Connectors
File Storage & Transfer
Dropbox
Cloud file storage: upload, download, share, and organize files and folders
Dropbox API referenceAPI checked August 18, 2026
- Signs in with
- API token
- Runs on
- Cloud or On-Prem Worker
- Operations
- 60
- Ready-made triggers
- 0
Connect Dropbox
- In Neblex open Connect › Connections and click New Connection.
- Search for Dropbox and give the connection a clear name.
- Fill in the fields. Secret values are encrypted and never shown again.
- Click Test, then Create Connection.
| Field | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Access tokenRequiredSecret |
Use it in a flow
- Open a flow, open the node library and search for Dropbox.
- Drag it onto the canvas and choose an Operation and your connection.
- Map the operation's fields from earlier steps, or click Map with Matt.
- Use Test this step to see what it returns, then save.
To start a flow from Dropbox without a ready-made trigger: a Poll for changes trigger can check one of its list operations on a schedule and pass on only what is new; if Dropbox can send webhooks, a Webhook trigger receives them at its own URL.
Operations
60 operations in 7 groups. Each one is a step you can add to a flow.
Account4
Get accounts (batch)getAccountBatch | POST | Basic info for many accounts. |
Get an accountgetAccount | POST | Another user's basic account info. |
Get current accountgetCurrentAccount | POST | The authenticated account's profile. |
Get space usagegetSpaceUsage | POST | The account's storage usage and allocation. |
Content7
Append to an upload sessionuploadSessionAppend | POST | Append a chunk at an offset. |
Download a filedownload | POST | Download a file's content (returned as the response body). |
Export a fileexport | POST | Export a cloud doc (e.g. Paper) to a downloadable format. |
Finish an upload sessionuploadSessionFinish | POST | Commit the session to a path. |
Get a thumbnailgetThumbnail | POST | A file's thumbnail image. |
Start an upload sessionuploadSessionStart | POST | Open a chunked upload session (returns session id). |
Upload a fileupload | POST | Upload content to a path (<=150MB per call; use upload sessions beyond). |
File22
Check save-from-URL statussaveUrlCheckJobStatus | POST | Poll a save url job. |
Continue a folder listinglistFolderContinue | POST | Fetch the next page with the cursor. |
Continue a searchsearchContinue | POST | The next page of search results. |
Copycopy | POST | Copy a file or folder. |
Copy (batch)copyBatch | POST | Copy many entries in one call. |
Deletedelete | POST | Delete a file or folder. |
Delete (batch)deleteBatch | POST | Delete many paths in one call. |
Get a copy referencegetCopyReference | POST | A reference to copy a file between accounts. |
Get a temporary linkgetTemporaryLink | POST | A four-hour direct download link. |
Get a temporary upload linkgetTemporaryUploadLink | POST | A URL third parties can PUT file content to. |
Get latest cursorgetLatestCursor | POST | A cursor for the folder's current state (delta polling). |
Get metadatagetMetadata | POST | A file or folder's metadata. |
List a folderlistFolder | POST | List a folder's entries. |
List revisionslistRevisions | POST | A file's revisions. |
Lock fileslockFileBatch | POST | Lock files so only this member can edit them. |
Movemove | POST | Move a file or folder. |
Move (batch)moveBatch | POST | Move many entries in one call. |
Restore a revisionrestore | POST | Restore a file to a previous revision. |
Save a copy referencesaveCopyReference | POST | Save a copy reference into this account. |
Save from URLsaveUrl | POST | Download a URL's content into Dropbox (async job). |
Searchsearch | POST | Search files and folders. |
Unlock filesunlockFileBatch | POST | Release file locks. |
File Request6
Count file requestscountFileRequests | POST | How many file requests the account has. |
Create a file requestcreateFileRequest | POST | Ask others to upload files to a folder. |
Delete file requestsdeleteFileRequests | POST | Delete closed file requests. |
Get a file requestgetFileRequest | POST | One file request by ID. |
List file requestslistFileRequests | POST | The account's file requests. |
Update a file requestupdateFileRequest | POST | Change a file request's settings. |
Folder2
Create a foldercreateFolder | POST | Create a folder. |
Create folders (batch)createFolderBatch | POST | Create many folders in one call. |
Sharing16
Add file membersaddFileMember | POST | Share a single file with members. |
Add folder membersaddFolderMember | POST | Invite members to a shared folder. |
Create a shared linkcreateSharedLink | POST | A shared link with settings. |
Get link metadatagetSharedLinkMetadata | POST | The file/folder behind a shared link. |
List file memberslistFileMembers | POST | Who a file is shared with. |
List folder memberslistFolderMembers | POST | A shared folder's members. |
List received fileslistReceivedFiles | POST | Files shared TO this account. |
List shared folderslistSharedFolders | POST | Shared folders the account can access. |
List shared linkslistSharedLinks | POST | Shared links, optionally for one path. |
Remove a file memberremoveFileMember | POST | Remove a member from a file. |
Remove a folder memberremoveFolderMember | POST | Remove a member from a shared folder. |
Revoke a shared linkrevokeSharedLink | POST | Revoke a shared link. |
Share a foldershareFolder | POST | Turn a folder into a shared folder. |
Unshare a folderunshareFolder | POST | Stop sharing a folder. |
Update a folder memberupdateFolderMember | POST | Change a member's access level. |
Update link settingsmodifySharedLinkSettings | POST | Change a shared link's settings. |
Tag3
Add a tagaddTag | POST | Tag a file or folder. |
Get tagsgetTags | POST | The tags on paths. |
Remove a tagremoveTag | POST | Remove a tag from a file or folder. |