Integrate Dropbox with Drupal

Integration Analysis

Our team of expert Drupal developers has researched available modules for integration with Dropbox. We’ve combined this with feedback from the Drupal community to provide you with basic expectations of what this integration will require.

Below you’ll find information on the available module(s) along with developer notes. Our summary analysis covers both Drupal 7 and Drupal 8. Learn more about how we rated each module or let us know if we missed something.

Module: Ink Filepicker
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This module allows you to connect your site to a variety of social networks to fetch content from those sites and save it to your site, where it can then be managed by Drupal directly.

Module Stability
Default Features
Integration Complexity
Documentation
Drupal 7
Module Stability
Moderately Stable
Default Features
Limited
Integration Complexity
Somewhat Complex
Documentation
Limited Documentation
Drupal 8
Module Stability
Port: Not Started
Default Features
N/A
Integration Complexity
N/A
Documentation
N/A

Only works with 7.x-2.x branch of the Media Module.

Module: flux Dropbox API
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This module integrates Dropbox API functionality and Rules.

Module Stability
Default Features
Integration Complexity
Documentation
Drupal 7
Module Stability
Unstable
Default Features
Developers Only
Integration Complexity
Very Complex
Documentation
No Documentation
Drupal 8
Module Stability
Port: Not Started
Default Features
N/A
Integration Complexity
N/A
Documentation
N/A
Module: File Chooser Field
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This Drupal module adds the functionality to upload files to Drupal sites from Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, Google Drive and Instagram.

Module Stability
Default Features
Integration Complexity
Documentation
Drupal 7
Module Stability
Moderately Stable
Default Features
Fully Featured
Integration Complexity
Moderately Complex
Documentation
Limited Documentation
Drupal 8
Module Stability
Port: In Development
Default Features
N/A
Integration Complexity
N/A
Documentation
N/A

Remote files are stored in Drupal.

Module: Dropbox Share
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This module adds large mass file distribution capabilities for Drupal.

Module Stability
Default Features
Integration Complexity
Documentation
Drupal 7
Module Stability
Unstable
Default Features
Developers Only
Integration Complexity
Somewhat Complex
Documentation
Limited Documentation
Drupal 8
Module Stability
Port: Not Started
Default Features
N/A
Integration Complexity
N/A
Documentation
N/A
Module: Dropbox Integration
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This module gives Drupal users the option to directly store files in their Dropbox accounts from Drupal.

Module Stability
Default Features
Integration Complexity
Documentation
Drupal 7
Module Stability
Unstable
Default Features
Limited
Integration Complexity
Somewhat Complex
Documentation
Limited Documentation
Drupal 8
Module Stability
Port: Not Started
Default Features
N/A
Integration Complexity
N/A
Documentation
N/A
Module: Dropbox Download
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This module allows users to access Dropbox folders based on their role.

Module Stability
Default Features
Integration Complexity
Documentation
Drupal 7
Module Stability
Unstable
Default Features
Developers Only
Integration Complexity
Somewhat Complex
Documentation
Limited Documentation
Drupal 8
Module Stability
Port: Not Started
Default Features
N/A
Integration Complexity
N/A
Documentation
N/A
Module: Dropbox Client
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This module allows Drupal users to navigate, download, and search files or folders from Drupal.

Module Stability
Default Features
Integration Complexity
Documentation
Drupal 7
Module Stability
Stable
Default Features
Covers Most Uses
Integration Complexity
Simple
Documentation
No Documentation
Drupal 8
Module Stability
Port: Not Started
Default Features
N/A
Integration Complexity
N/A
Documentation
N/A
Custom Integration Options

Looking for something beyond what available modules for Dropbox do? You always have the following options: