How do I authenticate with the Dropbox API?

Dropbox API uses API key authentication. Visit their developer portal to obtain your API credentials.

Does Dropbox have SDKs available?

Yes, Dropbox provides 2 official SDK(s) for various programming languages.

Does Dropbox API support webhooks?

Yes, Dropbox API supports webhooks for real-time event notifications.

Dropbox API - Docs, SDKs & Integration

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Dropbox API profile

Apideck Unified API

Accounting API

Apideck Connector

Dropbox API integration

API styles

Developer docs

https://www.dropbox.com/developers

API Reference

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference

Webhooks

Supported

Webhooks management API

Yes

Sandbox environment

Authentication

Identity protocols

SSO / Social login

OAuth playground

GraphQL playground

API Explorer

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/?_tk=pilot_lp&_ad=comm2&_camp=explore

Postman / Insomnia collections

OpenAPI/Swagger specs

Free developer account

App listing requirements

Pagination style

CLI

Query Language

Community

GitHub

Custom object support

Stackoverflow tags

Integrations

Ecosystem

API pricing

API rate limits

API changelog

Status page

https://status.dropbox.com/

Open-source

https://www.dropbox.com/en_gb/open_source

Tutorials

Samples & examples

Base endpoint

GraphQL endpoint

IDE Extensions

Estimated developers

Estimated customers

15480000

Estimated users

Dropbox Guides & Tutorials

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Articles & Guides

Creating an OAuth App in Dropbox

This guide will walk you through creating a Dropbox app, retrieving your Client ID and Client Secret, and adding them to your Apideck dashboard so you can sync files securely.

Top 5 file storage APIs to integrate with in 2025

Need to connect cloud storage providers to your application? Here are the Top 5 players you can't ignore. Connect to them individually, or use our Unified File Storage API to get to market faster.

API Based RAG using Apideck’s Filestorage API, LangChain, Ollama, and Streamlit

This article walks through building a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline that goes beyond static vector stores. Instead of pre-indexed documents, it uses API-based retrieval to access live files from Box via Apideck’s unified file storage API. You'll see how to authenticate users securely with Vault, fetch and download files, and summarize them in real-time with a local LLM using LangChain and Ollama.

Announcing the Unified File Storage API and File Picker UI

We’re very proud to add another software category to our growing portfolio of unified APIs: the Unified File Storage API. This Unified API makes it possible for software developers to integrate with the most popular cloud storage providers by building just one single integration. At launch, we’re providing support for: Dropbox, Google Drive, Onedrive, Box, Sharepoint.

Apideck Updates and SaaS Ecosystem News, February 2019 🚀

Upcoming Product Hunt launch. New features; Shadow listings, Catalog, Zaps page, Drift and Intercom support. SaaS News: Google Docs API, Slack Block Kit.