DropBox Connector for SSISRead / write DropBox data inside your app; perform many DropBox operations without coding, just use easy to use high performance API Connector for DropBox If you are new to SSIS and ZappySys SSIS PowerPack then check these links to get started:
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Video Tutorial - Integrate DropBox data in SSIS
This video covers following and more so watch carefully. After watching this video follow the steps described in this article.
- How to download / install required driver for
DropBox integration in SSIS - How to configure connection for
DropBox - Features about
API Source (Authentication / Query Language / Examples / Driver UI) - Using
DropBox Connection in SSIS
Prerequisites
Before we perform steps listed in this article, you will need to make sure following prerequisites are met:- SSIS designer installed. Sometimes it is referred as BIDS or SSDT (download it from Microsoft site).
- Basic knowledge of SSIS package development using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services.
- Make sure ZappySys SSIS PowerPack is downloaded and installed (download it). Check Getting started section for more information.
Read data from DropBox in SSIS (Export data)
In this section we will learn how to configure and use DropBox Connector in API Source to extract data from DropBox.
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Begin with opening Visual Studio and Create a New Project.
Select Integration Service Project and in new project window set the appropriate name and location for project. And click OK.
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In the new SSIS project screen you will find the following:
- SSIS ToolBox on left side bar
- Solution Explorer and Property Window on right bar
- Control flow, data flow, event Handlers, Package Explorer in tab windows
- Connection Manager Window in the bottom
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Now, Drag and Drop SSIS Data Flow Task from SSIS Toolbox. Double click on the Data Flow Task to see Data Flow designer.
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From the SSIS toolbox drag and API Source (Predefined Templates) on the data flow designer surface, and double click on it to edit it:
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Select New Connection to create a new connection:
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Use a preinstalled DropBox Connector from Popular Connector List or press Search Online radio button to download DropBox Connector. Once downloaded simply use it in the configuration:
DropBox
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Proceed with selecting the desired Authentication Type. Then select API Base URL (in most cases default one is the right one). Finally, fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed. You may press a link Steps to Configure which will help set certain parameters. More info is available in Authentication section.
Steps how to get and use DropBox credentials : User Account [OAuth]
To use OAuth authentication, firstly, you need to create OAuth application:
- Log into your DropBox account.
- Go to DropBox My Apps.
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Then press Create app button to create a new app:
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Once a new page opens, select Scoped access option:
- Next, select Full Dropbox to access all files and folders or App folder to access specific folder's files and folders option.
- Continue by giving your app a name.
- Then check I agree to Dropbox API Terms and Conditions checkbox.
- Click Create app button.
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Once a new page opens, click Enable additional teams and Enable additional users buttons:
- Then copy App key and App secret and copy paste them into your favorite text editor (you will need them later).
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Proceed by setting a Redirect URI and clicking Add button.
NOTE: If you don't have a working Redirect URI, you can use
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Then click on Permissions tab and select application scopes:
- Select all Individual Scopes and Team Scopes if you want to manage team data.
- Click Submit button.
- Now go to SSIS package or ODBC data source and in User Account authentication set these parameters:
- For ClientId field use App key value.
- For ClientSecret field use App secret value.
- For ReturnUrl field use Redirect URI value.
- Done! Now you are ready to use Dropbox Connector!
NOTE: If you are planning to use your current data connection/token for automated processes, we recommend that you use a generic account for token generation when the login box appears (e.g. sales_automation@mycompany.com instead of bob_smith@mycompany.com). When you use a personal account which is tied to a specific employee profile and that employee leaves the company, the token may become invalid and any automated processes using that token will fail. Another potentially unwanted effect of using a personal token is incorrect logging; the API calls (e.g. Read, Edit, Delete, Upload) made with that token will record the specific user as performing the calls instead of an automated process.
Configuring authentication parameters
DropBoxUser Account [OAuth]https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/Required Parameters UseCustomApp Fill-in the parameter... ReturnUrl Fill-in the parameter... Optional Parameters ClientId ClientSecret Scope RetryMode RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch RetryStatusCodeList 429 RetryCountMax 5 RetryMultiplyWaitTime True 
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Select the desired endpoint, change/pass the properties values, and click on Preview Data button to make the API call.
API Source - DropBoxRead / write DropBox data inside your app; perform many DropBox operations without coding, just use easy to use high performance API Connector for DropBox
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That's it! We are done! Just in a few clicks we configured the call to DropBox using DropBox Connector.
You can load the source data into your desired destination using the Upsert Destination, which supports SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Amazon Redshift. We also offer other destinations such as CSV, Excel, Azure Table, Salesforce, and more. You can check out our SSIS PowerPack Tasks and components for more options. (*loaded in Trash Destination)
Write data to DropBox using SSIS (Import data)
In this section we will learn how to configure and use DropBox Connector in the API Destination to write data to DropBox.
Video tutorial
This video covers following and more so watch carefully. After watching this video follow the steps described in this article.
- How to download SSIS PowerPack for
DropBox integration in SSIS - How to configure connection for
DropBox - How to write or lookup data to
DropBox - Features about SSIS API Destination
- Using
DropBox Connector in SSIS
Step-by-step instructions
In upper section we learned how to read data, now in this section we will learn how to configure DropBox in the API Source to POST data to the DropBox.
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Read the data from the source, being any desired source component. In example we will use ZappySys Dummy Data Source component.
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From the SSIS Toolbox drag and drop API Destination (Predefined Templates) on the Data Flow Designer surface and connect source component with it, and double click to edit it.
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Select New Connection to create a new connection:
API Destination - DropBoxRead / write DropBox data inside your app; perform many DropBox operations without coding, just use easy to use high performance API Connector for DropBox
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Use a preinstalled DropBox Connector from Popular Connector List or press Search Online radio button to download DropBox Connector. Once downloaded simply use it in the configuration:
DropBox
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Proceed with selecting the desired Authentication Type. Then select API Base URL (in most cases default one is the right one). Finally, fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed. You may press a link Steps to Configure which will help set certain parameters. More info is available in Authentication section.
Steps how to get and use DropBox credentials : User Account [OAuth]
To use OAuth authentication, firstly, you need to create OAuth application:
- Log into your DropBox account.
- Go to DropBox My Apps.
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Then press Create app button to create a new app:
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Once a new page opens, select Scoped access option:
- Next, select Full Dropbox to access all files and folders or App folder to access specific folder's files and folders option.
- Continue by giving your app a name.
- Then check I agree to Dropbox API Terms and Conditions checkbox.
- Click Create app button.
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Once a new page opens, click Enable additional teams and Enable additional users buttons:
- Then copy App key and App secret and copy paste them into your favorite text editor (you will need them later).
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Proceed by setting a Redirect URI and clicking Add button.
NOTE: If you don't have a working Redirect URI, you can use
https://zappysys.com/oauth(it's safe). -
Then click on Permissions tab and select application scopes:
- Select all Individual Scopes and Team Scopes if you want to manage team data.
- Click Submit button.
- Now go to SSIS package or ODBC data source and in User Account authentication set these parameters:
- For ClientId field use App key value.
- For ClientSecret field use App secret value.
- For ReturnUrl field use Redirect URI value.
- Done! Now you are ready to use Dropbox Connector!
NOTE: If you are planning to use your current data connection/token for automated processes, we recommend that you use a generic account for token generation when the login box appears (e.g. sales_automation@mycompany.com instead of bob_smith@mycompany.com). When you use a personal account which is tied to a specific employee profile and that employee leaves the company, the token may become invalid and any automated processes using that token will fail. Another potentially unwanted effect of using a personal token is incorrect logging; the API calls (e.g. Read, Edit, Delete, Upload) made with that token will record the specific user as performing the calls instead of an automated process.
Configuring authentication parameters
DropBoxUser Account [OAuth]https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/Required Parameters UseCustomApp Fill-in the parameter... ReturnUrl Fill-in the parameter... Optional Parameters ClientId ClientSecret Scope RetryMode RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch RetryStatusCodeList 429 RetryCountMax 5 RetryMultiplyWaitTime True
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Select the desired endpoint, change/pass the properties values, and go to the Mappings tab to map the columns.
API Destination - DropBoxRead / write DropBox data inside your app; perform many DropBox operations without coding, just use easy to use high performance API Connector for DropBox
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Finally, map the desired columns:
API Destination - DropBoxRead / write DropBox data inside your app; perform many DropBox operations without coding, just use easy to use high performance API Connector for DropBox
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That's it; we successfully configured the POST API Call. In a few clicks we configured the DropBox API call using ZappySys DropBox Connector
Load DropBox data into SQL Server using Upsert Destination (Insert or Update)
Once you read data from the desired source, now let's see how to Load DropBox data in SQL Server using Upsert Destination. Upsert Destination can Merge/Synchronize data from source to target for Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSql and Redshift. It supports very fast Bulk Upsert (Update or Insert) operation along and Bulk delete.
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From the SSIS toolbox drag and drop Upsert Destination on the dataflow designer surface
Connect our Source component to Upsert Destination
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Double click on Upsert Destination component to configure it.
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Select the desired Microsoft SQL Server/PostgreSql/Redshift Target Connection or click NEW to create new connection. Select Target Table or click NEW to create new table based on source columns.
Configure SSIS Upsert Destination Connection - Loading data (REST / SOAP / JSON / XML /CSV) into SQL Server or other target using SSIS -
Set Action to Upsert => (insert if not matching in target else update). Select Target Connection and Target Table. Check on Insert and Update. Click on Map All to Mappings all columns and check on Only Primary Key columns.
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Click on OK to save Upsert Destination settings UI.
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That's it. Run the SSIS Package and it will read the data from the DropBox and load the data in the SQL Server/PostgreSql/Redshift using Upsert Destination.
Deploy and schedule SSIS package
After you are done creating SSIS package, most likely, you want to deploy it to SQL Server Catalog and run it periodically. Just follow the instructions in How to design, debug, deploy, schedule SSIS Package (In SQL Agent and Catalog) article to see how to do it.
Advanced topics
Actions supported by DropBox Connector
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Conclusion
In this article we discussed how to connect to DropBox in SSIS and integrate data without any coding. Click here to Download DropBox Connector for SSIS and try yourself see how easy it is. If you still have any question(s) then ask here or simply click on live chat icon below and ask our expert (see bottom-right corner of this page).
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