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)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "dropbox-download-and-export",
"configured_props": {
"dropbox": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"path": "Path",
"name": "File Name"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "dropbox",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "dropbox-download-and-export",
arguments: {
path: "Path",
name: "File Name",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| 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
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗