Upload files in Dropbox Using Mule 4 Dropbox Connector

In this tutorial we will demonstrate how can we upload files in dropbox using Mule 4 Dropbox connector

To upload the files first we need to create an account in dropbox if we don’t have any existing account and create app in dropbox, see below

Create Dropbox Account

Go to https://www.dropbox.com/login

Create new account or sign in using existing account

Once the account is created, open the below url to create app

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

Click on Create app

1. Select dropbox api
2. Select Full Dropbox Access to all files and folders in a user’s Dropbox.
3. Give the name of your app

App is created successfully

Click on generate access token and copy the token to use further

Create application in anypoint studio to upload files

Create a sample project in anypoint studio and configure the listener to trigger the request

Add the module for dropbox connector in anypoint studio

Drag and drop the Upload Files dropbox connector operation from mule palette and configure the connection

Copy the access token generated above and provide the app name created

Convert the json payload to CSV

%dw 2.0
output application/csv
---
payload

Provide the File Content as Payload and path as /mulesoft/employee.csv ( File will be created under mulesoft folder)

Set the payload as File Uploaded Successfully In Dropbox

Trigger the request from soapui

See below csv file has uploaded successfully

Sample application: uploadfiletodropbox sample application

Soapui project: dropbox-soapui-project.xml