What is the Dropbox for Business API, and what apps are available for my team?

The Dropbox for Business API is an extension of the Dropbox Platform, which provides thousands of pre-integrated apps for users to create additional productivity and collaboration solutions.

The Dropbox for Business API enables a whole suite of security, compliance, and administration solutions—including eDiscovery, data loss prevention (DLP), and security information & event management (SIEM)—or the development of great new apps.

Read below to learn more, or visit our third-party solutions page to get started.

What third-party solutions can I enable for my team?

You can view a list of apps on the Dropbox for Business Team apps page. That page also contains quick links to the third-party app's website.

The existing third-party solutions include:

• Security information and event management (SIEM)—Allows Dropbox for Business admins to oversee and manage employee activity, and access sensitive data through the admin page
• Data loss prevention (DLP)—Protects sensitive data like PII and PCI stored in Dropbox for Business accounts
• eDiscovery and legal hold—Enables secure search and the ability to collect and preserve electronically stored information (ESI) in Dropbox for Business accounts
• Digital rights management (DRM)—Provides third-party encryption for company data stored in Dropbox for Business accounts
• Data migration and on-premises backup—Assists in transferring large amounts of data between locations and securing sensitive information with on-site data backup
• Identity management—Allows companies to keep their Dropbox for Business team authenticated with an external identity provider like Active Directory
• Custom workflows—Gives users the tools to build in-house apps that integrate Dropbox into their business processes

How can I manage my existing team apps?

You can manage apps from the authentication page in the Admin console. Here's how:

1. Log in to Dropbox for Business
2. Go to the Admin console
3. Click Authentication
4. Scroll down to the Team apps section

Each app will have a corresponding access type with one of the following permission levels:

• Team information—information about the team and aggregate usage data
• Team auditing—team information, plus the team's detailed activity log
• Team member file access—team info and auditing, plus the ability to access and modify data within team member accounts
• Team member management—team information, plus the ability to add, edit, and delete team members

You can also remove any app from your team by clicking the X on the right-hand side.

Can team members view the apps that have been connected by an admin?

Dropbox for Business admins can install apps that grant them different access types to anything listed in a work account. Team members can view the apps connected to their work accounts (apps with team-member-file access permission) by visiting the Account security page.

Apps in use by a Dropbox for Business user

Apps enabled by a Dropbox for Business admin

Can team members add third-party solutions to their accounts?

At this time only Dropbox for Business admins can enable third-party solutions. If any team members attempt to add a team app, they'll receive this error message: Only admins can install team apps.

I'm a developer—how can I create new apps with the Dropbox for Business API?

The Dropbox for Business API allows developers to build powerful business applications that can help with administration of a Dropbox for Business team and with administering access to team members' file content.

Interested in creating new apps for Dropbox for Business? Check out our Developers site to learn more.