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)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-list-file-folders-in-a-folder",
"configured_props": {
"dropbox": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"path": "Path",
"recursive": true
}
}'// 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-list-file-folders-in-a-folder",
arguments: {
path: "Path",
recursive: true,
},
})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 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
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗