Other popular Dropbox workflows and automations
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Automatically back up new iOS Contacts to Dropbox
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Backup Dropbox files to QNAP Device
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Backup Dropbox files to Box
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Receive a text message when there is a new shared file link added to DropBox
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Send photos from a Dropbox folder to one of your iPhone albums
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Automatically sync new files added to Dropbox to your Google Drive
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Twitter to Dropbox
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iOS contacts to Dropbox
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Wordpress to Dropbox
Useful Dropbox and Google Assistant integrations
Triggers (If this)
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New file in your folder
This Trigger fires every time any file is saved in the folder you specify. NOTE: will process up to 15 files per polling period.
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Activate scene
This Trigger activates a named scene when you say "Ok Google, activate [Scene Name]".
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Any new shared file link
This trigger fires every time a shared link for a file is created. Note: doesn't include folders.
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New text file in your folder
This Trigger fires every time any text file is saved in the folder you specify. NOTE: will process up to 15 files per polling period.
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New photo in your folder
This 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)
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History of photos in your folder
This 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.
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History of files in your folder
This 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.
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History of text files in your folder
This 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.
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Find file by name
This query returns a list of files searched by name you specify.
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File metadata
This query returns the metadata of a file.
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List shared file links
This query returns all shared file links. Note: doesn't include folders.






Actions (Then that)
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Revoke shared link
This 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.
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Add file from URL
This 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.
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Move file or folder
This action will move a file or a folder to new location.
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Create a text file
This Action will create a new text file at the path you specify.
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Append to a text file
This 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.





Dropbox and Google Assistant resources

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