Upload to Dropbox

The Dropbox external action receives messages and uploads files to a folder of a Dropbox account.

The Dropbox external action has two output ports. The success port (✔) can send a message if the upload is successful. The failure port (x) can send a message if the upload fails.

Configuring Your Dropbox Account App

Before creating a Dropbox external action on a Dropbox account, you must configure the account with an app and generate an OAuth2 access token for it.

  1. Login to your Dropbox account and navigate to https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps.
  2. On the My apps page, click Create app.
  3. On the Create a new app on the Dropbox Platform page:
    1. Choose an API: Select Dropbox API.
    2. Choose the type of access you need: Select Full Dropbox.
    3. Name your app: Provide a name for your app.
    4. Review the Dropbox API Terms and Conditions and check the box.
    5. Click Create app.
  4. A page opens for your app on the Settings tab.
    1. Under OAuth2 > Generated access token, click Generate.
    2. Copy the generated token.

Parameters

Note: See also Working with Parameters in Automations Workflows.

Tip: To test that your parameters work as expected, click Validate.

  • Access Token: Provide the OAuth2 access token for the Dropbox account to which you want to upload. For more information, see Configuring Your Dropbox Account App , above.
  • Source Path: The source file to upload. If the source file is saved to a Resources directory, click the ellipsis (...) and select the file. If the file is in a different location, enter the file path directly. File paths must use forward slashes (/) or escaped backslashes (\\).
  • Destination Path: The path to the Dropbox folder to upload the file.

Note: Specify file paths using forward slashes (/) or escaped backslashes (\\).

Output Keys

See Also

Tip: To view the output keys from upstream components, click Show Upstream Keys.

Key Description
time Event time
source Event type
file.path (Success port only) File path
error.type (Failure port only) Error type
error.message (Failure port only) Error message
dropbox.requestId (Failure port only) Request ID