# How to index Dropbox documents?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-dropbox-documents/215791>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 20, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-dropbox-documents/215791 "2020-01-20T19:26:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lisahtwy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lisahtwy/32/53910_2.png) [@Lisahtwy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lisahtwy)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-dropbox-documents/215791/1 "2020-01-20T19:26:13Z")

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Hi,

I have been using FScrawler to index files from directories. But I have files (around 2GB) in Dropbox which I want to index and use them with elastic search.  
Is there anyway to use FScrawler for Dropbox?  
I saw the Dropbox river plugin github page, but the commands mentioned there are not working with Elastic search 7.2.1. Could you please help me with indexing Dropbox files?

Thanks,  
Lisa.

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**Author:** ![Lisahtwy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lisahtwy/32/53910_2.png) [@Lisahtwy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lisahtwy)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-dropbox-documents/215791/2 "2020-01-20T19:54:17Z")

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Sorry, Elastic search version is 7.5.1 in CentOS7.  
I went to "/usr/share/elasticsearch" and tried  
`"$ bin/plugin -install fr.pilato.elasticsearch.river/dropbox/0.1.0"`  
command which is displaying the below message.

```
A tool for managing installed elasticsearch plugins

Non-option arguments:
command

Option Description
------ -----------
-h, --help show help
-s, --silent show minimal output
-v, --verbose show verbose output
ERROR: i is not a recognized option

```

Am I in the wrong directory or is it a wrong command?

Thanks,  
Lisa

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-dropbox-documents/215791/3 "2020-01-20T21:30:51Z")

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Welcome.

FSCrawler does not support Dropbox. See

> <https://github.com/dadoonet/fscrawler/issues/264>

Elastic Enterprise Search has that feature. It's under a commercial license.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-dropbox-documents/215791/4 "2020-01-20T21:31:23Z")

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I don't maintain this since rivers removal in elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-dropbox-documents/215791/5 "2020-02-17T21:31:25Z")

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