How to receive faxes with the Dropbox Fax API

Updated Sep 29, 2025

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The information in this article applies to all customers on Dropbox Fax plans.

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Note: The Dropbox Fax endpoints have changed from v1 to v3. The v1 endpoints will no longer being maintained. Learn more about the migration to the new v3 endpoints and the benefits for developers.

You can receive faxes through the Dropbox Fax API once you have the API set up. Learn how to set up Dropbox Fax API.

Incoming faxes will be POSTed to your callback URL so there’s no need to retrieve them with a separate action To add callback URLs for your inbound faxes and outbound faxes with a POST:

`curl -u"[your username]:[your password]" -d "DefaultInboundFaxCallbackUrl=https://www.example.com/inboundFax" -d "DefaultOutboundFaxCallbackUrl=https://www.example.com/outboundFax" "https://api.hellofax.com/v1/Accounts/[Your Account GUID]"`

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