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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