# Upload/Download files to/from Dropbox/Gdrive **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [September 18, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upload-download-files-to-from-dropbox-gdrive/7279 "2013-09-18T06:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upload-download-files-to-from-dropbox-gdrive/7279/1 "2013-09-18T06:51:56Z")
Has anyone tried to upload (or download) files to Dropbox or Google Drive from Ignition? I would like to see, if this is possible from Ignition. Maybe some code examples…? ---
**Author:** ![Robert.McKenzie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/robert.mckenzie/32/4134_2.png) [@Robert.McKenzie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert.McKenzie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upload-download-files-to-from-dropbox-gdrive/7279/2 "2013-09-18T17:08:17Z")
I haven’t heard of anyone doing that yet, but Google does have a Java API for Drive and I bet Dropbox does too. After a quick look I found the docs for the drive API [here](https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/java/apis/drive/v2). ---
**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upload-download-files-to-from-dropbox-gdrive/7279/3 "2013-09-18T17:16:59Z")
I have seen that, but I can’t make any sense of it… 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Robert.McKenzie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/robert.mckenzie/32/4134_2.png) [@Robert.McKenzie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert.McKenzie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upload-download-files-to-from-dropbox-gdrive/7279/4 "2013-09-18T17:35:40Z")
It is a little difficult to get through and you might have to make an Ignition module to include the extra libraries. But if you need to access Drive, then this is most likely way for you to do it. You could also look into whether there are web services for Drive and Dropbox. You can use Suds (a python version of Soap) pretty easily to access web services. There’s more about Suds in our [user manual](http://inductiveautomation.com/support/usermanuals/ignition/overview__simple_arguments.htm). ---
**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upload-download-files-to-from-dropbox-gdrive/7279/5 "2013-09-18T18:20:49Z")
[quote=“Robert.McKenzie”]It is a little difficult to get through and you might have to make an Ignition module to include the extra libraries. But if you need to access Drive, then this is most likely way for you to do it. You could also look into whether there are web services for Drive and Dropbox. You can use Suds (a python version of Soap) pretty easily to access web services. There’s more about Suds in our [user manual](http://inductiveautomation.com/support/usermanuals/ignition/overview__simple_arguments.htm).[/quote] OK, now you’ve lost me completely… 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Robert.McKenzie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/robert.mckenzie/32/4134_2.png) [@Robert.McKenzie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert.McKenzie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upload-download-files-to-from-dropbox-gdrive/7279/6 "2013-09-18T18:43:06Z")
The page in our user manual has a pretty good explanation of what Suds is and how it works. Just follow the prompts and you should get it. ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upload-download-files-to-from-dropbox-gdrive/7279/7 "2017-04-13T18:46:38Z")
Time to resurrect this one for a moment, since I had a use for it on Google Drive… 😄 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/a/a8a28ce23c079641647867e3c1c188fb5be8c21f.png) For Windows: [Download - Google Drive](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/drive/index.html) Adds sync folder to _C:\Users\userName\Google Drive_. For Linux: nice [writeup and instructions](http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-mount-your-google-drive-on-linux-with-google-drive-ocamlfuse/) on how to use [google-drive-ocamlfuse](https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse/wiki/Installation). Use a folder to sync of your choosing.