Dropbox Directory Modified

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.

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 you want to watch. For more information, see Dropbox Directory Modified (above).
• Path to Watch: Provide a location on your Dropbox account to watch for changes, using forward slashes. For example: /MyFolder. To specify the top-level, or 'root', use a single forward slash: /.
• Watch Subdirectories: To watch activity in the selected directory and all subdirectories, specify Yes. To watch activity only in the selected directory and not in its subdirectories, specify No.
• Filter: By default, all actions on the specified directory are monitored, including adding (CREATE), changing (MODIFY), and deleting (DELETE) files (and folders, if applicable). To monitor only one or two of these actions, click the "x" beside the action you do not want to monitor to remove it. To add an action after removing it, click inside the dropbox and select it.

See Also

• Working with Output Keys in Automations Workflows.