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Dropbox

The Dropbox plugin lets you manage files and folders in your Dropbox cloud storage. It supports uploading, downloading, copying, moving, renaming, deleting, and sharing files and folders, as well as managing shared links. The plugin authenticates using an App Key, App Secret, and Refresh Token. Use this plugin when your workflows need to automate file management, content distribution, or collaboration tasks on Dropbox.

Prerequisites

  • Dropbox account with all required permissions of the application.
  • App key, App secret, Refresh Token should be known.

For details, see Appendix: Dropbox App Registration and Refresh Token

Reference

Click to generate Refresh Token.

Permissions

Permissions forStepsPermission
Files or Folders
  • Copy File Or Folder
  • Create Folder
  • Delete File Or Folder
  • Move File Or Folder
  • Rename File or Folder
  • Upload File
files.content.write
Download File Or Folderfiles.content.read
Collaboration
  • Share File Or Folder
  • Modify Shared Link
sharing.write
  • Delete Shared Link
  • Get Sharing Information
sharing.read

Common button actions

The following action buttons are available in all steps:

Button nameDescription
OKClick to save the field values in the step. If any mandatory field values are not specified, then you will get a validation error.
CancelClick to close the dialog without saving the field values.