Dropbox Connector 26.1
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# Configure OAuth Authentication

To ingest content from Dropbox, you must create a Dropbox application to represent the connector and then run the OAuth configuration tool to configure OAuth authentication.

To create a new Dropbox OAuth application

1. Go to https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps and click Create App.
2. Enable Scoped Access.
3. Choose whether the app should request access to a single dedicated folder (App folder) or access to the entire Dropbox (Full Dropbox). When you configure the connector, the value of the parameter `FullDropboxAccess` should correspond to the choice you make here.
4. Type a name for the app.

5. Specify a redirect URL.

   - To use the NiFi Ingest connector, the redirect URL must match the URL shown in the advanced configuration dialog of the NiFi processor. (In the NiFi web interface, right-click the processor and click Configure. Then click ADVANCED. You can find the redirect URL on the OAUTH SETUP tab).
   - To use the standard connector, the redirect URL must match the value of the `RedirectUrl` parameter in the OAuth tool configuration file, `oauth_tool.cfg`. The default value is `http://localhost:7878/`.

6. Click Permissions and grant the following permissions:

   Permission | Required For
   --- | ---
   account_info.read |
   files.metadata.read |
   files.content.read |
   files.metadata.write | Insert / Delete actions
   files.content.write | Insert / Delete actions
   sharing.read | Mapped Security
   team_info.read | (Dropbox for Business)
   team_data.member | (Dropbox for Business)
   team_data.team_space | (Dropbox for Business)
   files.permanent_delete | (Dropbox for Business) Delete action
   members.read | (Dropbox for Business) Mapped Security
   groups.read | (Dropbox for Business) Mapped Security

To configure OAuth authentication

- To configure the NiFi Ingest connector

  1. In the NiFi web interface, right-click the processor and click Configure.
  2. Click ADVANCED, and complete the guided setup wizard. Then configure OAuth using the OAUTH SETUP tab.

- To configure the standard connector

  1. Open the folder where you installed the connector.
  2. Open the file `oauth_tool.cfg` in a text editor.

  3. In the `[Default]` section, set any SSL or proxy settings that are required to access the repository:

     `SSLMethod` | The version of SSL/TLS to use.
     `ProxyHost` | The host name or IP address of the proxy server to use.
     `ProxyPort` | The port of the proxy server to use.

     For example:

         SSLMethod=NEGOTIATE
         ProxyHost=10.0.0.1
         ProxyPort=8080

  4. In the `[OAuthTool]` section, set the following parameters:

     `AppKey` | The application key that was provided when you set up the application to represent the connector.
     `AppSecret` | The application secret that was provided when you set up the application to represent the connector.

     Do not modify the other parameters in this section.

  5. Open a command-line window and run the following command.

     `oauth_tool.exe oauth_tool.cfg OAuthTool`

     Your default web browser opens to the Dropbox web site. The web page asks you to log in and grant consent for the connector to access Dropbox.

  6. Log in and grant consent.

     The web page displays a message stating that the OAuth details have been successfully stored, and the OAuth tool creates the files `oauth.cfg` and `oauth2_sites.bin`. When you configure the connector, import the parameters from `oauth.cfg` into your task configuration. For more information about including parameters from another file, see Include an External Configuration File.

  7. You can now configure a task to retrieve data from Dropbox. See Retrieve Files from Dropbox or Retrieve Files from Dropbox for Business.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Dropbox Connector 26.1

Topic Title: Configure OAuth Authentication