From c57ea8d867c2a69aa3ca29b7a25420a9300d152a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zero-24 Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 17:49:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add instructions to create your own dropbox app ID --- docs/content/dropbox.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/content/dropbox.md b/docs/content/dropbox.md index cc2ab79b8..f6360c81a 100644 --- a/docs/content/dropbox.md +++ b/docs/content/dropbox.md @@ -191,3 +191,22 @@ If you have more than 10,000 files in a directory then `rclone purge dropbox:dir` will return the error `Failed to purge: There are too many files involved in this operation`. As a work-around do an `rclone delete dropbox:dir` followed by an `rclone rmdir dropbox:dir`. + +### Get your own Dropbox App ID ### + +When you use rclone with Dropbox in its default configuration you are using rclone's App ID. This is shared between all the rclone users. + +Here is how to create your own Dropbox App ID for rclone: + +1. Log into the [Dropbox App console](https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps/create) with your Dropbox Account (It need not +to be the same account as the Dropbox you want to access) + +2. Choose an API => Usually this should be `Dropbox API` + +3. Choose the type of access you want to use => Full Dropbox or App Folder + +4. Name your App + +5. Click the button `Create App` + +6. Find the `App key` and `App secret` Use these values in rclone config to add a new remote or edit an existing remote.