Dropbox and HTTP Request integration

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How to connect Dropbox and HTTP Request

Step 1: Create a new workflow
Step 2: Add and configure nodes
Step 3: Connect
Step 4: Customize and extend your integration
Step 5: Test and activate your workflow

Step 1: Create a new workflow and add the first step

In n8n, click the "Add workflow" button in the Workflows tab to create a new workflow. Add the starting point – a trigger on when your workflow should run: an app event, a schedule, a webhook call, another workflow, an AI chat, or a manual trigger. Sometimes, the HTTP Request node might already serve as your starting point.

Dropbox and HTTP Request integration: Create a new workflow and add the first step

Step 2: Add and configure Dropbox and HTTP Request nodes

You can find Dropbox and HTTP Request in the nodes panel. Drag them onto your workflow canvas, selecting their actions. Click each node, choose a credential, and authenticate to grant n8n access. Configure Dropbox and HTTP Request nodes one by one: input data on the left, parameters in the middle, and output data on the right.

Dropbox and HTTP Request integration: Add and configure Dropbox and HTTP Request nodes

Step 3: Connect Dropbox and HTTP Request

A connection establishes a link between Dropbox and HTTP Request (or vice versa) to route data through the workflow. Data flows from the output of one node to the input of another. You can have single or multiple connections for each node.

Dropbox and HTTP Request integration: Connect Dropbox and HTTP Request

Step 4: Customize and extend your Dropbox and HTTP Request integration

Use n8n's core nodes such as If, Split Out, Merge, and others to transform and manipulate data. Write custom JavaScript or Python in the Code node and run it as a step in your workflow. Connect Dropbox and HTTP Request with any of n8n’s 1000+ integrations, and incorporate advanced AI logic into your workflows.

Dropbox and HTTP Request integration: Customize and extend your Dropbox and HTTP Request integration

Step 5: Test and activate your Dropbox and HTTP Request workflow

Save and run the workflow to see if everything works as expected. Based on your configuration, data should flow from Dropbox to HTTP Request or vice versa. Easily debug your workflow: you can check past executions to isolate and fix the mistake. Once you've tested everything, make sure to save your workflow and activate it.

Dropbox and HTTP Request integration: Test and activate your Dropbox and HTTP Request workflow

n8n workflow backup management with Dropbox and Airtable

This workflow can be used to save all of your workflows in:

a raw state (as a json file in Dropbox)
an Airtable base, in a pre-designed format.

It runs periodically (currently, every 30 minutes) and either updates (if already existing in Airtable) or creates a new record in Airtable for each workflow.

Here's the Airtable base to give you an idea:

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Note: This workflows uses the "http://localhost:5678/rest" API which the UI editor uses but is still not officially supported. Hence, it may suffer breaking changes at some point in the future and the workflow might become dysfunctional then.

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n8n workflow backup management with Dropbox and Airtable

This workflow can be used to save all of your workflows in: a raw state (as a json file in Dropbox) an Airtable base, in a pre-designed format. It runs periodically (currently, every 30 minutes) and either updates (if already existing in Airtable) or creates a new record in Airtable for each workflow. Here's the Airtable base to give you an idea: View Airtable base Note: This workflows uses the "http://localhost:5678/rest" API which the UI editor uses but is still not officially supported. Hence, it may suffer breaking changes at some point in the future and the workflow might become dysfunctional then.

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This workflow allows you to compress binary files to zip format. HTTP Request node: The workflow uses the HTTP Request node to fetch files from the internet. If you want to fetch files from your local machine, replace it with the Read Binary File or Read Binary Files node. Compression node: The Compression node compresses the file into a zip. If you want to compress the files to gzip, then select the gzip format instead. Based on your use-case, you may want to write the files to your disk or upload it to Google Drive or Box. If you want to write the compressed file to your disk, replace the Dropbox node with the Write Binary File node, or if you want to upload the file to a different service, use the respective node.

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Manipulate PDF with Adobe developer API

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Build your own Dropbox and HTTP Request integration

Create custom Dropbox and HTTP Request workflows by choosing triggers and actions. Nodes come with global operations and settings, as well as app-specific parameters that can be configured. You can also use the HTTP Request node to query data from any app or service with a REST API.

Dropbox supported actions

File
Folder
Search

Copy

Copy a file

Delete

Delete a file

Download

Download a file

Move

Move a file

Upload

Upload a file

Copy

Copy a folder

Create

Create a folder

Delete

Delete a folder

List

Return the files and folders in a given folder

Move

Move a folder

Query

Dropbox and HTTP Request integration details

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