Image Flipping Extension Sample Now Available
Dropbox opened Extensions to all developers in late June 2020, making it possible to give users a direct launch point into your app from any file stored in Dropbox. To help newcomers get oriented, a new sample project is now available: the Image Flipping Extension.
The sample walks through every stage of the process, from creating and configuring the Extension on Dropbox to running the code itself. It includes working reference implementations of an OAuth flow, file download and upload to Dropbox, shared link creation, and integration with Team Spaces. The README contains step-by-step instructions sufficient to get an image-flipping Extension up and running.
For developers unfamiliar with Dropbox Extensions, several other resources cover the fundamentals:
- Blog post: Build your own Dropbox Extensions
- Developer guide: Extensions Guide
- Guest post: How Clipchamp integrated with Dropbox to make video editing easy for all
Extensions preserve the context of the file being worked on, so users can move from Dropbox into a third-party app without losing their place. Developers with questions or feedback can join the discussion on the community forum.
