Dropbox Promise

A simple Dropbox promise wrapper.

Installation

npm install --save dropbox-promise

Usage

Before starting anything you need to go create your app over at: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps then go ahead and grab your Key and Secret.

Include

Add the following to the top of your project (with the other dependencies):

const dropbox = require('dropbox-promise');
const key = ""; //Dropbox API Key
const secret = ""; //Dropbox API Secret Key
const redirect_url = ""; //URL that the user will be sent to after Dropbox authentication

Authentication

First you must generate a URL for the user to be redirected to.

dropbox.authenticate(key, redirect_url)
    .then(function(url) {
      //Returns a URL to redirect the user to.
    })
    .catch(function(error) {
      //Do something with the error.
    });

When the user has authenticated, they will be returned to the callback URL supplied with an authentication code. We need to turn this into an access code.

dropbox.accessToken(key, secret, authentication_code, redirect_url) //authentication_code is supplied by dropbox after user authentication
  .then(function(result) {
    //Returns the users access_token.
    let access_token = result.access_token;
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    //Do something with the error.
  });

API

To use the API, you must create an API object:

let api = dropbox.api( access_token );

This gives us access to various functions. Here's an example of how to use this:

let api = dropbox.api( access_token );

api.unlink() //Unlink our application from the users Dropbox account
    .then(function(result) { //result if any returned
      //Success
    })
    .catch(function(error) {
      //Do something with the error.
    });

Available APIs

api.unlink() //Unlinks our application from the users Dropbox account
api.account() //Returns information about the users account
api.storage() //Returns information regarding the users storage. How much they have and how much they've used
api.createFolder(path) //Create a folder in the users Dropbox (in our application folder if set up that way)
api.listFolder(path, recursive, include_media_info, include_deleted, include_has_explicit_shared_members, include_mounted_folders) //List the contents of a folder. All are optional except path
api.getThumbnail(path, format, size) //Get a thumbnail for a file. Returns a downloaded image. All are optional except path