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Dropbox ACTION

Download and Export

Export a file from a user's Dropbox. If file is not exportable, it will be downloaded in original format. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Read only
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Dropbox account once, then configure and run Download and Export from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "dropbox-download-and-export",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    dropbox: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    path: "Path",
    name: "File Name",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Download and Export inputs
Property Type Description
path Path string
Type the file name to search for it in the user's Dropbox.
Required Dynamic
name File Name string
The new name of the file to be saved, including its extension. e.g: myFile.html.
Required
exportFormat Export Format string
The format to export the file in. Required for exportable files. Only supports exporting files that cannot be downloaded directly and whose ExportResult.file_metadata has ExportInfo.export_as populated.
Optional Dynamic
syncDir SyncDir dir
Required

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
dropbox-download-and-export
Version
0.0.2
App
Dropbox
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
Yes
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes