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Forum Discussion
Martin P.3
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
Can you embed a Dropbox folder on a website or webpage?
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" ...
- 5 years ago
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
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
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.)
Greg-DB
5 years agoDropbox Staff
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
- harrysfil5 years agoExperienced | Level 13
do we need to create an app? is there an easy way (eg. google embed system)?
- Greg-DB5 years agoDropbox Staff
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
- harrysfil5 years agoExperienced | Level 13
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?
- Greg-DB5 years agoDropbox Staff
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.
- harrysfil5 years agoExperienced | Level 13
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?
- Dattelpalme5 years agoExplorer | Level 3
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?
- Greg-DB5 years agoDropbox Staff
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.
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