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Jitterbit Harmony Dropbox Connection

Introduction

A Dropbox connection is configured using the Dropbox connector, establishing access to the Dropbox endpoint. Once a connection is established, you can configure one or more Dropbox activities associated with that connection to use as either a source to provide data to an operation or as a target to consume data in an operation.

Creating or Editing a Dropbox Connection

From the design canvas, open the Connectivity tab of the design component palette:

Connectivity tab

To configure a new Dropbox connection, use the Show dropdown to filter on Connectors, and then click the Dropbox connector block:

Dropbox connection new

To configure an existing Dropbox connection, use the Show dropdown to filter on Endpoints, and then double-click the Dropbox connection block:

Dropbox connection existing

These open a configuration screen for the Dropbox connection, covered next.

Configuring a Dropbox Connection

Configuration of a Dropbox connection includes these fields:

Dropbox connection configuration

TIP: Fields with a variable icon Variable icon support using global variables, project variables, and Jitterbit variables. Begin by either typing an open square bracket [ into the field or by clicking the variable icon to display a list of the existing variables to choose from.

  • Endpoint Name: Enter a name to use to identify the Dropbox connection. The name must be unique for each Dropbox connection and must not contain forward slashes (/) or colons (:).

  • Dropbox App Key: Enter the Dropbox app key that you previously saved. See Dropbox Registration.

  • Dropbox Access Token: Enter the Dropbox access token that you previously saved. See Dropbox Registration.

  • Test: Click to verify the connection using the provided credentials.

  • Save Changes: Click to save and close the connection configuration.

  • Discard Changes: After making changes to a new or existing configuration, click to close the configuration without saving. A message asks you to confirm that you want to discard changes.

  • Delete: After opening an existing connection configuration, click to permanently delete the connection from the project and close the configuration (see Component Dependencies, Deletion, and Removal). A message asks you to confirm that you want to delete the connection.

Next Steps

After configuring a Dropbox connection, you can configure one or more Dropbox activities associated with that connection to be used either as a source to provide data to an operation or as a target to consume data in an operation. For more information, see these pages:

  • Fetch File: Retrieves data from a Dropbox connection and is intended to be used as a source in an operation.

  • Get File: Lets a user (at configuration time) select from different files associated with a path (a directory) at Dropbox and specify a schema. At runtime, the activity downloads the file and parses it using the specified schema. The activity is intended to be used as a source in an operation.

  • Process File: Retrieves data from a Dropbox connection, processes the file based on a specified schema, and is intended to be used as a source in an operation.

  • Put File: Inserts new data into a Dropbox connection and is intended to be used as a target in an operation.