Engineering Insights & Guides

OAuth code flow implementation using Node.JS & Dropbox JavaScript SDK

In this blog post we show you how to implement an OAuth authorization code grant flow using Node.JS and Dropbox JavaScript SDK.

Streamline file collection with the file request API

Creating file requests manually from the Dropbox UI can be repetitive when performed often. The Dropbox API helps streamline these tasks.

Quickly integrate file upload in your app using the Dropbox Chooser

The Dropbox Chooser is an easy-to-implement, pre-built component that allows users to access their Dropbox files from within your app.

Live-hacking Dropbox @ H1-3120

Introducing WebAuthn support for secure Dropbox sign in

MacOS monitoring the open source way

Protecting Security Researchers

[CSP] Unsafe-inline and nonce deployment

Security culture, the Dropbox way

Updates on the Dropbox Bug Bounty Program

Introducing the Dropbox bug bounty program

Intelligent DNS based load balancing at Dropbox

Continuous integration and deployment with Bazel

Monitoring server applications with Vortex

How we optimized Magic Pocket for cold storage

Cape Technical Deep Dive

Extending Magic Pocket Innovation with the first petabyte scale SMR drive deployment

Deploying IPv6 in Dropbox Edge Network

Infrastructure Update: Pushing the edges of our global performance

Finding Kafka’s throughput limit in Dropbox infrastructure

Cross shard transactions at 10 million requests per second

Streaming File Synchronization

Athena: Our automated build health management system

Inside LAN Sync

Dropbox LAN Sync is a feature that allows you to download files from other computers on your network, saving time and bandwidth compared to downloading them from Dropbox servers. As the number of companies and offices using Dropbox has increased, the use cases for LAN Sync have grown, and the feature was recently rewritten and improved. Here’s a look inside how it works.