A Step-by-Step Guide for You to Add Dribbble Shots to Your Website.

Are you having trouble navigating Dribbble’s puzzling developer documentation? This article will help you show your dribbble shots in your profile.

But why go to all that trouble, you may ask?

You may create a dynamic link between your design showcase and online presence.

Your portfolio becomes a living entity that updates automatically whenever you post new work to Dribbble. This saves you time and ensures that your website always reflects your most recent designs, impressing potential clients and employers.

Implementation of Dribbble’s V2 Api⚒️

Register your application

Open developer.dribbble.com where you can choose to register your application.

Choose Register Your Application

OR, you can fill out this form by navigating from your profile.

click Register

Here, you need to enter details into the form.

For “Website URL” and “CallBackUrl” you can enter any placeholder (Example: ‘https://www.nischalshakyacc.com’)

Dribbble’s developer form

Click “Register Application”

This will generate a client ID and a client Secret. Both you’ll need to use later so save it.

Id and Secret Provided by Dribbble

Get Access Token

To get your access token, follow the following steps:

1. Authorize

Use the following URL:

dribbble.com/oauth/authorize?client_id=CLIE..

Here, replace CLIENT_ID with the client ID you received while registering your application.By entering the URL you will be navigated to an authorization page.

Here you simply click Authorize. Then, you will be navigated to a page with the following URL:

CALLBACK_URL?code=**CODE

From the URL copy your code

2. Fetch Token

For this, you will need to send an API request to the following URL:

dribbble.com/oauth/token?client_id=CLIENT_ID&client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET&code=**CODE

CLIENT_ID from registering your application.

CLIENT_SECRET from registering your application.

CODE from authorization.

For making the API request, you can use Postman, Thunder Client, or any other application that allows you to send API requests.
Here I will be using a web version of Postman.

Request must be POST request.

Change response to JSON*.*

Postman request structure

Response

If you don’t get the access token in response, you can reset your CLIENT_SECRET and try again.

3. Use Case

Now you can use fetch from Javascript to make an API call.

const  fetchDribbbledata = async () =>{
 try {
   const response = await fetch(`https://api.dribbble.com/v2/user/shots?&access_token=ACCESSTOKEN`);
   const result = await response.json();
  } catch (error) {
     console.log(error)
   }
 }

Extras

Pagination

Number of items returned by default is 30.

To get your required number of responses use per_page parameter in the request URL

const response = await fetch(`https://api.dribbble.com/v2/user/shots?&access_token=ACCESSTOKEN**&per_page=8**`);

Using per_page = 8 parameter. returns 8 of your latest dribbble posts.

You can specify further pages with the page parameter.

Summary

Open developer.dribbble.com and choose “register your application” or navigate from your profile.
Fill in the form with the required details.
Click “Register Application” to generate a client ID and client Secret. Save them for later use.

2. Get Access Token:

Authorize by using the URL: https://dribbble.com/oauth/authorize?client_id=CLIENT_ID, replacing CLIENT_ID with your client ID.
Click “Authorize” on the authorization page.
Copy the code from the resulting URL: https://CALLBACK_URL?code=CODE.
Send an API request to https://dribbble.com/oauth/token?client_id=CLIENT_ID&client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET&code=CODE to fetch the token, replacing CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET, and CODE with the respective values.
Ensure the request is a POST request with a JSON response.

3. Implementation of Dribbble’s V2 API:

Use the fetched access token in an API call, such as https://api.dribbble.com/v2/user/shots?&access_token=ACCESSTOKEN, to retrieve your Dribbble shots.

Extras

Pagination: Specify the number of items returned using the per_page parameter in the request URL.
Further pages can be specified using the page parameter.

These steps will guide you in showcasing your Dribbble shots on your website or portfolio.

Showcasing Your Dribbble Shots

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