Is it possible to attain a server address in order to make a very large upload via FTP (40gb+)?
Thanks,
No, I'm afraid Dropbox does not support FTP or any method of uploading data other than via the clients, the website or the API (over HTTP/HTTPS).
Thanks Richard, can you suggest another service that does?
John, Dropbox upload is more reliable and often faster than FTP because DB uploads in 5MB chunks and if an upload is interupted only the last chunk is repeated whereas with FTP it usually has to start over.
I think the issue is more of access to the correct protocols. For example, I have a Foscam camera which can do uploads of snapshots but it only supports FTP. It would be great to be able to point it at my DropBox account, but clearly that's not possible at this point.
I am also looking for a way to ftp to my dropbox. In my case i need to ftp my backup file directly from the hosting company. The hosting company provides an ftp setup but not a dropbox client interface. Is there any option in the future to provide ftp access? Otherwise i am faced with ftp do my local pc then dropbox client to upload to dropbox...not a very good option.
Could you use File Request ???
It does not look like File Request will work. The host only gives two basic options for handling the backup; domain home (root) directory or FTP.
Im afraid FTP isnt something that Dropbox wants to do.
I haven't tried it, but the documentation says it works with dropbox.. may be a workaround to get ftp setup for dropbox.
https://storagemadeeasy.com/CloudFTP/
I have tried Storage Made Easy and it doesn't allow you to do it as part of the free service. I believe if you pay for the service you ftp to Dropbox. I wanted to use it so I could configure an IP Camera to FTP .jpgs up to Dropbox.
Not sure if this does it but Mover.io lets you move between cloud solutions so they may have something.
You could set up a spare pc as a ftp server, you can do it with Filezylla. Then all you have to do is install the dropbox software and point both dropbox and Filezylla to the same folder
hi,
are there some suggested ip cameras where they upload directly to dropbox with no DVR needed.
i wanna buy 1TB in dropbox and what cameras let you assign the url to the cloud service and put your username - password ?
all commercial ones are locked on their cloud service only ..
please help me here
thank you
Evangelos,
If you have a security camera that takes single frames then those can be put directly into your dropbox-folder.
Be careful in choosing cameras because some will only store a stream as a single file and as long as frames arrive the file is open and DB cannot sync it until the file is closed.
Dropbox will not work that way. The only way for a camera to support Dropbox directly is if the creator of the camera also developed their software to connect to Dropbox using the Dropbox API. There is no way to upload files to Dropbox simply by a link with username and password.
(And before someone mentions it, File Requests do not work that way either.)
Microsoft Flow can connect FTP -> Google Drive and then you can use IFTTT for example to run Drive -> Dropbox
Hi, there is a way to do this using a program called Mountain Duck. It'll mount your Dropbox as if it was an external drive, however it'll run the transfers as FTP. Hope that helps
Regarding the FOSCAM camera, I also have these. I am using a program called ContaCam to locally monitor several FOSCAM cameras and perform the motion detection. The files are saved locally on the computer. You can set up the local folder to be your Dropbox location. ContaCam does not require a lot of resources, so if you have an old computer or laptop it will work well. I like the motion detection control options on ContaCam a lot better than FOSCAM's default software.
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