Dropbox Integration
Connect Dropbox to Arahi's no-code AI agents and automate workflows in minutes.
About the Dropbox integration
Dropbox gives you secure access to all your files. Collaborate with friends, family, and coworkers from any device. With Arahi AI, you can connect Dropbox to AWS, Box, Google Cloud and 1,500+ other apps using AI-powered workflows. No coding required — set up triggers, actions, and intelligent automation in minutes.
- Category
- File Storage & Cloud
- Authentication
- oauth
Dropbox automation use cases
- Email attachment → archive
- Save attachments from Gmail or Outlook into the right Dropbox folder with auto-tagged naming.
- Document approval workflow
- Route new Dropbox uploads through a review and approval chain before they're shared externally.
- Backup with retention
- Back up critical data to Dropbox nightly with age-based retention — no manual cleanup sweep.
- Public-link expiry
- Expire public Dropbox share links after N days automatically so nothing stays exposed.
Dropbox workflow examples
- Client folder auto-setup
On a new HubSpot deal closing, run Create folder to scaffold a Dropbox client workspace with templated subfolders.
HubSpot Closed-Won -> Dropbox folder tree created.
- Invoice drop to accounting
When an invoice PDF appears in Gmail, Search File or Folder to dedupe and Move file or folder into the accounting Dropbox.
Gmail invoice -> Dropbox dedupe + move to /accounting.
- Design file review ping
When a new file lands in a Dropbox /review folder, post a link in Slack #design with the uploader tagged.
Dropbox /review upload -> Slack #design with @uploader.
Dropbox actions
- Create file request
- Tool to create a new file request in dropbox. use when you need to request files from others by generating a unique link for uploads to a specified dropbox folder, optionally with a deadline.
- Create folder
- Tool to create a new folder at a specified path in dropbox. use when you need to organize files by creating a new directory. requires the 'files.content.write' scope.
- Create paper document
- Creates a new dropbox paper document at the specified path using html or markdown content.
- Delete file or folder
- Permanently deletes the file or folder at the specified path in dropbox. use when you need to remove a specific file or folder. requires the `files.content.write` scope.
- Get about me
- Tool to get information about the current user's dropbox account. use when you need to retrieve account details like email, name, or account type.
- List files in folder
- Tool to list files and folders in a specified dropbox directory. use when you need to see the contents of a folder, including subfolders if recursive is true.
- List folder contents
- Retrieves a list of folders, files, and deleted entries from a specified dropbox path.
- Move file or folder
- Move file or folder
- Read a file
- Downloads a file from the specified dropbox path, requiring `files.content.read` scope.
- Search File or Folder
- Tool to search for files and folders in dropbox. use when you need to find an item by name or content, optionally within a specific path or with other filters, and paginate through results. example: search for 'report.docx' in the '/finance' folder.
- Upload File
- Uploads a file to a specified path in the user's dropbox, with options for handling existing files.