Dropbox is a file hosting service where you can upload your files for several purposes such as storage, sharing, and backup.
Dropbox has an API that you can use to automate these processes.
On this and the subsequent posts we will be showing how to integrate the API into a website using PHP.
The first requirement for the integration with the API is to create an App in the Dropbox Developer Portal.
Sign in into your Dropbox account and go to the Console App page:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps
On the Console App page, click on the "Create app" button.
On the new app page enter the following information:
Then, read the Dropbox API Terms and Conditions, and confirm that you agree with them by checking the box.
Click the "Create app" button.
Then, you will be redirected to the Settings page.
On this page you will find the App key and the App secret (click on the "Show" link) and
take note of them.
You will use both to authorize and access the Dropbox API.
Then, click on the Permission tab to select the specific permissions for Files and Folders.
On this page we have checked the following options:
After that click on the "Submit" button to save the new Permissions.
On the next post we will create the php script files needed to implement
the OAuth Setup process.