Dropbox

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Use Dropbox to access and share files from any device.

Actions

Action

Configuration fields

Data type

Required?

Check file upload status - Checks the status of a file uploaded from a URL.

Job ID - Enter a job ID to check. The "Upload file from URL" Dropbox action creates a job with an ID that is used to check the status of the file queued for upload.

String

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Copy file or folder - Copy a file or folder on Dropbox.

Source path - Enter the complete folder or file path on the user's Dropbox to copy from.

For example: /Shared/ClarisConnect or /Shared/ClarisConnect/fromFile.html

Warning  Must start with /

String

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Destination path - Enter the complete folder or file path on the user's Dropbox to copy to.

For example: /Shared/ClarisConnect or /Shared/ClarisConnect/toFile.html

Warning  Must start with /

String

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Create file - Create and upload a file to Dropbox.

File content - Enter the content of the file.

String

 

Filename - Enter the name of the new file, including the file extension (such as .txt, .html, or .pdf).

For example: newfile.pdf

String

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Upload file from URL - Upload a file to Dropbox from a specified URL.

Folder path - Enter the Dropbox folder path for your file to be queued for upload.

For example: /Shared/ClarisConnect

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Filename - Enter the name of the file to be queued for upload. Dropbox will automatically rename the uploaded file to avoid conflicts if necessary. The extension must match the uploaded file.

For example, newfile.html.

String

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File URL - Enter the URL of the file, including the name. (You can omit the extension.)

String

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Create shared link - Create a link to share a folder or file.

Folder or file path to share - Enter the full folder or file path. The file must include name and extension. An error appears if the link exists.

For example: /Shared/ClarisConnect or /Shared/ClarisConnect/sharedfile.txt

String

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Move file or folder - Move a file or folder.

Source path - Enter the full folder or file path in the user's Dropbox to move from.

For example: /Shared/ClarisConnect or /Shared/ClarisConnect/newfile.txt

Warning  Must start with /

String

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Destination path - Enter the full folder or file path in the user's Dropbox to move to.

For example: /Shared/ClarisConnect or /Shared/ClarisConnect/newfile.txt

Warning  Must start with /

String

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Delete file - Delete a file on Dropbox.

File path - Enter the full path of the file to delete from the user's Dropbox.

For example: /Shared/ClarisConnect/fileTODelete.html

Warning  Must start with /

String

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Create folder - Create a folder on Dropbox.

Folder path - Enter the full path of the folder.

Specify the parent folder path and child folder.

String

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Get shared link - Retrieve a shared link for a file or folder.

Path of the shared link - Enter the path of the folder or file (including extension) that the link was created from, or leave empty to return all links.

For example: /Shared/ClarisConnect/newfile.txt

Warning  Must start with /

String

 

Search any file or folder in dropbox - Search for a specific string on Dropbox.

Search query - Enter the string to search for.

String

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