How to set up the Dropbox Dash Connector for Gmail

You can connect your Gmail account to Dropbox Dash so you can access and search your Gmail content directly within Dash. This requires OAuth authentication to ensure Dash only retrieves information relevant to your data, giving you full control over what Dash can access. Dash strictly follows the OAuth model, meaning it only accesses the data you specifically permit.

Integration features

For Gmail, Dash captures the following details:

• Messages: Dash gathers basic email information such as the sender, recipient, subject line, body text, timestamp, and attachment names.
• Contacts: Dash gathers basic contact information such as the contact display name, email, and profile image to enhance email search capabilities.

API usage

When connecting Gmail with Dropbox Dash, Dash requests the following authorizations:

• Read emails and settings: This enables Dash to search through your emails.

How content syncing works

• Content sync begins immediately after establishing a connection to ensure you can start searching right away, prioritizing the most relevant data.
• The Activity feed shows content a user has engaged with through actions such as previewing, uploading, creating, commenting, opening, modifying, sharing, and receiving content.
• Incremental sync occurs every 15 minutes.

How to connect Gmail to Dropbox Dash

1. Open Dropbox Dash.
2. Click Apps near the bottom of the left sidebar.
3. Locate Gmail in the apps list.
4. Click “①” (add) on the right to connect the app.
5. When prompted,  log in to your Google account and select an account to connect to Dash.
6. Click Continue to log in to Dropbox Dash.
7. Click Allow to continue.
8. If the connection is successful, you’ll see a confirmation message at the bottom of the page.

How to check your connected apps

1. To check your connected apps, open Dropbox Dash.
2. Click Apps near the bottom of the left sidebar. Gmail should display in the Added section.