FileMaker 16 Tutorial - Uploading files to Dropbox

Integrating third party APIs can be a bit daunting when you’ve never worked with them before. Fortunately, the most difficult part of the process is simply taking the time to research the API and implement the features you’d like to have.

When you’re working within FileMaker, you’re often capturing content which may need to be pushed into another online location - such as Dropbox. If your FileMaker solution needs this, then adding FileMaker Dropbox integration is the way to go.

With FileMaker 16, you can now use the native cURL functionality in order to directly upload a file into a designated Dropbox account. Once you’ve made the connection with Dropbox you can pretty much do anything you’d like to your dropbox account.

[jemirandav]

Excellent video, easy to follow and implement, thank you very much. Now Dropbox has changed some aspects of their API and the Token is not persistent. Do you guys know how to setup OAuth with PKCE?

[FMBeginner]

Thanks Matt this is super useful! I'd been struggling with dropbox for a long time already!

[Jonathan-mkju]

Can Dropbox be used as an external data source

[deividaspaulauskas]

Now we need one with S3 Bucket. Uploading file and retrieving url :)))

[dsimonson]

The Dropbox documentation is no longer /alpha/upload, it is simply /upload. Not alpha any more!

[GhassenKannou]

Bravo but i encountred a problem with the solution when implementing it in my project and i will need to correct it.
I'm of course new to filemaker but the issue is that when i try all the step described using your layout it works.
In my layout i followed all the steps described in your video and it get that is not authorized to access the dropbox folder. I generated a new token for my application but it didn't work.
Of course i have changed all the field according to the ones on my layout without success probably there is something wrong that i did and i will have to figure it out.
"Dropbox-API-Arg": path: The root folder is unsupported.