In this article, we will see how to store the backup on dropbox in laravel 9. Here, we will learn to store database backup on dropbox in laravel 8 and laravel 9 using spatie. Laravel's Flysystem integration provides support for several "drivers" out of the box. You can create a custom driver if you want to use it.

    Dropbox is easy to use, reliable, private, and secure. Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc. It can provide cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software.

    So let's see, laravel 9 backup store on dropbox, laravel 9 dropbox store backup using spatie, spatie/flysystem-dropbox tutorial.

    In this step, we will install the laravel 9 application using the following command.

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravel-9-dropbox

    Now, we will install spatie/laravel-backup package using the composer command.

    Read More: spatie/laravel-backup.

composer require spatie/laravel-backup

     Now, run the following command and publish the spatie package.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\Backup\BackupServiceProvider"

    After running this command, Automatically create a new backup.php file. So, in this file we will set up the dropbox configuration.

    config/backup.php

<?php
    
return [
        'destination' => [
            /*
             * The disk names on which the backups will be stored.
             */
            'disks' => [
                'dropbox',
            ],
        ],

    Now, get the access token from dropbox. So, you can go to the dropbox search console and create a new account, and set up a project. Click on the generate button and get the access token from dropbox.

    In this step, we will install spatie/flysystem-dropbox package using the following command.

    Read more: spatie/flysystem-dropbox.

composer require spatie/flysystem-dropbox

     Now, we will create DropboxServiceProvider using the following command.

php artisan make:provider DropboxServiceProvider

    Open the app.php file and add the provider class to the array.

    app/config/app.php

'providers' => [
    ...
    ...
    ...
    App\Providers\DropboxDriveServiceProvider::class,
];

    Open the DropboxServiceProvider.php file, and update the boot function inside the provider class.

    app/Providers/DropboxServiceProvider.php

<?php
namespace App\Providers;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class DropboxServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * Register services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function register()
    {
        //
    }
    /**
     * Bootstrap services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function boot()
    {
        Storage::extend('dropbox', function ($app, $config) {
            $client = new DropboxClient(
                $config['authorization_token']
            );
  
            return new Filesystem(new DropboxAdapter($client));
        });
    }
}

    Add Dropbox Access Key

    In this step, we will add a key and secret key to the filesystem.php file.

    config/filesystem.php

<?php
    
return [
    
    ...
    
    'disks' => [
    
        ...
    
        'dropbox' => [
            'driver' => 'dropbox',
            'key' => env('DROPBOX_APP_KEY'),
            'secret' => env('DROPBOX_APP_SECRET'),            
            'authorization_token' => env('DROPBOX_AUTH_TOKEN'),
        ],
    
    ],
];

    Now, add the dropbox access token to the .env file.

DROPBOX_AUTH_TOKEN=<dropbox_auth_token>

    Now, we will config cache using the following command and run how to store the backup on dropbox in laravel 9.

php artisan config:clear

    After that, we will run the backup command.

php artisan backup:run

    Also, you can schedule automatic database backups like the below code.

    app/Console/Kernal.php

protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
{
    $schedule->command('backup:run')->daily()->at('11:00');
}

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