Add Dropbox as a social connection

How to set up social connection with Dropbox

Overview

Adding social connection with Dropbox to your app with Clerk is done in a few steps - you only need to set the Client ID, Client Secret and Redirect URI in your instance settings.

To make the development flow as smooth as possible, Clerk uses preconfigured shared OAuth credentials and redirect URIs for development instances - no other configuration is needed.

For production instances, you will need to generate your own Client ID and Client secret using your Dropbox account.

Before you start

• You need to create a Clerk Application in the Clerk Dashboard⁠. For more information, see the setup guide.
• You need to have a Dropbox account. To create one, click here⁠.

Configuring Dropbox social connection

First, you need to register a new OAuth Dropbox app at the Dropbox App Console⁠.

First you need to choose the API type, the App's type of access and to set a name for your new application. You also need to add the OAuth Redirect URLs.

In the Clerk Dashboard, navigate to the SSO connections⁠ page. Select the Add connection button, and select For all users. In the Choose provider dropdown, select Dropbox. Toggle on Use custom credentials and copy Redirect URI. Paste the value into the OAuth Redirect URIs input and click create.

Once all the above are complete, copy the Client ID and Client Secret. Go back to the Clerk Dashboard and paste them into the respective fields.

Finally, select Add connection so that the settings are applied. Congratulations! Social connection with Dropbox is now configured for your instance.