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

Limits in Dropbox are calculated using the leaky bucket algorithm. All requests that are made after rate limits have been exceeded are throttled and an HTTP 429 Too Many Requests error is returned. Requests succeed again after enough requests have emptied out of the bucket.

• DataGrail supports requests throttling to stay within 70-80% of specified service rate limits.
• DataGrail processes API responses with HTTP 429 status to interrupt requests, waiting and retrying (using an exponential backoff strategy).

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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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