Dropbox

DSS can read and write files in Dropbox. This capability is provided by the “Dropbox” plugin, which you need to install. Please see Installing plugins.

How to use

  1. Go to your Dropbox’s App Console.

  2. Choose Create app.

  3. Choose Dropbox API.

  4. Set the permission type to Full Dropbox to give access to all the user’s files or App folder to restrict the folders accessed by Dataiku.

  5. Name the app.

  6. Click Generate in order to create the access token, and copy it.

  7. In your Dataiku project flow, select Dataset > Dropbox.

  8. Click Dropbox Filesystem.

  9. In Dropbox Access Token, paste the previously copied token.

Enable write (optional)

In order to write to all files (not only the app files).

  1. Edit the DATADIR/config/dip.properties file and add the following key: dku.datasets.external.no_connection.allowClear=true.

  2. Share an empty directory with the Dropbox Dataiku app. It is important that it does not contain data you want to keep: the entire structure contained inside this directory can be deleted by the plugin.

  3. In the flow, first create your target Dropbox dataset, by selecting the Dropbox plugin in the dataset list.

  4. Browse to your target directory, name this new dataset and click Create.

  5. If the following message appears : An invalid argument has been encountered : Missing parameters for CSV got to the dataset Settings > Format / Preview and set Quoting style.

  6. Pick the source dataset and create a sync recipe from it. Select Use existing dataset and pick your target Dropbox dataset.

  7. Click Create recipe.