Dropbox

with the dropbox app in {{product name}} , you can manage the files and folders in your dropbox account requirements to use the dropbox app in {{product name}} , you must have a dropbox account connect dropbox and {{product name}} to create the connection log in to your {{product name}} account, add a dropbox module to your {{scenario singular lowercase}} , and click create a connection optional in the ​​ connection name​​ field, enter a name for the connection optional switch on ​ show advanced settings ​ and enter your dropbox client credentials for more information on how to obtain your credentials, refer to the dropbox oauth guide if requested, use the following redirect uri when setting up your client credentials https //www integromat com/oauth/cb/dropbox click save if prompted, authenticate your account and confirm access you've successfully created the connection and can now use the dropbox app in your {{scenario plural lowercase}} if you want to make changes to your connection in the future, follow the steps here https //help make com/connect an application#tn2pj dropbox modules after connecting to the dropbox app, you can use the following types of modules to build your {{scenario plural lowercase}} trigger files watch files get files/folders search files/folders download a file list all files/subfolders in a folder list file revisions create & update file/folder upload a file create a folder create/overwrite a text file create/update a share link restore a file move a file/folder rename a file/folder delete a file/folder copy a file/folder file requests create a file request get a file request update a file request delete closed file requests list file requests other make an api call troubleshooting unable to upload or update a file there are several situations when uploading or updating a file fails the uploaded file is too big and exceeds the maximum file size allowed for your dropbox plan or you have used all of your dropbox account's storage quota you will either need to delete existing files from your dropbox account or upgrade your plan the previously selected folder, to which the file is being uploaded to, no longer exists the {{scenario singular lowercase}} gets stopped and you will need to select the target folder again unable to access root folder in dropbox if you have a “personal/individual" pricing plan with dropbox, then writing to the root directory of dropbox is allowed via the api however, if you upgrade to a “teams” pricing plan with dropbox, writing to the root directory of dropbox via the api is no longer allowed image referenced via a shared link does not render the url returned by the dropbox > create a shared link does not link directly to an image, but to a dropbox page see https //www dropbox com/help/desktop web/force download https //www dropbox com/help/desktop web/force download for further details to force the image to download, replace the trailing ?dl=0 with ?dl=1 to force the image to render (e g in a web browser or in facebook messenger), append \&raw=1 to the url if you need to get the direct/raw link of your image which you can use for your website or for other make modules you need to modify the initial shared url in the following way let's say your initial url is https //www dropbox com/s/ia8qtvs20f3a5ux/screen%20shot%202018 10 15%20at%204 21 11%20pm png?dl=0 replace www with dl remove ?dl=0 your final url should be https //dl dropbox com/s/ia8qtvs20f3a5ux/screen%20shot%202018 10 15%20at%204 21 11%20pm png to do it automatically, use the replace() function twice to replace www with dl and to remove ?dl=0 to do it in one step, combine these functions you can use this code just copy it and paste it into the field and replace variable with the url {{replace(replace(1 url; "?dl=0"; ""); "www"; "dl")}} templates you can look for dropbox templates in make's template gallery , where you'll find thousands of pre created {{scenario plural lowercase}} dropbox resources dropbox api documentation