Drop-ins now work with any Dropbox app key
The Dropbox Platform spans several APIs: Drop-ins (Chooser and Saver), the Core and Sync APIs, and the Datastore API. Many apps combine these APIs for features like letting users pull files from outside the app's own folder. Previously, that meant registering two separate apps in the App Console just to get an extra app key for Drop-ins. That requirement is now gone: any existing app key can be used to power Drop-ins.
A typical case: a mobile app that syncs files inside its app folder via the Sync API might also offer users a way to open a file from another location. The Dropbox Chooser handles that pattern cleanly. With this change, developers can use the same key for both APIs instead of creating and maintaining a second Dropbox app entry for the Drop-ins functionality.
Console users will now see an additional field on every Core and Sync API app:
This field only matters when Drop-ins are used from a website. It requires the domain of the website, so Dropbox can authorize Drop-in requests for that specific key and origin. The field was already present on dedicated Drop-ins apps; now it appears across all app types to make the combined setup possible.
The change is intended to simplify app configuration and API adoption. Feedback can be shared on the Dropbox developer forum.
