Dropbox

This documentation for the Dropbox integration describes the technical capabilities of this integration, including authorization, scopes/permissions, and utilized endpoints. For more information on how to integrate Dropbox, visit our connection instructions.

Version

This integration utilizes the Dropbox API v2.

Base URL

The base URL used for all Dropbox API endpoints:

https://api.dropboxapi.com/2

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Authentication & Authorization

The DataGrail Dropbox integration connects using OAuth 2.0.

Scopes

The Dropbox integration requires specific scopes that must be granted in order to function for a given capability.

Scope	Access	System Detection
account_info.read	✅
team_info.read	✅
team_data.member	✅
members.read	✅
files.metadata.read	✅
files.content.read	✅
sessions.list		✅

Endpoints Utilized

DataGrail uses the following endpoints to authorize and test the connection:

Method	Endpoint	Purpose	Docs
POST	https://api.dropboxapi.com/oauth2/token	Get and refresh access token
GET	https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize	Request authorization

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Limits

DataGrail applies the following limits when processing Dropbox files:

File Size Limit

DataGrail processes files up to 500 MB. Files exceeding this limit are skipped during identifier searches.

Supported File Types

DataGrail can search the following file types for configured identifiers:

File Type	Supported Extensions
Text-based files	.txt, .csv, .tsv, .xml, .log, .htm, .html
Office documents	.zip, .xlsx, .pptx, .docx, .xlsm
Compressed files	.gz, .tgz
PDF files	.pdf

Files with unsupported extensions will be processed as plain text if possible, otherwise skipped.

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Capabilities

Access

DataGrail's Dropbox integration provides Synchronous Access capabilities for the following supported identifier category: Email.

Data Interactions

For Access requests, DataGrail will take the following actions:

1. List members of a team to collect members IDs.
2. Get the namespace ID for use in later queries.
3. Search for files and folders for each of the member IDs.
4. Select unique files from the search results.
5. Download files and perform a local text search for configured identifiers.

Endpoints Utilized

Method	Endpoint	Purpose	Docs
POST	/files/download	Download a file from a user's Dropbox
POST	/files/export	Export a file from a user's Dropbox
POST	/files/search/continue_v2	Fetches the next page of search results for files and folders
POST	/files/search_v2	Search for files and folders
POST	/team/members/list	List members of a team
POST	/team/members/list/continue	Fetches the next page of search results for List members of a team
POST	/users/get_current_account	Get a namespace ID

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System Detection

DataGrail provides continuous system detection, delivering a real-time inventory of your data assets.

Data Interactions

DataGrail's System Detection process runs once daily and performs the following actions:

1. List linked apps.
2. Collect applications map using the response fields:

Extracted Fields

• app_name
• linked
• app_id
• is_app_folder
• publisher
• publisher_url

Endpoints Utilized

Method	Endpoint	Purpose	Docs
POST	/team/linked_apps/list_members_linked_apps	List members linked apps

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