes a connection test    [ Read more... ]
 List folder
Lists folder    [ Read more... ]
Parameter Description
Path
Recursive
Option Value
true true
false false
 Download a file
Downloads a file    [ Read more... ]
Parameter Description
SourceFilePath
 Download a folder and folders/files within as ZIP archive
Downloads a folder with all the files and folders it contains as ZIP file    [ Read more... ]
Parameter Description
SourcePath
 Upload a file
Upload a file    [ Read more... ]
Parameter Description
TargetFilePath Specify a file path in DropBox to save file to
SourceFilePath Specify a disk file path to upload
 Create folder
Creates folder    [ Read more... ]
Parameter Description
Path
 Delete
Deletes file or folder    [ Read more... ]
Parameter Description
Path
 Generic Request
This is generic endpoint. Use this endpoint when some actions are not implemented by connector. Just enter partial URL (Required), Body, Method, Header etc. Most parameters are optional except URL.    [ Read more... ]
Parameter Description
Url API URL goes here. You can enter full URL or Partial URL relative to Base URL. If it is full URL then domain name must be part of ServiceURL or part of TrustedDomains
Body Request Body content goes here
IsMultiPart Set this option if you want to upload file(s) using either raw file data (i.e., POST raw file data) or send data using the multi-part encoding method (i.e. Content-Type: multipart/form-data). A multi-part request allows you to mix key/value pairs and upload files in the same request. On the other hand, raw upload allows only a single file to be uploaded (without any key/value data). ==== Raw Upload (Content-Type: application/octet-stream) ===== To upload a single file in raw mode, check this option and specify the full file path starting with the @ sign in the Body (e.g. @c:\data\myfile.zip) ==== Form-Data / Multipart Upload (Content-Type: multipart/form-data) ===== To treat your request data as multi-part fields, you must specify key/value pairs separated by new lines in the RequestData field (i.e., Body). Each key/value pair should be entered on a new line, and key/value are separated using an equal sign (=). Leading and trailing spaces are ignored, and blank lines are also ignored. If a field value contains any special character(s), use escape sequences (e.g., for NewLine: \r\n, for Tab: \t, for at (@): @). When the value of any field starts with the at sign (@), it is automatically treated as a file you want to upload. By default, the file content type is determined based on the file extension; however, you can supply a content type manually for any field using this format: [YourFileFieldName.Content-Type=some-content-type]. By default, file upload fields always include Content-Type in the request (non-file fields do not have Content-Type by default unless you supply it manually). If, for some reason, you don't want to use the Content-Type header in your request, then supply a blank Content-Type to exclude this header altogether (e.g., SomeFieldName.Content-Type=). In the example below, we have supplied Content-Type for file2 and SomeField1. All other fields are using the default content type. See the example below of uploading multiple files along with additional fields. If some API requires you to pass Content-Type: multipart/form-data rather than multipart/form-data, then manually set Request Header => Content-Type: multipart/mixed (it must start with multipart/ or it will be ignored). file1=@c:\data\Myfile1.txt file2=@c:\data\Myfile2.json file2.Content-Type=application/json SomeField1=aaaaaaa SomeField1.Content-Type=text/plain SomeField2=12345 SomeFieldWithNewLineAndTab=This is line1\r\nThis is line2\r\nThis is \ttab \ttab \ttab SomeFieldStartingWithAtSign=\@MyTwitterHandle
Filter Enter filter to extract array from response. Example: $.rows[*] --OR-- $.customers[*].orders[*]. Check your response document and find out hierarchy you like to extract
Option Value
No filter
Example1 $.store.books[*]
Example2 (Sections Under Books) $.store.books[*].sections[*]
Example3 (Equals) $.store.books[?(@author=='sam')]
Example4 (Equals - Any Section) $..[?(@author=='sam')]
Example5 (Not Equals - Any Section) $..[?(@author!='sam')]
Example6 (Number less than) $.store.books[?(@.price<10)] Example7 (Regular Expression - Contains Pattern)=$.store.books[?(@author=~ /sam|bob/ )]
Example8 (Regular Expression - Does Not Contain Pattern) $.store.books[?(@author=~ /^((?!sam|bob).)*$/ )]
Example9 (Regular Expression - Exact Pattern Match) $.store.books[?(@author=~ /^sam|bob$/ )]
Example10 (Regular Expression - Starts With) $.store.books[?(@author=~ /^sam/ )]
Example11 (Regular Expression - Ends With) $.store.books[?(@author=~ /sam$/ )]
Example12 (Between) $.store.employees[?( @.hiredate>'2015-01-01' && @.hiredate<'2015-01-04' )]
Headers Headers for Request. To enter multiple headers use double pipe or new line after each {header-name}:{value} pair
 Generic Request (Bulk Write)
This is a generic endpoint for bulk write purpose. Use this endpoint when some actions are not implemented by connector. Just enter partial URL (Required), Body, Method, Header etc. Most parameters are optional except URL.    [ Read more... ]
Parameter Description
Url API URL goes here. You can enter full URL or Partial URL relative to Base URL. If it is full URL then domain name must be part of ServiceURL or part of TrustedDomains
IsMultiPart Set this option if you want to upload file(s) using either raw file data (i.e., POST raw file data) or send data using the multi-part encoding method (i.e. Content-Type: multipart/form-data). A multi-part request allows you to mix key/value pairs and upload files in the same request. On the other hand, raw upload allows only a single file to be uploaded (without any key/value data). ==== Raw Upload (Content-Type: application/octet-stream) ===== To upload a single file in raw mode, check this option and specify the full file path starting with the @ sign in the Body (e.g. @c:\data\myfile.zip) ==== Form-Data / Multipart Upload (Content-Type: multipart/form-data) ===== To treat your request data as multi-part fields, you must specify key/value pairs separated by new lines in the RequestData field (i.e., Body). Each key/value pair should be entered on a new line, and key/value are separated using an equal sign (=). Leading and trailing spaces are ignored, and blank lines are also ignored. If a field value contains any special character(s), use escape sequences (e.g., for NewLine: \r\n, for Tab: \t, for at (@): @). When the value of any field starts with the at sign (@), it is automatically treated as a file you want to upload. By default, the file content type is determined based on the file extension; however, you can supply a content type manually for any field using this format: [YourFileFieldName.Content-Type=some-content-type]. By default, file upload fields always include Content-Type in the request (non-file fields do not have Content-Type by default unless you supply it manually). If, for some reason, you don't want to use the Content-Type header in your request, then supply a blank Content-Type to exclude this header altogether (e.g., SomeFieldName.Content-Type=). In the example below, we have supplied Content-Type for file2 and SomeField1. All other fields are using the default content type. See the example below of uploading multiple files along with additional fields. If some API requires you to pass Content-Type: multipart/form-data rather than multipart/form-data, then manually set Request Header => Content-Type: multipart/mixed (it must start with multipart/ or it will be ignored). file1=@c:\data\Myfile1.txt file2=@c:\data\Myfile2.json file2.Content-Type=application/json SomeField1=aaaaaaa SomeField1.Content-Type=text/plain SomeField2=12345 SomeFieldWithNewLineAndTab=This is line1\r\nThis is line2\r\nThis is \ttab \ttab \ttab SomeFieldStartingWithAtSign=\@MyTwitterHandle
Filter Enter filter to extract array from response. Example: $.rows[*] --OR-- $.customers[*].orders[*]. Check your response document and find out hierarchy you like to extract
Headers Headers for Request. To enter multiple headers use double pipe (||) or new line after each {header-name}:{value} pair

SQL examples for DropBox Connector

Use these example DropBox SQL queries within SQL Server or any other ODBC-compatible application:

Test connection    [ Read more... ]

Tests connection

SELECT *
  FROM make_test

List folder #1    [ Read more... ]

Lists all files and folders within a folder

SELECT *
  FROM list_folder

List folder #2    [ Read more... ]

Lists all files and folders within a folder

SELECT *
  FROM list_folder
  WITH (Path='/MySubfolder'
       ,Recursive='true')

Download file    [ Read more... ]

Downloads a file

SELECT *
  FROM download_file
  WITH (SourceFilePath='/file-I-want-to-download.dat'
        ,ResponseDataFile='C:\path\I\want\to\save\my\file\to.dat'
      )

Download folder as ZIP file    [ Read more... ]

Downloads a folder with all files and folders within it as ZIP file

SELECT *
  FROM download_folder
  WITH (SourcePath='/folder-I-want-to-download'
        ,ResponseDataFile='C:\path\I\want\to\save\my\folder\to.zip'
      )

Upload a file    [ Read more... ]

Uploads a file

SELECT *
  FROM upload_file
  WITH (TargetFilePath='/MySubfolder/file-I-want-to-upload-to-dropbox.dat'
        ,DiskFilePath='C:\file\I\want\to\upload.dat'
      )

Delete a file or a folder    [ Read more... ]

Deletes a file or a folder

SELECT *
  FROM delete
  WITH (Path='/path/to/file/in/dropbox/I/want/to/delete.dat')

Create a folder    [ Read more... ]

Creates a folder

SELECT *
  FROM create_folder
  WITH (Path='/folder/in/dropbox/I/want/to/create')

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