Dropbox

Dropbox is a cloud storage service offering file syncing, sharing, and collaboration across devices with version control and robust integrations dropbox · 177 tools · no triggers

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run auth dropbox
run auth dropbox --scope team    # shared with the organization

Or from the Integrations page in the console. See Connections for personal versus shared, and who may remove one.

Use it

run dropbox          # common commands
run dropbox --all    # every command

import { dropbox } from "@boxd/run";

Common tools

Tool	What it does
`add-file-member`	Tool to add specified members to a Dropbox file with configurable access levels.
`add-folder-member-action`	Tool to add members to a shared folder with specified access levels.
`add-team-group-members`	Tool to add members to a team group with specified access levels.
`add-team-members`	Tool to add new members to a Dropbox team. Use when you need to invite users to join the team with specified roles and settings.
`copy-file-or-folder`	Tool to copy a file or folder to a different location in Dropbox.
`create-file-request`	Tool to create a new file request in Dropbox. Use when you need to request files from others by generating a unique link for uploads to a specified…
`create-folder`	Tool to create a new folder at a specified path in Dropbox. Use when you need to organize files by creating a new directory.
`create-paper-document`	Creates a new Dropbox Paper document at the specified path using HTML or Markdown content.
`create-shared-link`	Tool to create a stable, long-lived shared link for a Dropbox file or folder.
`create-shared-link-simple`	DEPRECATED: Use CreateSharedLinkV2 instead. Tool to create a basic shared link for a Dropbox file or folder.
`create-team-folder`	Tool to create a new, active team folder with no members in Dropbox.
`create-team-group`	Tool to create a new, empty team group in Dropbox with a specified name.
`delete-file`	Tool to delete a file or folder at the specified path in Dropbox.
`files-search`	Tool to search for files and folders in Dropbox by name or content.
`get-account`	Tool to get information about a user’s Dropbox account using their account ID.
`get-shared-folder-metadata`	Tool to retrieve metadata for a specific shared folder by its ID.
`get-space-usage`	Tool to get space usage information for the current user’s Dropbox account.
`get-team-info`	Tool to retrieve information about a Dropbox team. Use when you need to get team details such as team name, ID, licensed user counts, or team policies.
`get-team-log-events`	Tool to retrieve team audit log events from Dropbox. Use when you need to access team activity logs, audit trails, or monitor team events.
`list-file-requests`	Tool to list all file requests owned by the current user. Use when you need to see existing file requests, their status, and details.
`list-folder-continue`	Tool to continue paginating through folder contents using a cursor from list_folder.
`list-received-files`	Tool to list all files shared with the current user. Returns files directly shared with the user but does not include files received via shared…
`list-shared-links`	Tool to list existing shared links for the current user, optionally filtered by path.
`list-team-folders`	Tool to list all team folders for a Dropbox Business team. Use when you need to discover team-wide folders or manage team folder access.
`list-team-members`	Tool to list members of a Dropbox team. Use when you need to retrieve information about team members, including their status, roles, and contact details.

All 177 tools

Tool	What it does
`activate-team-folder`	Tool to activate an archived team folder. Use when you need to restore access to a previously archived team folder.
`add-file-member`	Tool to add specified members to a Dropbox file with configurable access levels.
`add-file-properties`	Tool to add custom properties to a Dropbox file using a filled property template.
`add-file-tags`	Tool to add a tag to a file or folder in Dropbox. Use when you need to tag items for organization.
`add-folder-member-action`	Tool to add members to a shared folder with specified access levels.
`add-member-space-limits-excluded-users`	Tool to add users to the team’s space limits exclusion list in Dropbox.
`add-sharing-allowlist`	Tool to add domains or email addresses to the team sharing allowlist.
`add-team-group-members`	Tool to add members to a team group with specified access levels.
`add-team-members`	Tool to add new members to a Dropbox team. Use when you need to invite users to join the team with specified roles and settings.
`add-team-members-secondary-emails`	Tool to add secondary email addresses to Dropbox team members.
`add-team-properties-template`	Tool to add a property template for a team in Dropbox. Use when you need to create a standardized set of custom properties that can be applied to files and folders.
`alpha-upload-file`	Tool to upload a new file to Dropbox using the alpha upload endpoint.
`append-upload-session`	Tool to append more data to an existing upload session. Use when uploading large files in chunks.
`append-upload-session-batch`	Tool to append data to multiple upload sessions in a single request.
`archive-team-folder`	Tool to archive an active team folder in Dropbox. Sets the team folder’s status to archived and removes all folder and file members.
`check-copy-batch`	Tool to check the status of an asynchronous copy batch job in Dropbox.
`check-delete-batch`	Tool to check the status of an asynchronous delete batch job in Dropbox.
`check-folder-batch`	Tool to check the status of an asynchronous folder batch creation job.
`check-job-status`	Tool to check the status of an asynchronous sharing job in Dropbox.
`check-move-batch`	Tool to check the status of an asynchronous move batch job. Use when you need to poll the status of a batch move operation started with move_batch_v2.
`check-move-former-member-files-job-status`	Tool to check the status of an asynchronous move former member files job.
`check-remove-member`	Tool to check the status of an asynchronous remove folder member job in Dropbox.
`check-save-url-status`	Tool to check the status of a save_url job in Dropbox. Use when you have an async_job_id from a save_url operation and need to poll its completion status.
`check-share-job-status`	Tool to check the status of an asynchronous folder sharing job in Dropbox.
`check-team-folder-archive`	Tool to check the status of an asynchronous team folder archive job in Dropbox.
`check-upload-batch`	Tool to check the status of an asynchronous upload batch job in Dropbox.
`check-user`	Tool to test Dropbox API connection and validate access token by echoing back a supplied string.
`copy-batch`	Tool to copy multiple files or folders to different locations at once in Dropbox.
`copy-file-or-folder`	Tool to copy a file or folder to a different location in Dropbox.
`count-file-requests`	Tool to get the total number of file requests owned by the authenticated user.
`create-file-request`	Tool to create a new file request in Dropbox. Use when you need to request files from others by generating a unique link for uploads to a specified…
`create-folder`	Tool to create a new folder at a specified path in Dropbox. Use when you need to organize files by creating a new directory.
`create-folder-batch`	Tool to create multiple folders at once in Dropbox. Use when you need to create several folders efficiently in a single request.
`create-paper-document`	Creates a new Dropbox Paper document at the specified path using HTML or Markdown content.
`create-paper-folder`	Tool to create a new Paper folder with the provided info. Use when you need to organize Paper documents by creating a new folder.
`create-shared-link`	Tool to create a stable, long-lived shared link for a Dropbox file or folder.
`create-shared-link-simple`	DEPRECATED: Use CreateSharedLinkV2 instead. Tool to create a basic shared link for a Dropbox file or folder.
`create-team-folder`	Tool to create a new, active team folder with no members in Dropbox.
`create-team-group`	Tool to create a new, empty team group in Dropbox with a specified name.
`delete-all-closed-file-requests`	Tool to delete all closed file requests owned by the current user.
`delete-batch`	Tool to delete multiple files or folders at once in Dropbox.
`delete-file`	Tool to delete a file or folder at the specified path in Dropbox.
`delete-file-or-folder`	DEPRECATED: Use DeleteFile instead. Permanently and irreversibly deletes the file or folder at the specified path in Dropbox.
`delete-file-requests`	Tool to delete a batch of closed file requests in Dropbox. Use when you need to remove multiple file requests that are no longer needed.
`delete-manual-contacts-batch`	Tool to delete specific manually added contacts from Dropbox by their email addresses.
`delete-team-folder-permanently`	Tool to permanently delete an archived team folder in Dropbox.
`delete-team-group`	Tool to delete a Dropbox team group. Use when you need to remove a team group.
`delete-team-member-profile-photo`	Tool to delete a team member’s profile photo. Use when you need to remove the profile picture of a team member.
`delete-team-members-secondary-emails`	Tool to delete secondary email addresses from Dropbox team members.
`download-zip`	Tool to download a folder from Dropbox as a zip file. Use when you need to download an entire folder structure with multiple files.
`export-file`	Tool to export non-downloadable Dropbox files (especially Dropbox Paper) to Markdown/HTML/plain text and return usable content.
`files-search`	Tool to search for files and folders in Dropbox by name or content.
`finish-upload-session`	Tool to finish an upload session and save the uploaded data to the given file path.
`finish-upload-session-batch`	Tool to commit many files at once into a user’s Dropbox after uploading file contents via upload_session/start and upload_session/append.
`get-about-me`	Tool to get information about the current user’s Dropbox account.
`get-account`	Tool to get information about a user’s Dropbox account using their account ID.
`get-account-batch`	Tool to get information about multiple user accounts in a single request.
`get-available-team-member-roles`	Tool to retrieve all available team member roles for the connected Dropbox team.
`get-copy-reference`	Tool to get a copy reference to a file or folder. Use when you need to generate a reference string that can be used to copy the file or folder to…
`get-file-lock-batch`	Tool to return lock metadata for multiple files in a single batch request.
`get-file-metadata-batch`	Tool to retrieve metadata for multiple shared files in a single batch request.
`get-file-preview`	Tool to get a preview for a file. PDF previews are generated for document formats (.ai, .doc, .docx, .eps, .ppt, .pptx, etc.), and HTML previews are…
`get-file-request`	Tool to retrieve details of an existing file request by ID. Use when you need to check the status, URL, deadline, or other details of a specific file request.
`get-file-tags`	Tool to get list of tags assigned to files or folders in Dropbox.
`get-folder-cursor`	Tool to get a cursor representing the current state of a folder without listing its contents.
`get-jwks`	Tool to retrieve JSON Web Key Set containing public verification keys for Dropbox signed ID tokens.
`get-metadata`	Tool to fetch metadata for a file or folder by path. Use when you need to verify existence, get canonical identifiers (id, path_display), determine…
`get-metadata-alpha`	Tool to fetch metadata for a file or folder using the alpha endpoint.
`get-openid-config`	Tool to retrieve Dropbox’s OpenID Connect discovery document describing supported OAuth 2.0 and OIDC parameters.
`get-shared-file-metadata`	Tool to retrieve metadata for a shared file in Dropbox. Use when you need to get information about a shared file’s permissions, access levels, owner…
`get-shared-folder-metadata`	Tool to retrieve metadata for a specific shared folder by its ID.
`get-shared-link-file`	Tool to download a file from a Dropbox shared link. Use when you have a shared link URL and need to retrieve the actual file content.
`get-shared-link-metadata`	Tool to resolve a Dropbox shared link URL into structured metadata.
`get-space-usage`	Tool to get space usage information for the current user’s Dropbox account.
`get-team-feature-values`	Tool to get values for one or more team features. Use when you need to check team capabilities like upload rate limits, shared team root…
`get-team-folder-info`	Tool to retrieve metadata for team folders. Returns information about folder status, sync settings, and properties for the specified team folder IDs.
`get-team-groups-info`	Tool to retrieve information about one or more team groups by their IDs or external IDs.
`get-team-groups-job-status`	Tool to check the status of an asynchronous team groups job in Dropbox.
`get-team-info`	Tool to retrieve information about a Dropbox team. Use when you need to get team details such as team name, ID, licensed user counts, or team policies.
`get-team-log-events`	Tool to retrieve team audit log events from Dropbox. Use when you need to access team activity logs, audit trails, or monitor team events.
`get-team-log-events-continue`	Tool to paginate through team audit log events using a cursor from team_log/get_events.
`get-team-member-custom-quota`	Tool to retrieve custom storage quotas for team members. Use when you need to check which team members have custom quota allocations and their quota amounts.
`get-team-members-add-job-status`	Tool to poll the status of an asynchronous team member addition job.
`get-team-members-info`	Tool to retrieve information about multiple team members in a single request.
`get-team-properties-template`	Tool to get the schema for a specified property template for a team.
`get-temporary-link`	Tool to get a one-click temporary (expiring) download link. Use when you need to share a Dropbox file directly without proxying content through this service.
`get-temporary-upload-link`	Tool to get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to Dropbox.
`get-thumbnail`	Tool to get a thumbnail for an image file. Use when you need to generate a thumbnail preview of an image.
`get-thumbnail-batch`	Tool to get thumbnails for multiple image files in a single batch request.
`get-thumbnail-v2`	Tool to get a thumbnail for an image file. Use when you need to generate a thumbnail preview of an image.
`get-user-features`	Tool to get a list of feature values configured for the current Dropbox account.
`list-excluded-users-continue`	Tool to paginate through team members excluded from space limits using a cursor from a previous list call.
`list-file-members`	Tool to obtain the members who have been invited to a file, both inherited and uninherited members.
`list-file-members-batch`	Tool to get members of multiple files at once. Use when you need to retrieve sharing information for multiple files in a single request.
`list-file-requests`	Tool to list all file requests owned by the current user. Use when you need to see existing file requests, their status, and details.
`list-file-requests-continue`	Tool to paginate through file requests using a cursor from a previous list call.
`list-file-revisions`	Tool to retrieve the revision history for a file. Use when you need to see past versions of a file, restore a previous version, or track changes over time.
`list-files-in-folder`	Tool to list files and folders in a specified Dropbox directory.
`list-folder-continue`	Tool to continue paginating through folder contents using a cursor from list_folder.
`list-folder-members`	Tool to list members of a shared folder, including users, groups, and invitees.
`list-folder-members-continue`	Tool to continue paginating through shared folder members using a cursor from list_folder_members.
`list-folders`	DEPRECATED: Use ListFilesInFolder instead. Retrieves a list of folders, files, and deleted entries from a specified Dropbox path.
`list-folders-continue`	Tool to continue paginating through shared folders using a cursor from list_folders.
`list-member-linked-apps`	Tool to list all applications linked to a specific team member’s account.
`list-member-space-limits-excluded-users`	Tool to list team members excluded from space limits. Use when you need to view which users are exempt from storage quotas.
`list-mountable-folders`	Tool to list all shared folders the current user can mount or unmount.
`list-mountable-folders-continue`	Tool to paginate through mountable shared folders using a cursor.
`list-paper-docs`	Tool to return the list of all Paper docs according to filter and sort specifications.
`list-paper-docs-continue`	Tool to continue paginating through Paper documents using a cursor from paper/docs/list.
`list-received-files`	Tool to list all files shared with the current user. Returns files directly shared with the user but does not include files received via shared…
`list-shared-folders`	Tool to list all shared folders the authenticated user has access to.
`list-shared-links`	Tool to list existing shared links for the current user, optionally filtered by path.
`list-sharing-allowlist`	Tool to list Approve List entries for a team from newest to oldest.
`list-team-devices`	Tool to list all device sessions of a team including web sessions, desktop clients, and mobile clients.
`list-team-folders`	Tool to list all team folders for a Dropbox Business team. Use when you need to discover team-wide folders or manage team folder access.
`list-team-folders-continue`	Tool to continue paginating through team folders using a cursor from team_folder/list.
`list-team-group-members`	Tool to list members of a Dropbox team group. Use when you need to retrieve the list of team members who belong to a specific group.
`list-team-groups`	Tool to list all groups on a Dropbox team. Use when you need to see all team groups with their metadata including group ID, name, and member count.
`list-team-groups-continue`	Tool to continue listing team groups using a cursor from team/groups/list.
`list-team-groups-members-continue`	Tool to continue listing team group members using a cursor from team/groups/members/list.
`list-team-linked-apps`	Tool to list all applications linked to team members’ accounts.
`list-team-member-devices`	Tool to list all device sessions of a team’s member, including web sessions, desktop clients, and mobile clients.
`list-team-members`	Tool to list members of a Dropbox team. Use when you need to retrieve information about team members, including their status, roles, and contact details.
`list-team-members-continue`	Tool to continue listing team members using a cursor from team/members/list or team/members/list/continue_v2.
`list-team-namespaces`	Tool to list all team-accessible namespaces in a Dropbox Business team.
`list-team-namespaces-continue`	Tool to continue paginating through team-accessible namespaces using a cursor from team/namespaces/list.
`list-team-sharing-allowlist-continue`	Tool to continue paginating through team sharing allowlist entries using a cursor.
`list-templates-for-team`	Tool to list all property templates for a team. Use when you need to retrieve available custom file property templates at the team level.
`list-user-templates`	Tool to get the template identifiers for a user. Use when you need to retrieve available custom file property templates that can be applied to files.
`modify-shared-link-settings`	Tool to modify settings of an existing Dropbox shared link. Use when the user needs to change visibility, access permissions, expiration, or password…
`mount-folder`	Tool to mount a shared folder for the current user after they have been added as a member.
`move-batch`	Tool to move multiple files or folders to different locations at once in Dropbox.
`move-file-or-folder`	Move file or folder
`overwrite-file-properties`	Tool to overwrite property groups associated with a file or folder.
`read-file`	Downloads a file from the specified Dropbox path, requiring `files.content.read` scope.
`remove-file-member`	Tool to remove a specified member from a file’s sharing permissions.
`remove-file-properties`	Tool to permanently remove specified property groups from a file or folder.
`remove-file-properties-template-for-team`	Tool to remove a property template from a team. Use when you need to delete a file properties template that was previously added to the team.
`remove-file-tag`	Tool to remove a tag from a file or folder in Dropbox. Use when you need to delete or untag an existing tag from an item.
`remove-folder-member`	Tool to remove a member from a shared folder. Use when an owner or editor needs to revoke access for a user or group.
`remove-group-members`	Tool to remove members from a Dropbox team group. Use when you need to remove one or more users from a team group.
`remove-sharing-allowlist`	Tool to remove domains or email addresses from the team sharing allowlist.
`remove-team-member-custom-quota`	Tool to remove custom storage quota for team members, reverting them to the team’s default quota.
`remove-team-member-space-limits-excluded-users`	Tool to remove users from the member space limits excluded users list.
`rename-team-folder`	Tool to rename an existing team folder in Dropbox. Use when you need to update the name of a team folder.
`resend-secondary-email-verification`	Tool to resend secondary email verification emails to team members.
`restore-file`	Tool to restore a specific revision of a file to the given path in Dropbox.
`revoke-shared-link`	Tool to revoke a Dropbox shared link. Use when you need to remove access to a file or folder by disabling its shared link.
`save-copy-reference`	Tool to save a copy reference to the user’s Dropbox. Use when you have a copy reference (obtained from copy_reference/get) and need to save it to a…
`save-url`	Tool to save a file to Dropbox directly from a public URL via server-side fetch.
`search-continue`	Tool to fetch the next page of search results from a previous Dropbox search.
`search-file-or-folder`	Tool to search for files and folders in Dropbox by name or content, optionally scoped to a path, with pagination support.
`search-file-properties`	Tool to search across property templates for particular property field values.
`send-team-member-welcome-email`	Tool to send a welcome email to a pending team member. Use when a team admin needs to resend or send a welcome email to a user who has been invited to the team.
`set-profile-photo`	Tool to set the profile photo for the current user’s Dropbox account.
`set-team-member-custom-quota`	Tool to set custom storage quotas for team members in Dropbox.
`share-folder`	Tool to share a folder with collaborators in Dropbox. Most sharing will be completed synchronously, but large folders will be completed asynchronously.
`start-upload-session`	Tool to start a new upload session with the given data. Use when uploading large files in multiple requests.
`start-upload-session-batch`	Tool to start a batch of upload sessions. Use when you need to upload multiple large files and want to initialize multiple upload sessions at once.
`unlock-file-batch`	Tool to unlock multiple files at specified paths in a single batch operation.
`unmount-folder`	Tool to unmount a shared folder for the current user. Once unmounted, the shared folder will be removed from the user’s Dropbox.
`unshare-file`	Tool to remove all members from a Dropbox file. Use when you need to revoke access for all collaborators on a file.
`unshare-folder`	Tool to allow a shared folder owner to unshare the folder. Use when you need to stop sharing a folder with all members.
`update-file-member`	Tool to change a member’s access level on a shared file. Use when you need to update permissions for an existing file member (e.g., change from…
`update-file-properties`	Tool to update custom properties on a file or folder in Dropbox.
`update-file-request`	Tool to update an existing file request in Dropbox. Use when you need to modify the title, destination, deadline, open/closed status, or description of a file request.
`update-folder-member`	Tool to update another member’s permissions in a shared folder.
`update-folder-policy`	Tool to update the sharing policies for a shared folder. Use when you need to change who can be members, who can update the ACL, viewer info…
`update-group-member-access-type`	Tool to change a member’s access type in a team group. Use when you need to promote a member to owner or demote an owner to regular member.
`update-paper-document`	Tool to update an existing Dropbox Paper document with new content in Markdown, HTML, or plain text format.
`update-property-template-for-team`	Tool to update a property template for a team in Dropbox. Use when you need to modify an existing template’s name, description, or add new property fields.
`update-team-folder-sync-settings`	Tool to update the sync settings on a team folder or its contents in Dropbox.
`update-team-group`	Tool to update a team group’s name, external ID, and/or management type.
`update-team-member-admin-permissions`	Tool to update a team member’s admin permissions. Use when you need to grant or revoke admin privileges for team members.
`update-team-member-profile`	Tool to update a team member’s profile information. Use when you need to change a team member’s email, name, external ID, or directory restrictions.
`update-team-member-profile-photo`	Tool to update a team member’s profile photo. Use when you need to set or change the profile picture of a team member.
`upload-file`	Uploads a file (up to ~150 MB) to a specified path in the user’s Dropbox, with options for handling existing files.

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