Dropbox

Paste an API key

File generated documents into any Dropbox folder.

What you can do

No false success: every send/create in Dropbox is verified — ASHDOCS reads the item back from Dropbox's API before the step turns green. If it can't be found, the run fails honestly instead of pretending.

Get your Dropbox credentials

  1. 1Go to dropbox.com/developers/apps and click Create app.
  2. 2Choose Scoped access, then Full Dropbox (or App folder for a sandboxed folder).
  3. 3On the Permissions tab tick files.content.write and files.content.read, then Submit.
  4. 4Back on the Settings tab, click Generate under “Generated access token” and copy it.

Add the connection in ASHDOCS

  1. 1Open the Connections page in the flows console.
  2. 2Click “Connect with a key” and pick Dropbox.
  3. 3Paste: Access token. ASHDOCS validates the credentials against Dropbox before saving — a bad key is rejected with a plain-English reason, never stored.

Use it in a flow

In the flow builder, add the Dropbox step, pick your connection, and fill the fields — values from earlier steps drop in as {{s1.field}} placeholders. Then hit Test this step in the step's panel to run it on its own before switching the flow on.

Troubleshooting

401 after a few hours
Default Dropbox tokens are short-lived. In the app console set “Access token expiration” to No expiration, generate a new token and re-add the connection.
“refused the upload (409)”
The folder path doesn't exist — create it in Dropbox first or leave the folder blank for the root.

FAQ

Is the upload verified?

Yes — each file's metadata is read back from Dropbox before the step turns green.

Which folder do files go to?

The Folder field in the step (e.g. invoices/2026). Blank = your Dropbox root (or the app folder).

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