Dropbox

Dropbox is a service that keeps your files safe, synced, and easy to share. Connect to Dropbox to manage your files. You can perform various actions such as upload, update, get, and delete files in Dropbox.

This connector is available in the following products and regions:

Service Class Regions
Logic Apps Standard All Logic Apps regions except the following:
     -   Azure China regions
     -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Power Automate Standard All Power Automate regions except the following:
     -   US Government (GCC High)
     -   China Cloud operated by 21Vianet
     -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Power Apps Standard All Power Apps regions except the following:
     -   US Government (GCC High)
     -   China Cloud operated by 21Vianet
     -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Contact
Name Microsoft
URL Microsoft LogicApps Support
Microsoft Power Automate Support
Microsoft Power Apps Support
Connector Metadata
Publisher Microsoft
Website https://www.dropbox.com/
Privacy policy https://www.dropbox.com/privacy

Known issues and limitations

  1. Because of restrictions in Dropbox REST API, currently we support only Personal and Shared folders. Team folders are not supported.
  2. The trigger does not fire if a file is added/updated in a subfolder. If it is required to trigger on subfolders, multiple triggers should be created.
  3. It is not possible to select a folder that is private to the group. Even if you are a member of that group.
  4. This connector is no longer a tabular connector and therefore cannot be used as a tabular data source - including for the Excel connector.

General Limits

Name Value
Maximum file size (in MB) 50
Maximum file size for copy operation (in MB) 300
Maximum number of megabytes being transferred to/from the connector within a bandwidth time interval (per connection) 1000
Bandwidth time interval (in miliseconds) 60000

Throttling Limits

Name Calls Renewal Period
API calls per connection 100 60 seconds

Actions

Copy file

This operation copies a file to Dropbox.

Create file

This operation creates a file in a folder.

Delete file

This operation deletes a file.

Extract archive to folder

This operation extracts an archive file into a folder (example: .zip).

Get file content

This operation gets the content of a file.

Get file content using path

This operation gets the content of a file using the path.

Get file metadata

This operation gets the metadata for a file.

Get file metadata using path

This operation gets the metadata of a file using the path.

List files in folder

This operation gets the list of files and subfolders in a folder.

List files in root folder

This operation gets the list of files and subfolders in the root folder.

Update file

This operation updates a file.

Copy file

This operation copies a file to Dropbox.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Source URL
source True string

The url to source file

Destination File Path
destination True string

The destination file path, including target filename.

Overwrite
overwrite boolean

Overwrites the destination file if set to 'true'.

Returns

Blob metadata

Create file

This operation creates a file in a folder.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Folder Path
folderPath True string

The path to the folder.

File Name
name True string

The name of the file.

File Content
body True binary

The content of the file.

Returns

Blob metadata

Delete file

This operation deletes a file.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
id True string

The unique identifier of the file.

Extract archive to folder

This operation extracts an archive file into a folder (example: .zip).

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Source Archive File Path
source True string

The path to the archive file.

Destination Folder Path
destination True string

The path to extract the archive contents.

Overwrite
overwrite boolean

Overwrites the destination files if set to 'true'.

Returns

Get file content

This operation gets the content of a file.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
id True string

The unique identifier of the file.

Infer Content Type
inferContentType boolean

A boolean value (true, false) to infer content-type based on extension.

Returns

The content of the file.

File Content
binary

Get file content using path

This operation gets the content of a file using the path.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File Path
path True string

The unique path of the file.

Infer Content Type
inferContentType boolean

A boolean value (true, false) to infer content-type based on extension.

Returns

The content of the file.

File Content
binary

Get file metadata

This operation gets the metadata for a file.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
id True string

The unique identifier of the file.

Returns

Blob metadata

Get file metadata using path

This operation gets the metadata of a file using the path.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File Path
path True string

The unique path of the file.

Returns

Blob metadata

List files in folder

This operation gets the list of files and subfolders in a folder.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Folder
id True string

The unique identifier of the folder.

Returns

List files in root folder

This operation gets the list of files and subfolders in the root folder.

Returns

Update file

This operation updates a file.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
id True string

The unique identifier of the file.

File Content
body True binary

The content of the file.

Returns

Blob metadata

Triggers

When a file is created

This operation triggers a flow when a new file is created in a folder. The trigger does not fire if a file is added/updated in a subfolder. If it is required to trigger on subfolders, multiple triggers should be created.

When a file is created (properties only)

This operation triggers a flow when a new file is created in a folder. The trigger does not fire if a file is added/updated in a subfolder. If it is required to trigger on subfolders, multiple triggers should be created.

When a file is modified

This operation triggers a flow when a file is modified in a folder. The trigger does not fire if a file is added/updated in a subfolder. If it is required to trigger on subfolders, multiple triggers should be created.

When a file is modified (properties only)

This operation triggers a flow when a file is modified in a folder. The trigger does not fire if a file is added/updated in a subfolder. If it is required to trigger on subfolders, multiple triggers should be created.

When a file is created

This operation triggers a flow when a new file is created in a folder. The trigger does not fire if a file is added/updated in a subfolder. If it is required to trigger on subfolders, multiple triggers should be created.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Folder
folderId True string

The unique identifier of the folder.

Infer Content Type
inferContentType boolean

A boolean value (true, false) to infer content-type based on extension.

Returns

The content of the file.

File Content
binary

When a file is created (properties only)

This operation triggers a flow when a new file is created in a folder. The trigger does not fire if a file is added/updated in a subfolder. If it is required to trigger on subfolders, multiple triggers should be created.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Folder
folderId True string

The unique identifier of the folder.

Number of files to return
maxFileCount integer

Maximum number of files to return by single trigger run (1-100). Note that 'Split On' setting can force trigger to process each item individually.

Returns

Blob metadata

List of Files
BlobMetadata

When a file is modified

This operation triggers a flow when a file is modified in a folder. The trigger does not fire if a file is added/updated in a subfolder. If it is required to trigger on subfolders, multiple triggers should be created.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Folder
folderId True string

The unique identifier of the folder.

Infer Content Type
inferContentType boolean

A boolean value (true, false) to infer content-type based on extension.

Returns

The content of the file.

File Content
binary

When a file is modified (properties only)

This operation triggers a flow when a file is modified in a folder. The trigger does not fire if a file is added/updated in a subfolder. If it is required to trigger on subfolders, multiple triggers should be created.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Folder
folderId True string

Select a folder

Number of files to return
maxFileCount integer

Maximum number of files to return by single trigger run (1-100). Note that 'Split On' setting can force trigger to process each item individually.

Returns

Blob metadata

List of Files
BlobMetadata

Definitions

BlobMetadata

Blob metadata

Name Path Type Description
Id
Id string

The unique id of the file or folder.

Name
Name string

The name of the file or folder.

DisplayName
DisplayName string

The display name of the file or folder.

Path
Path string

The path of the file or folder.

LastModified
LastModified date-time

The date and time the file or folder was last modified.

Size
Size integer

The size of the file or folder.

MediaType
MediaType string

The media type of the file or folder.

IsFolder
IsFolder boolean

A boolean value (true, false) to indicate whether or not the blob is a folder.

ETag
ETag string

The etag of the file or folder.

FileLocator
FileLocator string

The filelocator of the file or folder.

binary

This is the basic data type 'binary'.