tDropboxGet – Docs for ESB 5.x

Component family

Cloud/Dropbox

Function

This component connects to a given Dropbox account and downloads
files to a specified local directory.

Purpose

The tDropboxGet component downloads a selected file
from a Dropbox account.

Basic settings

Use existing connection

Select this check box and in the Component List click the
relevant connection component to reuse the connection details you already defined.

Access token

Enter the access token required by the Dropbox account you need to connect to. This access
token allows the Studio to make Dropbox API calls for that Dropbox account.

Note that a Dropbox App should have been created under that account before generating the
access token. For further information about a Dropbox access token, see https://www.dropbox.com/developers/blog/94/generate-an-access-token-for-your-own-account.

Use HTTP proxy

If you are using a proxy, select this check box and enter the host and port information of
that proxy in the corresponding fields that are displayed.

Path

Enter the path on Dropbox pointing to the file you need to download.

Note that the path string should start with a slash (/). It is the root folder of the
Dropbox App for which you are using the current access token.

Save as file

Select this check box to display the File field and browse to, or enter the local
directory where you want to store the downloaded file. The existing
file, if any, is replaced.

Advanced settings

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to collect log data at the component
level.

Global Variables

ERROR_MESSAGE: the error message generated by the
component when an error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. This
variable functions only if the Die on error check box is
cleared, if the component has this check box.

FILE_NAME: the name of the file being processed. This is
a Flow variable and it returns a string.

OUTPUT_PATH: the directory where the output files are
stored. This is a Flow variable and it returns a string.

A Flow variable functions during the execution of a component while an After variable
functions after the execution of the component.

To fill up a field or expression with a variable, press Ctrl +
Space to access the variable list and choose the variable to use from it.

For further information about variables, see Talend Studio
User Guide.

Usage

This component can be used alone or along with other components
via the Iterate link or a trigger
link such as On Subjob OK.

Limitation

n/a