Dropbox - Folder actions ​

This section will highlight the actions you can carry out on folders in Dropbox.

Create folder ​

This action allows you to create a new folder in Dropbox. This action will fail if the parent folder already contains a folder of the exact same name as the one you want to add.

Create folder actionCreate folder action

Input ​

Field nameDescription
Folder nameName of the folder you want to create.
FolderThe parent folder location to which you want to add your newly created folder to.

Output ​

Field nameDescription
IDID of the created folder.
NameThe name of the created folder.
PathThe path of the newly created folder.
Is directoryWhether this is a directory/folder.

Search folder ​

This action allows you to retrieve a list of folders whose name contains the keywords that you have input. Partial matches will also be returned.

Search folder actionSearch folder action

Input ​

Field nameDescription
Search keywordsSeparate keywords with spaces. Search will return folders containing all entered keywords in name
FolderSearch is performed on this folder as well as its sub-folders.

Output ​

Field nameDescription
FoldersThe list of folders retrieved as well as the contents of each folder.
- IDThe ID of the folder retrieved.
- NameThe name of the folder retrieved.
- PathThe path of the folder retrieved.
- Is directoryWhether this is a directory/folder.

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