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Dropbox

Dropbox is simple. It's just a folder—a magical folder that syncs everything you put in it up to the cloud.

14 advanced Dropbox features that you should start using

Have a shared Dropbox folder that you'd like to watch for new files? With this integration, you can automatically send a custom email to a specified recipient via Gmail with info about every new file that's added to your Dropbox folder.

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Triggers when a new folder is added. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 6000.

New Folder

Triggers when a new file is added to a folder. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 6000.

New File in Folder

Triggers when a new file is added or updated in a folder. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 6000.

New or Updated File

Finds a folder by name. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 6000.

Find Folder

Search for a specific file by name. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 6000.

Find File

Searches for files in a folder that match a search term in the contents or name. Requires a Dropbox Business account.

Find File (Content Search)

Delete File

Delete Folder

Creates a brand new folder at the path you specify.

Create Folder

Upload an existing file or attachment not bigger than 500 MB.

Upload File

Moves a file to a new location at the path you specify.

Move File

Creates a brand new text file from plain text content you specify.

Create Text File

Adds a new line to an existing text file, or creates a file if it doesn't exist.

Create or Append to Text File

Rename File

Create Shared Link

Custom Actions (Beta)

This is an advanced action which makes a raw HTTP request that includes this integration's authentication.

API Request (Beta)

One of the most popular email services, Gmail keeps track of all your emails with threaded conversations, tags, and Google-powered search to find any message you need.

Gmail

Triggers when you receive a new attachment.

New Attachment

New Label

Triggers when you receive a new email and label it within two days.

New Labeled Email

Triggers when a new email appears in the specified mailbox.

New Email

Triggers when you receive a new email that matches a search string you provide.

New Email Matching Search

Triggers when you receive a new email and star it within two days.

New Starred Email

New Thread

Find Email

Find or Send Email

Add Label to Email

Delete Email

Create Draft

Create a draft reply to an existing email.

Create Draft Reply

Create Label

Send Email

Remove Label From Email

Reply to Email

Send emails via Gmail with new files added to Dropbox

Have a shared Dropbox folder that you'd like to watch for new files? Use this Dropbox to Slack Zapier integration to get notified automatically every time a new file is added to a specified Dropbox folder. 

Slack is a platform for team communication: everything in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. Offering instant messaging, document sharing and knowledge search for modern teams.

Slack

Triggers when a new message is posted to any public channel.

New Public Message Posted Anywhere

New Channel

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #channel you choose.

New Message Posted to Channel

Triggers when a custom emoji has been added to a team.

New Team Custom Emoji

Triggers when a new file is uploaded to your workspace.

New File

Triggers when a username or highlight word is mentioned in a public #channel.

New Mention

Triggers when a new message is found that matches the query.

New Message From Query

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #private-channel or multi-dm.

New Message Posted to Private Channel

Triggers when a Message is pushed from Slack.

New Pushed Message

Triggers when a reaction (aka reactji) is added to a message in a public #channel.

New Reaction Added

New Saved Message

Triggers when a new Slack user is created / first joins your org.

New User

Finds a Slack message using the Slack Search feature.

Find Message

Finds a user by matching against their email instead of their username.

Find User by Email

Find User by ID

Finds a user by matching against their real name instead of their username.

Find User by Name

Find User by Username

Adds a reminder for yourself or a teammate, just like the `/remind` slash command.

Add Reminder

Invite an existing User to an existing Channel. You must be a member of the channel to invite someone to it.

Invite User to Channel

Posts a message to the specific #channel you choose. Message delivery can be scheduled for later.

Send Channel Message

Sends a direct message to a user or yourself from the Slackbot. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Direct Message

Create Channel

Post a new message to a private channel you choose. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Private Channel Message

Set Channel Topic

Update basic profile fields such as name or title

Update Profile

Sets your Slack status to the given text and emoji.

Set Status

Invite a new User to your Slack workspace. Uses legacy tokens.

Invite New User

Get notified in Slack when new files are added to Dropbox

Waiting around for a file to be added to your Dropbox? This Zap will automatically create a post on Convo whenever a new file is added to Dropbox so you'll be in the know.

Convo is an Enterprise Social Network that helps you have actionable work conversations and file collaboration.

Convo

Create Post

Creates a new post in Convo. This action should ideally be used through Guided Zaps and should not be made directly.

Create Template Post

Post new files from Dropbox to Convo

You may want to keep track of several files when you're working on a project. Use this Dropbox Evernote integration to automatically create a new note in Evernote whenever a file is added to a Dropbox directory. The body of the note can include a direct link to the Dropbox file and even the file as an attachment.

Evernote is a powerful note taking application that makes it easy to capture ideas, images, contacts, and anything else you need to remember. Bring your life's work together in one digital workspace—available on all major mobile platforms and devices.

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Evernote

Triggers when a new note is created in or moved to a notebook.

New Note

Triggers when a new notebook is added to Evernote.

New Notebook

Triggers when a new reminder with a date is added to a notebook.

New Reminder

Triggers when a specific tag is added to a note in Evernote.

New Tag Added to Note

Search for a note by title, optionally limited by notebook and tags.

Find a Note

Search for a tag by title, optionally limited by notebook.

Find a Tag

Find or Create Note

Find or Create Tag

Tag Note

Appends content to an existing note by title inside Evernote (it will be created first if it doesn't exist).

Append to Note

Creates a new note in a notebook for Evernote.

Create Note

Create Notebook

Creates a new tag inside Evernote. Limited to 10,000 tags in your account.

Create Tag

Create notes in Evernote from new files in Dropbox

Ever wanted a simple way to know when files are added to your Dropbox or a specific Dropbox folder? Especially if you have a shared team Dropbox folder, sometimes you'll want to know when new files are added. If you're always checking your RSS feeds for new posts, this is the integration for you. It'll let you find out about your new Dropbox files automatically, right along with the the rest of your news feeds.

RSS (really simple syndication) is pretty much the industry standard for feed readers. You'll find RSS feeds in almost every app imaginable.

14 advanced Dropbox features that you should start using

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