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Dropbox ACTION

List All Files/Subfolders in a Folder

Retrieves a list of files or subfolders in a specified folder See the documentation
  • Action
  • Read only
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Dropbox account once, then configure and run List All Files/Subfolders in a Folder 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-list-file-folders-in-a-folder",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    dropbox: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    path: "Path",
    recursive: true,
  },
})

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.

List All Files/Subfolders in a Folder inputs
Property Type Description
path Path string
Type the folder name to search for it in the user's Dropbox.
Required Dynamic
recursive Recursive boolean
If true, the list folder operation will be applied recursively to all subfolders and the response will contain contents of all subfolders.
Required
includeDeleted Include Deleted boolean
If true, the results will include files and folders that used to exist but were deleted.
Required
includeHasExplicitSharedMembers Include has explicit shared members boolean
If true, the results will include a flag for each file indicating whether or not that file has any explicit members.
Required
includeMountedFolders Include mounted folders boolean
If true, the results will include entries under mounted folders which includes app folder, shared folder and team folder.
Required
includeNonDownloadableFiles Include non downloadable files boolean
If true, include files that are not downloadable, i.e. Google Docs.
Required
limit Limit integer
Specify a max amount of register to be fetched. Defaults to 100 if left blank.
Optional

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-list-file-folders-in-a-folder
Version
0.0.14
App
Dropbox
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
Yes
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes