Dropbox OAuth

Connect Dropbox to read and write files from your workflows.

JsWorkflows provides a platform-managed Dropbox OAuth app. You do not need to create a Dropbox app or provide credentials.

Available scopes

 |  Resource  |  Operation  |  Scope  |

 |  Files  |  Read & write files  |  files.content.read, files.content.write  |

Connecting

1. Go to OAuth Connections → Add Connection → Dropbox.
2. Select the resources and operations your workflow needs.
3. Sign in with your Dropbox account and grant the requested permissions.
4. Give the connection a handle (e.g., my-dropbox).

Use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens only for the handle.

Access tokens are refreshed automatically when they expire.

Example: upload a file

export class Workflow {
  async start(data, headers, api) {
    await api.scheduleNextStep({
      delay: 10,
      action: 'uploadReport',
      payload: { orderId: data.id, total: data.totalprice },
    });
  }

  async uploadReport({ orderId, total }, headers, api) {
    const { token, error } = await api.getOAuthToken('my-dropbox');
    if (error  |  |  !token) throw new Error(error  |  |  'Missing Dropbox token');

    const content = Order ID,Total\n${orderId},${total};
    const bytes = new TextEncoder().encode(content);

    const response = await fetch('https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload', {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: {
        Authorization: Bearer ${token},
        'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream',
        'Dropbox-API-Arg': JSON.stringify({
          path: /reports/order-${orderId}.csv,
          mode: 'overwrite',
        }),
      },
      body: bytes,
    });

    if (!response.ok) {
      throw new Error(Dropbox API ${response.status}: ${await response.text()});
    }

    const file = await response.json();
    console.log(Uploaded ${file.pathdisplay  |  |  file.name});
  }
}

/2/files/upload expects the file content in the request body and the file arguments in the Dropbox-API-Arg header.

Example: download a file

const { token, error } = await api.getOAuthToken('my-dropbox');
if (error  |  |  !token) throw new Error(error  |  |  'Missing Dropbox token');

const resp = await fetch('https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: Bearer ${token},
    'Dropbox-API-Arg': JSON.stringify({ path: '/reports/config.json' }),
  },
});

if (!resp.ok) {
  throw new Error(Dropbox API ${resp.status}: ${await resp.text()});
}

const text = await resp.text();

/2/files/download returns file bytes in the response body. Dropbox file metadata is returned in the Dropbox-API-Result response header.