How to Connect Dropbox to Appalix

What you'll need

• An Appalix account on the Pro plan or above
• A Dropbox account with access to the file you want to index
• A configured bot in Appalix with RAG enabled

Step 1 — Create a Dropbox app

1. Go to dropbox.com/developers/apps and click Create app.
2. Choose Scoped access → Full Dropbox.
3. Give the app a name (e.g. Appalix Connector) and click Create app.

Step 2 — Set read permissions

1. In the app settings, go to the Permissions tab.
2. Enable files.content.read and sharing.read.
3. Click Submit to save the permission changes.

Step 3 — Generate a long-lived access token

1. Go back to the Settings tab of your app.
2. Scroll to the OAuth 2 section and click Generate under Generated access token.
3. Copy the token — it starts with sl.

This token does not expire automatically, giving Appalix stable long-term access for re-syncing.

Step 4 — Get the file path or shared link

1. File path — use the full Dropbox path, e.g.:

   /Documents/product-guide.pdf

2. Shared link — right-click the file in Dropbox → Share → Create link → Copy. It looks like:

   https://www.dropbox.com/s/abc123/filename.pdf?dl=0

Step 5 — Add the source in Appalix

1. In Appalix, go to Sources → Add source and select Dropbox.
2. Enter a Source name (e.g. Product Guide).
3. Paste the file path or shared link from Step 4.
4. Paste the access token (sl.…) from Step 3.
5. Click Add & index source.

Step 6 — Verify the source is ready

1. Go to Sources — the Dropbox source will show Processing while being indexed.
2. Once it shows Ready, your bot can answer from that file.
3. Test it in the Playground.

Tips & best practices

• One file per source — add each Dropbox file as a separate source for independent re-syncing.
• Re-sync after updates — when you replace or edit the file in Dropbox, click Re-sync on the source in Appalix.
• Token security — the token is stored encrypted. We recommend scoping the app to files.content.read only so Appalix has no write access.