The Dropbox Connector can be configured using the Rest API. It requires the following entities to be created:

Credential
Connection
Connector
Seed

Below are the examples of how to create the Connection and the Seed. For the Connector, please check refer to this page.

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Create Credential

Field	Required	Default	Multiple	Notes	Example
type	Yes	-	No	The value must be "dropbox".	"dropbox"
description	Yes	-	No	Name of the credential object.	"DropboxCredential"
properties	Yes	-	No	Configuration object
Application Identifier	Yes	-	No	Dropbox's application name	"myTestBusinessApp"
Access Token	Yes	-	No	Access token for Dropbox application	"encrypted:Y78DI9DBAFJ8..."

Example

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title	POST aspire/_api/credentials

{
    "type": "dropbox",
    "description": "dropbox Credential",
    "properties": {   
		"applicationIdentifier": "myTestBusinessApp",
		"accessToken": "encrypted:8DBAY7I9DFJ4..."     
	}
}

Create Connection

Base backoffYes500Base time for the backoff sleeps (in ms)

Field	Required	Default	Multiple	Notes	Example
type	Yes	-	No	The value must be "dropbox"	"dropbox"
description	Yes	-	No	Name of the connection object.	"MyDropboxConnection"
credential	Yes	-	No	ID of the credential.	"f5587cee-9116-4011-b3a9-6b235b333a1b"
throttlePolicy	No	-	No	Id ID of the throttle policy that applies to this connection object.
routingPolicies	No	[ ]	Yes	The ids IDs of the routing policies that this connection will use.	["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]
properties	Yes	-	No	Configuration object
Maximum retriesMax Retries	Yes	5-	No	Maximum retries permitted per document.	5
Page Size	No	-	No	The response page size	500
Backoff multiplier	Yes	2	No	Multiplier factor to be used for the backoff time	2
Response Page size	No	500	No	The response page size	500
Ignore Dropbox Files	No	-	No	Ignore files that are created by default in a Dropbox account (does not include those files in the crawl process).	true

Example

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title	POST aspire/_api/connections

{
    "type": "dropbox",
    "description": "Dropbox Test Connector",
      
	"properties": {
          
		"maxRetries": "5",
		"baseBackoffpageSize": "500",
		"backoffMultiplierignoreDropboxFiles": 2,
		"pageSize": 500     true"
	} 
}

Update Connection

Field	Required	Default	Multiple	Notes	Example
id	Yes	-	No	Id ID of the connection to update	"89d6632a-a296-426c-adb0-d442adcab4b0",
description	No	-	No	Name of the connection object.	"My Image Removeddropbox Connection"
throttlePolicy	No	-	No	Id ID of the throttle policy that applies to this connection object.	"f5587cee-9116-4011-b3a9-6b235b333a1b"
routingPolicies	No	[ ]	Yes	The ids IDs of the routing policies that this connection will use.	["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]
properties	Yes	-	No	Configuration object
Max Retries	Yes	-	No	Maximum retries permitted per document.	5
Page Size	No	-	No	The response page size	500
Ignore Dropbox Files	No	-	No	Ignore files that are created by default in a Dropbox account (does not include those files in the crawl process).	false

Example

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{
    "id": "89d6632a-a296-426c-adb0-d442adcab4b0",
    "description": "<Connectordropbox Name> Test Connector",
      
	"properties": {
    "maxRetries": "5",
	"pageSize":   
    }
"500",
	"ignoreDropboxFiles": "false"
	}
 }

Create Connector Instance

For the creation of the Connector object using the Rest API check , refer to this page

Update Connector Instance

For the update of the Connector object using the Rest API check , refer to this page

Create Seed

Field	Required	Default	Multiple	Notes	Example
seed	Yes	-	No	<seed description>	"dropbox_seed"
type	Yes	-	No	The value must be Dropbox.	Dropboxdropbox
description	Yes	-	No	Name of the seed object.	"My Dropbox Seed"
connector	Yes	-	No	The id ID of the connector to be used with this seed. The connector type must match the seed type.	"82f7f0a4-8d28-47ce-8c9d-e3ca414b0d31"
connection	Yes	-	No	The id ID of the connection to be used with this seed. The connection type must match the seed type.	"602d3700-28dd-4a6a-8b51-e4a663fe9ee6"
workflows	No	[ ]	Yes	The ids IDs of the workflows that will be executed for the documents crawled.	["f8c414cb-1f5d-42ef-9cc9-5696c3f0bda4"]
throttlePolicy	No	-	No	Id ID of the throttle policy that applies to this connection object.	"f5587cee-9116-4011-b3a9-6b235b333a1b"
routingPolicies	No	[ ]	Yes	The ids IDs of the routing policies that this seed will use.	["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]
tags	No	[ ]	Yes	The tags of the seed. These can be used to filter the seed.	["tag1", "tag2"]
properties	Yes	-	No	Configuration object
seed	Yes	-	No	ID of the seed to crawl.	seed
Crawl Team Members	No	-	No	Option to crawl all content in Team Members.	true
Crawl Share Folders	No	-	No	Option to crawl all content in Share Folders.	true
Crawl Team Folders	No	-	No	Option to crawl all content in Team Folders.	true

Example

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title	POST aspire/_api/seeds

{
    "type": "<Connector Type>dropbox",
    "seed": "directory",
    "connector": "82f7f0a4-8d28-47ce-8c9d-e3ca414b0d31",
    "description": "<connector>dropbox_Test_Seed",
    "throttlePolicy": "6b8b5f23-fc77-47a1-9b58-106577162e7b",
    "routingPolicies": ["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"],
    "connection": "602d3700-28dd-4a6a-8b51-e4a663fe9ee6",
    "workflows": ["f8c414cb-1f5d-42ef-9cc9-5696c3f0bda4"],
    "tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
    "properties": {
         
		"seed": "dropbox_seed",
	 	"crawlTeamMembers": "true",
		"crawlSharedFolder": "true",
		"crawlTeamFolder": "true"     
	}
}

Update Seed

Field	Required	Default	Multiple	Notes	Example
id	Yes	-	No	Id ID of the seed to update.	"2f287669-d163-4e35-ad17-6bbfe9df3778"
seed	No	-	No	<seed description>
description	No	-	No	Name of the seed object.	"MyDropboxSeed"
connector	No	-	No	The id ID of the connector to be used with this seed. The connector type must match the seed type.	"82f7f0a4-8d28-47ce-8c9d-e3ca414b0d31"
connection	No	-	No	The id ID of the connection to be used with this seed. The connection type must match the seed type.	"602d3700-28dd-4a6a-8b51-e4a663fe9ee6"
workflows	No	[ ]	Yes	The ids IDs of the workflows that will be executed for the documents crawled.	["f8c414cb-1f5d-42ef-9cc9-5696c3f0bda4"]
workflows.add	No	[ ]	Yes	The ids IDs of the workflows to add.	["f8c414cb-1f5d-42ef-9cc9-5696c3f0bda4"]
workflows.remove	No	[ ]	Yes	The ids IDs of the workflows to remove.	["f8c414cb-1f5d-42ef-9cc9-5696c3f0bda4"]
throttlePolicy	No	-	No	Id ID of the throttle policy that applies to this connection object.	"f5587cee-9116-4011-b3a9-6b235b333a1b"
routingPolicies	No	[ ]	Yes	The ids IDs of the routing policies that this seed will use.	["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]
routingPolicies.add	No	[ ]	Yes	The ids IDs of the routingPolicies to add.	["b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]
routingPolicies.remove	No	[ ]	Yes	The ids IDs of the routingPolicies to remove.	["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7"]
tags	No	[ ]	Yes	The tags of the seed. These can be used to filter the seed.	["tag1", "tag3"]
tags.add	No	[ ]	Yes	The tags to add	["tag4"]
tags.remove	No	[ ]	Yes	The tags to remove	["tag2"]
properties	Yes	-	No	Configuration object
seed	Yes	-	No	ID of the seed to crawl.	"2f287669-d163-4e35-ad17-6bbfe9df3778"
Crawl Team Members	No	-	No	Option to crawl all content in Team Members.	true
Crawl Share Folders	No	-	No	Option to crawl all content in Share Folders.	true
Crawl Team Folders	No	-	No	Option to crawl all content in Team Folders.	true

Example

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title	PUT aspire/_api/seeds/2f287669-d163-4e35-ad17-6bbfe9df3778

{
    "id": "2f287669-d163-4e35-ad17-6bbfe9df3778",
    "seed": "<seed example>dropbox_seed",
    "connector": "82f7f0a4-8d28-47ce-8c9d-e3ca414b0d31",
    "description": "<connector>dropbox_Test_Seed",
    "throttlePolicy": "6b8b5f23-fc77-47a1-9b58-106577162e7b",
    "routingPolicies": ["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"],
    "connection": "602d3700-28dd-4a6a-8b51-e4a663fe9ee6",
    "workflows": ["b255e950-1dac-46dc-8f86-1238b2fbdf27", "f8c414cb-1f5d-42ef-9cc9-5696c3f0bda4"],
    "tags": ["tag", "tag2"],
    "properties": {
         
		"seed": "dropbox_seed",
 		"crawlTeamMembers": "true",
		"crawlSharedFolder": "true",
		"crawlTeamFolder": "true"        
	}
}

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