What are good ways to embed dropbox folder in the a webpage like a Google drive for example ?
<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/embeddedfolderview?id=1234567890#list" width="100%" height="800" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Good news, we've made a preview of a new pre-built component for embedding files and folders available! You can find more information here: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Dropbox-Developer-API/Feedback-The-Embedder-Launched-in-Preview/m-p/405265#M1072
Thanks for the additional feedback! I don't have any news on this though; Dropbox currently doesn't offer a pre-built embeddable option like this, but I'll add your voice to the feature request.
I dont beleive someone hears us or even pays attention to our requests. 2015 is the first post. Today is 2019. So i guess if Dropbox really wanted to do it they had all the time to do it. Why do i have to use google drive or onedrive for embeding? When you are in 1st place of cloud services (as i think dropbox is) you should have provided this option many years now. I am afraid that "add your voice to the feature request" is a typical answer that will leave this unsloved for another 4 years. It would be great if someone from that dept told us the truth like forget it look elsewere or we simply can not do it or we are working on it.
@harrysfil Thanks for the reply! We generally don't announce plans ahead of time, as plans can change and we wouldn't want to accidentally mislead anyone. Right now, I'm not aware of current work on a feature like this, but I'll follow up on this thread if/when I have anything to share.
The bigger question is WHY? why does dropbox leaves out this feature. I am using your professional plan which costs a lot of money. So i think that someone who makes these decisions should answer not only to me but also to anyone else with the same request.
@harrysfil I can't offer insight as to why Dropbox overall does or doesn't implement any particular feature, but we appreciate the input from our customers!
So, what is the purpose of people representing the company or even customer care? Just to write down our requests. Dropbox could create a form just for that. No reason to have people to interact. I really feel like if i am dealing with the Company which is faceless which has a soul of its own and all the rest of us-customers have no say to it.
@harrysfil Thanks for the feedback!
It's 2020. Any update on this?
@TheSMB I don't have any news to share on this right now. (I may have something to share soon, but as always I can't make any promises. I'll follow up here if/when I do though.)
if you deliver on that request it will be GREAT NEWS!!!
This link is broken? Can you please replace or update? Thank you
@Adam Terpening Which link are you referring to? If you mean the "core" links I posted in 2015, those are not available as they referred to the "Core API", a.k.a. "API v1", which has since been retired. The current equivalents would be:
do we need to create an app? is there an easy way (eg. google embed system)?
@harrysfil Yes, you do need to create an app and register the domain(s) on which you'd want to use the Embedder. You can do so from the web site here: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps/create You can find the documentation for how to use the Embedder here: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/embedder
Ok. Do you call this user friendly? I tried to do it but i cant complete it. Will it allways be that difficult? Dropbox is top cloud solution because it is simple to use. How many users can do all that? Why others provide easy ways to embed files or folders and you have not managed it by now?
@harrysfil Thanks for the feedback! The new Embedder component is meant for use by developers, and we've released it in preview, meaning we may still make changes to it. If you wish, please elaborate on what specifically is giving you trouble so I can pass the details along to the team.
I am not a developer so i started to create an app as it says but then i loose it. I have a blogspot and a wordpress blog so i have no idea what is OAuth 2 or Chooser/Saver domains. Will there be a simple implemetantion for us the simple users of dropbox?
@harrysfil I see, thanks for the information. I can't make any promises, but I'll pass this along to the team.
I am using the embedder an it is working.
My only problem is that the height is to small - how can I change the heigt oft the displayed folder?
@Dattelpalme If you're using the Embedder via anchor tags, you can control the height via the 'data-height' attribute on the <a> element.
If you're using the Embedder via JavaScript, the height will be determined by the height of the element passed to Dropbox.embed, so you should style that element however you wish with CSS.
