Dropbox | Composio Docs

Overview

SLUG: DROPBOX

Description

Dropbox is a cloud storage service offering file syncing, sharing, and collaboration across devices with version control and robust integrations

Authentication Details

OAuth2

client_id

stringRequired

client_secret

stringRequired

full

stringDefaults to https://api.dropboxapi.comRequired

oauth_redirect_uri

stringDefaults to https://backend.composio.dev/api/v1/auth-apps/add

scopes

stringDefaults to email,profile,account_info.write,account_info.read,files.metadata.write,files.metadata.read,files.content.write,files.content.read,openid,file_requests.write,file_requests.read,sharing.write,sharing.read,contacts.write,contacts.read

bearer_token

string

Connecting to Dropbox

Create an auth config

Use the dashboard to create an auth config for the Dropbox toolkit. This allows you to connect multiple Dropbox accounts to Composio for agents to use.

Select App

Navigate to Dropbox.

Configure Auth Config Settings

Select among the supported auth schemes of and configure them here.

Create and Get auth config ID

Click “Create Dropbox Auth Config”. After creation, copy the displayed ID starting with ac_. This is your auth config ID. This is not a sensitive ID — you can save it in environment variables or a database. This ID will be used to create connections to the toolkit for a given user.

Connect Your Account

Using OAuth2

1 from composio import Composio
2 
3 # Replace these with your actual values
4 dropbox_auth_config_id = "ac_YOUR_DROPBOX_CONFIG_ID" # Auth config ID created above
5 user_id = "0000-0000-0000"  # UUID from database/application
6 
7 composio = Composio()
8 
9 
10 def authenticate_toolkit(user_id: str, auth_config_id: str):
11     connection_request = composio.connected_accounts.initiate(
12         user_id=user_id,
13         auth_config_id=auth_config_id,
14     )
15 
16     print(
17         f"Visit this URL to authenticate Dropbox: {connection_request.redirect_url}"
18     )
19 
20     # This will wait for the auth flow to be completed
21     connection_request.wait_for_connection(timeout=15)
22     return connection_request.id
23 
24 
25 connection_id = authenticate_toolkit(user_id, dropbox_auth_config_id)
26 
27 # You can also verify the connection status using:
28 connected_account = composio.connected_accounts.get(connection_id)
29 print(f"Connected account: {connected_account}")

Tools

Executing tools

To prototype you can execute some tools to see the responses and working on the Dropbox toolkit’s playground

OpenAI (Python)

Anthropic (TypeScript)

Google (Python)

Vercel (TypeScript)

Python

1 from composio import Composio
2 from openai import OpenAI
3 import json
4 
5 openai = OpenAI()
6 composio = Composio()
7 
8 # User ID must be a valid UUID format
9 user_id = "0000-0000-0000"  # Replace with actual user UUID from your database
10 
11 tools = composio.tools.get(user_id=user_id, toolkits=["DROPBOX"])
12 
13 print("[!] Tools:")
14 print(json.dumps(tools))
15 
16 def invoke_llm(task = "What can you do?"):
17     completion = openai.chat.completions.create(
18         model="gpt-4o",
19         messages=[
20             {
21                 "role": "user",
22                 "content": task,  # Your task here!
23             },
24         ],
25         tools=tools,
26     )
27 
28     # Handle Result from tool call
29     result = composio.provider.handle_tool_calls(user_id=user_id, response=completion)
30     print(f"[!] Completion: {completion}")
31     print(f"[!] Tool call result: {result}")
32 
33 invoke_llm()

Tool List

DROPBOX_CREATE_FILE_REQUEST

Tool Name: Create file request

Description

Tool to create a new file request in dropbox. use when you need to request files from others by generating a unique link for uploads to a specified dropbox folder, optionally with a deadline.

Action Parameters

deadline

object

destination

stringRequired

open

booleanDefaults to True

title

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

DROPBOX_CREATE_FOLDER

Tool Name: Create folder

Description

Tool to create a new folder at a specified path in dropbox. use when you need to organize files by creating a new directory. requires the 'files.content.write' scope.

Action Parameters

autorename

boolean

path

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

DROPBOX_CREATE_PAPER

Tool Name: Create paper document

Description

Creates a new dropbox paper document at the specified path using html or markdown content.

Action Parameters

content

stringRequired

import_format

stringDefaults to html

path

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

DROPBOX_MOVE_FILE_OR_FOLDER

Tool Name: Move file or folder

Description

Move file or folder

Action Parameters

allow_ownership_transfer

boolean

allow_shared_folder

boolean

autorename

boolean

from_path

stringRequired

to_path

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

DROPBOX_SEARCH_FILE_OR_FOLDER

Tool Name: Search File or Folder

Description

Tool to search for files and folders in dropbox. use when you need to find an item by name or content, optionally within a specific path or with other filters, and paginate through results. example: search for 'report.docx' in the '/finance' folder.

Action Parameters

options

object

query

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

DROPBOX_DELETE_FILE_OR_FOLDER

Tool Name: Delete file or folder

Description

Permanently deletes the file or folder at the specified path in dropbox. use when you need to remove a specific file or folder. requires the `files.content.write` scope.

Action Parameters

path

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

DROPBOX_GET_ABOUT_ME

Tool Name: Get about me

Description

Tool to get information about the current user's dropbox account. use when you need to retrieve account details like email, name, or account type.

Action Parameters

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

DROPBOX_LIST_FILES_IN_FOLDER

Tool Name: List files in folder

Description

Tool to list files and folders in a specified dropbox directory. use when you need to see the contents of a folder, including subfolders if recursive is true.

Action Parameters

include_deleted

boolean

include_media_info

boolean

include_non_downloadable_files

booleanDefaults to True

limit

integerDefaults to 2000

path

string

recursive

boolean

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

DROPBOX_LIST_FOLDERS

Tool Name: List folder contents

Description

Retrieves a list of folders, files, and deleted entries from a specified dropbox path.

Action Parameters

include_deleted

boolean

limit

integerDefaults to 2000

path

string

recursive

boolean

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

DROPBOX_READ_FILE

Tool Name: Read a file

Description

Downloads a file from the specified dropbox path, requiring `files.content.read` scope.

Action Parameters

path

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

DROPBOX_UPLOAD_FILE

Tool Name: Upload File

Description

Uploads a file to a specified path in the user's dropbox, with options for handling existing files.

Action Parameters

autorename

boolean

content

objectRequired

mode

stringDefaults to add

mute

boolean

path

stringRequired

strict_conflict

boolean

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired