Upload File

Upload a file to Dropbox for Business.

Options

Field Definition Type Required

Upload Mode

Indicates what to do if the file already exists. Options are Add, Overwrite, or Update.

Dropdown

TRUE

Rename?

If there's a conflict, as determined by mode, indicates whether the Dropbox server tries to autorename the file to avoid conflict.

Dropdown

TRUE

Mute Notifications?

Users are made aware of any file modifications in their Dropbox account via notifications in the client software. If set to True, this tells the clients that this modification shouldn't result in a user notification.

Dropdown

TRUE

Input

Field Definition Type Required

File

Name

Name of the uploaded file; for example, Prime_Numbers.txt.

Text

TRUE

Path

Display path of the location for the uploaded file; for example, /Homework/math/Prime_Numbers.txt.

Text

TRUE

File Content

File contents that you want to upload from the Workflows file system.

File

TRUE

A file must be at least 1 byte in size, but cannot be larger than 2 GB. See Workflows system limits.

The Dropbox for Business API has a limit of 150 MB for file uploads.

Output

Field Definition Type

File

Name

Name of the uploaded file; for example, Prime_Numbers.txt.

Text

File ID

Unique identifier for the uploaded file; for example, id:a4ayc_80_OEAAAAAAAAAXw.

Text

Path

Display path of the uploaded file; for example, /Homework/math/Prime_Numbers.txt.

Text

Revision Number

Unique identifier for the current revision of the uploaded file; for example, rev:a1c10ce0dd78.

This value is the same revision number as elsewhere in the Dropbox for Business API and can be used to detect changes and avoid conflicts.

Text

Client Time Modified

Value of the client_modified timestamp. Dropbox automatically records the time at which the file was written to the Dropbox servers. It can also record an additional timestamp, provided by Dropbox desktop clients, mobile clients, and API apps of when the file was actually created or modified. The timestamp is in the format Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ.

Date & Time

Server Time Modified

Last time the file was modified on Dropbox. The timestamp is in the format Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ.

Date & Time

Size

File size in bytes.

Text

Related topics

Dropbox for Business connector

Workflow elements

Dropbox Developer Documentation