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# Overview

This page contains resources, guides, tutorials, and sample apps for everything from getting started with the Dropbox APIs to deep dives into various aspects of the DBX Platform.

#### [Developer reference](/dropbox-api/docs/developer-resources/developer-guide)

API reference documentation for building great apps on the DBX Platform and sailing through the app review process

#### [Getting started with Dropbox APIs](/dropbox-api/docs/get-started/tutorial/overview)

A step-by-step guide on how to build an app using the Dropbox APIs, including a sample app to create a simple file organization app

#### [Developer Branding](/dropbox-api/docs/developer-resources/branding-guide)

Guidelines on how to brand your app and the appropriate use of the Dropbox brand to ensure your app can get approved by Dropbox for production

## API deep dives

[OAuth](/dropbox-api/docs/oauth): How to set up the OAuth flow for your application

[File Access Guide](/dropbox-api/docs/file-access): This guide covers the basics of file metadata and file traversal and offers best practices around working with files

[Sharing](/dropbox-api/docs/sharing): Learn to use the Dropbox API to control shared links, shared folders, and shared files

[Extensions](/dropbox-api/docs/extensions): Learn to build a Dropbox Extension that allows users to trigger a workflow in your app directly from their file in Dropbox.

[Team Files Guide](/dropbox-api/docs/team-files): Learn to interact with team files using the Dropbox API. This guide covers namespaces, selecting users or admins, and interacting with team files in Team Folders or Team Spaces.

[Team Administration Guide](/dropbox-api/docs/team-administration): Learn to administrate a team using the Dropbox API. This guide covers team management, group management, and other team features.

[Performance Guide](/dropbox-api/docs/performance): Learn the performance impliciations of working with the Dropbox API. Topics include rate limits, file upload, working in batch, and more.

[Error handling](/dropbox-api/docs/error-handling): Learn to handle errors in the Dropbox API and minimize their impact on your user experience

[Detecting changes](/dropbox-api/docs/detecting-changes): Guide to detecting changes to Dropbox data using the API

[Authentication types](/dropbox-api/docs/auth-types): Descriptions of the different levels of authentication required by API call requests

[OpenID Connect](/dropbox-api/docs/oidc): How to use OIDC to let users sign into your application with their verified Dropbox identity

[Webhooks](/dropbox-api/docs/webhooks): How to set up and use webhooks to receive notifications for changes in linked Dropbox accounts

[Paper API migration](/dropbox-api/docs/paper-migration): Guide to migrating your code from the Paper API to the Dropbox API

[Migrating app permissions and access tokens](https://dropbox.tech/developers/migrating-app-permissions-and-access-tokens): Guide to migrating your legacy Dropbox app to use scopes and short-lived access tokens.

## Tutorials and sample apps

Javascript

* [Image Flipping Extension](https://github.com/dropbox/Developer-Samples/tree/master/Blog/Image-flipping-extension)

* [Writing a photo gallery web service from scratch with Node.JS and Dropbox](https://github.com/dropbox/dbximages?_tk=guides_lp&_ad=javascript_tutorial1&_camp=photo)

* [Dropbox photo gallery with tags](https://dropbox.github.io/gallerywithtagstutorial/?_tk=guides_lp&_ad=javascript_tutorial2&_camp=photo2)

HTML

* [Use webhooks to convert Markdown files to HTML](https://github.com/dropbox/mdwebhook?_tk=guides_lp&_ad=html_tutorial1&_camp=webhooks)

Python

* [Getting started with the Dropbox APIs](/dropbox-api/docs/get-started/tutorial/overview)

* [Back up and restore user settings using our Python SDK](https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python/tree/master/example/back-up-and-restore?_tk=guides_lp&_ad=python_tutorial1&_camp=backup)

* [Streamlining file collection with the file request API](https://dropbox.tech/developers/streamline-file-collection-with-the-file-request-api?_tk=guides_lp&_ad=python_tutorial3&_camp=file_request)

* [Performant uploading](https://github.com/dropbox/Developer-Samples/tree/master/Blog/performant_upload)

.NET

* [Create a simple blogging platform for uploading and downloading files using our .NET SDK](https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/tree/master/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/Examples/SimpleBlogDemo?_tk=guides_lp&_ad=net_tutorial1&_camp=blogging)

Swift

* [Display Dropbox photos on iOS and watchOS using our Swift SDK](https://github.com/dropbox/PhotoWatch?_tk=guides_lp&_ad=swift_tutorial1&_camp=photowatch)

Combination

* [Compute the Dropbox API's "content\_hash"](https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-api-content-hasher?_tk=guides_lp&_ad=combo_tutorial1&_camp=content_hash)

## Need help?

Visit the [Community and Support page](https://www.dropbox.com/developers/support).