Upload Google Drive Files to Dropbox with Google Apps Script

Learn how to upload any Google Drive file to your Dropbox folder using Google Apps Script. To get started, create a new Dropbox app, as explained in the previous Dropbox example, and get the access token to skip the OAuth2 workflow.

Also see: Upload Drive Files to Google Cloud Storage

function uploadGoogleFilesToDropbox(googleDriveFileId) {
  var parameters = {
    path: '/PDF/labnol.pdf',
    mode: 'add',
    autorename: true,
    mute: false,
  };

  // Add your Dropbox Access Token
  var dropboxAccessToken = 'labnolorg-MZmqX';

  var headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream',
    Authorization: 'Bearer ' + dropboxAccessToken,
    'Dropbox-API-Arg': JSON.stringify(parameters),
  };

  var driveFile = DriveApp.getFileById(googleDriveFileId);

  var options = {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: headers,
    payload: driveFile.getBlob().getBytes(),
  };

  var apiUrl = 'https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload';
  var response = JSON.parse(UrlFetchApp.fetch(apiUrl, options).getContentText());

  Logger.log('File uploaded successfully to Dropbox');
}

Amit Agarwal is a web geek, solo entrepreneur and loves making things on the Internet. Google recently awarded him the Google Developer Expert and Google Cloud Champion title for his work on Google Workspace and Google Apps Script.

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