To help you get started, we've collected the most common ways that dropbox-v2-api is being used within popular public projects.

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function getFile(options, fileName, toStoreName, log, callback) {
    if (options.accessToken) {
        // copy file to options.backupDir
        const dropboxV2Api = require('dropbox-v2-api');
        const dbx = dropboxV2Api.authenticate({token: options.accessToken});

        let dir = (options.dir || '').replace(/\\/g, '/');

        if (options.ownDir === true) {
            dir = (options.dirMinimal || '').replace(/\\/g, '/');
        }

        if (!dir || dir[0] !== '/') {
            dir = '/' + (dir || '');
        }

        try {
            log.debug('Download of "' + fileName + '" started');
            dbx({
                resource: 'files/download',
                parameters: {

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dropbox-v2-api

The API is generated programmatically, based on [endpoints description JSON][api.json] fetched from official docs.

[api.json]:

Why this package?

• Always up-to-date API (PRs with changes are generated automatically, see most recent)
• Simple API (no custom function names, see full API showcase)
• Full support for streams (see upload/download examples)
• Supports Dropbox Paper API
• Examples for all endpoints ([see more][examples])

Get started

$ npm i -s dropbox-v2-api

const dropboxV2Api = require('dropbox-v2-api');

Auth

• using token

// create session ref:
const dropbox = dropboxV2Api.authenticate({
    token: 'your token'
});

// use session ref to call API, i.e.:
dropbox({
    resource: 'users/get_account',
    parameters: {
        'account_id': 'dbid:AAH4f99T0taONIb-OurWxbNQ6ywGRopQngc'
    }
}, (err, result, response) => {
    if (err) { return console.log(err); }
    console.log(result);
});

• using oauth2 flow (see [example app][example-auth-flow])

//set credentials
const dropbox = dropboxV2Api.authenticate({
    client_id: 'APP_KEY',
    client_secret: 'APP_SECRET',
    redirect_uri: 'REDIRECT_URI',
    token_access_type: 'offline', // if you need an offline long-living refresh token
    state: 'OPTIONAL_STATE_VALUE'
});
//generate and visit authorization sevice
const authUrl = dropbox.generateAuthUrl();
//after redirection, you should receive code
dropbox.getToken(code, (err, result, response) => {
    // you are authorized now!
    //
    // ...then you can refresh your token! (flow for token_access_type='offline')
    dropbox.refreshToken(response.refresh_token, (err, result, response) => {
        //token is refreshed!
    });
});
//

Full API showcase

dropbox({
    resource: (string),
    parameters: (object?),
    readStream: (readable stream object?)
}, (err, result, response) => {
    if (err) { return console.log('err:', err); }
    console.log(result);
    console.log(response.headers);
});

• resource (string) represent API target. It contains Dropbox's namespace and method name. eg. 'users/get_account', 'users/get_space_usage', 'files/upload', 'files/list_folder/longpoll', 'sharing/share_folder' more at official documentation
• parameters (object?) optional parameters, depends on resource field
• readStream (readable stream?) Upload-type requests might contains readStream field, which is readable stream

For Download-type requests, the function dropbox returns readable stream.

Upload and Download examples

upload [see docs][files-upload]

Upload-type requests might contains readStream field, which is readable stream

dropbox({
    resource: 'files/upload',
    parameters: {
        path: '/dropbox/path/to/file.js'
    },
    readStream: fs.createReadStream('path/to/file.js')
}, (err, result, response) => {
    //upload completed
});

or, using streams:

const dropboxUploadStream = dropbox({
    resource: 'files/upload',
    parameters: {
        path: '/dropbox/path/to/file.js'
    }
}, (err, result, response) => {
    //upload completed
});

fs.createReadStream('path/to/file.js').pipe(dropboxUploadStream);

download [see docs][files-download]

Download-type requests return writableStream

dropbox({
    resource: 'files/download',
    parameters: {
        path: '/dropbox/image.jpg'
    }
}, (err, result, response) => {
    //download completed
})
.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('./image.jpg'));

Problems with downloading? More here

download & upload

You can easely use streams:

const downloadStream = dropbox({
    resource: 'files/download',
    parameters: { path: '/source/file/path' }
});

const uploadStream = dropbox({
    resource: 'files/upload',
    parameters: { path: '/target/file/path' }
}, (err, result, response) => {
    //upload finished
});

downloadStream.pipe(uploadStream);

API call examples

get_current_account see docs

dropbox({
    resource: 'users/get_current_account'
}, (err, result, response) => {
    if (err) { return console.log('err:', err); }
    console.log(result);
});

get_metadata [see docs][get_metadata]

dropbox({
    resource: 'files/get_metadata',
    parameters: {
        path: '/dropbox/path/to/file.js',
        include_media_info: false
	}
}, (err, result, response) => {
    if(err){ return console.log('err:', err); }
    console.log(result);
});

upload_session [see docs][session-upload]

const CHUNK_LENGTH = 100;
//create read streams, which generates set of 100 (CHUNK_LENGTH) characters of values: 1 and 2
const firstUploadChunkStream = () => utils.createMockedReadStream('1', CHUNK_LENGTH);
const secondUploadChunkStream = () => utils.createMockedReadStream('2', CHUNK_LENGTH);

sessionStart((sessionId) => {
    sessionAppend(sessionId, () => {
        sessionFinish(sessionId);
    });
});

function sessionStart(cb) {
    dropbox({
        resource: 'files/upload_session/start',
        parameters: {
            close: false
        },
        readStream: firstUploadChunkStream()
    }, (err, result, response) => {
        if (err) { return console.log('sessionStart error: ', err) }
        console.log('sessionStart result:', result);
        cb(result.session_id);
    });
}


function sessionAppend(sessionId, cb) {
    dropbox({
        resource: 'files/upload_session/append',
        parameters: {
            cursor: {
                session_id: sessionId,
                offset: CHUNK_LENGTH
            },
            close: false,
        },
        readStream: secondUploadChunkStream()
    }, (err, result, response) => {
        if(err){ return console.log('sessionAppend error: ', err) }
        console.log('sessionAppend result:', result);
        cb();
    });
}

function sessionFinish(sessionId) {
    dropbox({
        resource: 'files/upload_session/finish',
        parameters: {
            cursor: {
                session_id: sessionId,
                offset: CHUNK_LENGTH * 2
            },
            commit: {
                path: "/result.txt",
                mode: "add",
                autorename: true,
                mute: false
            }
        }
    }, (err, result, response) => {
        if (err) { return console.log('sessionFinish error: ', err) }
        console.log('sessionFinish result:', result);
    });
}

Downloading issues

1. FATAL ERROR: CALL_AND_RETRY_LAST Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory

You can increase your default memory limit for an app: $ NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size= 4096 node app.js where 4096 stands for 4GB.

check test cases or [examples][examples] for more examples...

[files-upload]:

[files-download]: