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Popular Buffer and Dropbox workflows and automations
Useful Buffer and Dropbox integrations
Triggers (If this)
New file in your folderThis Trigger fires every time any file is saved in the folder you specify. NOTE: will process up to 15 files per polling period.
Any new post in BufferThis Trigger fires every time you add a new post to Buffer or post now via Buffer.- Any new shared file linkThis trigger fires every time a shared link for a file is created. Note: doesn't include folders.
- New photo in BufferThis Trigger fires every time you add a new photo to Buffer or post now via Buffer.
- New text file in your folderThis Trigger fires every time any text file is saved in the folder you specify. NOTE: will process up to 15 files per polling period.
- New photo in your folderThis Trigger fires every time a photo is saved in the folder you specify. NOTE: will process up to 15 photos per polling period.
Queries (With)
- History of photos in your folderThis query returns a list of every time a photo is saved in the folder you specify. NOTE: will process up to 15 photos per polling period.
- History of files in your folderThis query returns a list of every time any file is saved in the folder you specify. NOTE: will process up to 15 files per polling period.
- History of text files in your folderThis query returns a list of every time any text file is saved in the folder you specify. NOTE: will process up to 15 files per polling period.
- Find file by nameThis query returns a list of files searched by name you specify.
- File metadataThis query returns the metadata of a file.
- List shared file linksThis query returns all shared file links. Note: doesn't include folders.
Actions (Then that)
- Revoke shared linkThis action will revoke the direct link to the file. Note: the file may still be accessible if there are shared links leading to any of the file parent folders.
- Add to BufferThis Action will add a post to Buffer. If your Buffer is full then the post will be skipped.
- Add file from URLThis Action will download a file at a given URL and add it to Dropbox at the path you specify. NOTE: 30 MB file size limit.
- Add photo to BufferThis Action will add a photo to Buffer. If your Buffer is full then the post will be skipped.
- Move file or folderThis action will move a file or a folder to new location.
- Create a text fileThis Action will create a new text file at the path you specify.
- Append to a text fileThis Action will append to a text file as determined by the file name and folder path you specify. Once a file’s size reaches 2MB a new file will be created.
Buffer and Dropbox resources
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