How to Create an Access Token for Dropbox

For Displayr to write files to Dropbox, you need a Dropbox account and an authorization token. This article describes how to create an access token for Dropbox. An access token is only needed when writing files to Dropbox: How to Add a Data Set file to Dropbox.

If you want to import a data file from Dropbox into Displayr, see: How to Import Data or Tables from Dropbox

Requirements

A Dropbox account.

Method

To use Dropbox, we need to tell Dropbox to create what it calls an app. To do that:

Go to the Dropbox App Console and log in (you need a Dropbox account to do this).
Select Create App.
After the app is created, you will be taken to the App's settings page for the app. Scroll to the OAuth 2 section, find the Generated access token section, and click on Generate.
Dropbox will create a token in a format of a text string output, which you can copy and paste into Displayr.
Access token example:
```
sl.AucTz_J1sX05bhNr8Pp-NTgeXT7ZccXfdXwxqcQTPsMaqj4n28mTjhmfUWlq3Wx3QDvMsml0dlg8msGoCFO7pEuKdModPPTwkU8wOQbQFH1R7uCdsgoiEUx29MhFZH981j7-PE
```
Note, the app (and the token) can only be used to access a single folder. It cannot be used to access or modify files in other folders of your Dropbox.