Dropbox + Front
Save new Front attachments in Dropbox
Never lose an attachment again. This Zap allows you to choose a folder in Dropbox where all attachments from inbound Front messages are saved. That proposal you received last week? It's saved in Dropbox, automatically.
Never lose an attachment again. This Zap allows you to choose a folder in Dropbox where all attachments from inbound Front messages are saved. That proposal you received last week? It's saved in Dropbox, automatically.
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New Inbound MessageTriggers when a new message is received.
TriggerInstantThis event starts a Zap instantly. - automatically do this!
Upload FileSearch for a specific file by name. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 4000.
ActionWriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.
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Team
The Team that this Zap should be added to.
Inboxes
List of the inboxes the conversation must be in. Leave this empty if you would like to have this Zap trigger on all inboxes.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapInstantThis event starts a Zap instantly.Team
The Team that this Zap should be added to.
Inboxes
List of the inboxes the conversation is received in. Specifying no inboxes will trigger the event for every incoming message.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapInstantThis event starts a Zap instantly.Team
The Team that this Zap should be added to.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapInstantThis event starts a Zap instantly.Conversation IDRequired
Links External URLsRequired
External URLs of the Links to add to the Conversation (e.g.
https://example.com/ORD-1234). If a Link already exists with a matching URL, that Link will be added. If not, a new Link will automatically be created.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Account NameRequired
Name of the Account to be created
Description
Description of the Account to be created
Email Domains
Email domain(s) of the account to be created (ex. acme.com). Contacts with matching email domains will be automatically associated with this account.
External ID
An optional unique identifier for this Account, usually from another data source like a CRM or internal system.
Custom Attributes
A mapping of the Custom Field name to value is expected. For example: "Job title": "CEO". The custom field name must match an account custom field created in Front (case sensitive).
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Channel IDRequired
Channel for which the draft should be created.
AuthorRequired
Teammate on behalf of whom the draft will be created.
To
List of the recipient handles to draft the message to.
cc
List of the recipient handles to cc on the draft.
bcc
List of the recipient handles to bcc on the draft.
Subject
Subject of the draft message
BodyRequired
Body of the message. Accepts plain text or HTML.
Sharing
Whether to share the draft when creating it. If the draft is not shared, it will only be visible to the author. If it is shared, it will be visible to all teammates with access to the conversation.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Name
A display name for this LInk
External URLRequired
The identifying URL of the Link, usually pointing to a task/item/loan/shipment etc. in an external system. E.g.
https://example.com/ORD-1234
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.InboxRequired
Inbox into which the message will be imported.
Sender Name
Name of the contact.
Sender HandleRequired
Can be an email address or a phone number.
Sender Handle TypeRequired
ToRequired
List of the recipients the message has been sent to.
Subject
Body Format
Set the format of the message body. The message body can be written in HTML or Markdown.
BodyRequired
Body of the message.
DateRequired
Date of the message.
Attachment
File to attach to the message.
External IDRequired
Unique identifier for the message. Duplicated external ID won't be imported.
Message Type
Message Direction
Select "Inbound" if the message is received or "Outbound" if the message is sent.
Author
Teammate sending the message (Ignored if the message is inbound).
Is ArchivedRequired
Whether or not the message should be directly archived once imported.
Should Skip RulesRequired
Select "Skip Rules" if you want Front to skip applying rules to this message, or "Apply Rules" if you want Front to apply rules to this message.
Thread Reference
Messages with the same thread reference will be grouped in the same conversation.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Conversation IDRequired
Link IDsRequired
IDs of the Links to remove from the Conversation (e.g. "top_123").
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Conversation IDRequired
ID of the conversation to reply to. This value should start with "cnv_". Best if used with a Front message trigger.
To
List of the recipient handles who will receive this reply. By default Front will use the recipients of the last received message.
Cc
List of the recipient handles who will receive a copy of this reply. By default Front will use the cc'ed recipients of the last received message.
BCC
List of the recipient handles who will receive a blind copy of this reply.
Subject
Subject of the reply. By default, Front will reuse the subject of the conversation.
BodyRequired
Body of the reply.
Attachment
File to attach to the message.
Channel
Channel through which the reply should be sent. Mandatory only if the conversation has been imported with the API (no channels) or has been received on multiple channels.
Tags
List of the tag names that will be added to the conversation.
Tag IDs
List of Tag IDs.
Archive the Conversation
Whether or not to archive the conversation after sending the reply.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.ContactRequired
Name
Description
Short description about the contact.
Links
List of URLs (website, social media profile, ...).
Groups
List of the group names the contact belongs to. If a group doesn't exist in Front, it will automatically be created. If the "Remove Contact From Every Group" option is checked, this field is ignored and the contact will not belong to any groups.
Remove Contact From Every Group
Checking this option will make sure the contact does not belong to any group. Checking this option will override the "Groups" field above.
Picture
Picture of the contact.
Custom Attributes
Custom attributes of the Account. A mapping of the Custom Field name to Custom Attribute is expected. IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL custom attributes that you wish to keep on the Contact must be provided. Any custom attributes that currently exist on the Contact that are not provided will be removed.
For example: "Job title": "CEO"
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Link IDRequired
NameRequired
New name of the Link.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Handle SourceRequired
Email or phone number of contact.
HandleRequired
Handle of the contact (email address, phone number, twitter username, ...).
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your appHandle SourceRequired
Email or phone number of contact.
HandleRequired
Handle of the contact (email address, phone number, twitter username, ...).
Team
The ID of the team the contact should be associated to.
Name
Description
Short description.
Email Addresses
List of the contact's email addresses.
Phone Numbers
List of the contact's phone numbers. Each phone number must be in the format "+# (###) ###-####", with spaces after the country code and area code.
Links
List of URLs (website, social media profile, ...).
Groups
List of the group names the contact belongs to. If a group doesn't exist in Front, it will automatically be created.
Picture
Picture of the contact.
Custom Attributes
Custom attributes of the Account. A mapping of the Custom Field name to Custom Attribute is expected. For example: "Job title": "CEO"
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.Search or writeFind existing data in your app, or create a new record if no data is foundFolderRequired
Check a specific folder for new files. Keep clicking to go inside folders. Please note: new files added to folders inside the folder you choose here will NOT trigger this Zap.
Include file contents?
Note: File contents greater than 100MB will cause an error. Set this to NO to exclude file contents and avoid errors.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapScheduledZapier checks for new data every 15 min on the Free planFolderRequired
Where to save the file.
FileRequired
Must be a file object from another service (or some URL).
Overwrite
Whether we should overwrite this file (if one of the same name exists) or not.
Specify File Name
Advanced: By default, we use the same name as the file from the trigger. If you need to change the name, enter a value here. The original file extension will be appended.
Specify File Extension
Advanced: If you specify a file name, you can also specify an extension (include the initial ".").
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.FolderRequired
Where to save the new file.
File NameRequired
Specify the name of the file. ".txt" will always be appended as the file extension.
File ContentRequired
Plain text content to put inside the new text file.
Overwrite
Whether we can overwrite this file (if one of the same name exists) or not.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.FileRequired
File you would like to rename. Please use the Search powered field to find the file. Otherwise advanced users may type in full path name using Custom Value such as
/Folder1/Folder2/File Name.pdfNew NameRequired
What you'd like to rename the file too (without extension, ie .pdf).
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Owner
Determines which App Extensions will appear in the dropdown below.
App ExtensionRequired
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.FolderRequired
The folder to search in, like
/TextFiles/or/Documents/Taxes/. Keep clicking to go inside folders.Folder NameRequired
Include Deleted Folders?
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your appFolderRequired
The folder to search in, like
/TextFiles/or/Documents/Taxes/. Keep clicking to go inside folders.Search TermRequired
Include file contents?
Note: File contents greater than 100MB will cause an error. Set this to NO to exclude file contents and avoid errors.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your app
Team
The Team that this Zap should be added to.
RuleRequired
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapInstantThis event starts a Zap instantly.Team
The Team that this Zap should be added to.
Inboxes
List of the inboxes the conversation is sent from. Specifying no inboxes will trigger the event for every outbound messages.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapInstantThis event starts a Zap instantly.Conversation IDRequired
The conversation for which to post a comment.
AuthorRequired
The teammate who should be the author of this comment.
BodyRequired
Plain text body of the comment
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Conversation IDRequired
ID of the conversation to reply to. This value should start with "cnv_".
Teammate
The teammate to assign the conversation to. Leave blank to unassign the conversation.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Team
The ID of the team the contact should be associated to.
Name
Description
Short description.
Email Addresses
List of the contact's email addresses.
Phone Numbers
List of the contact's phone numbers. Each phone number must be in the format "+# (###) ###-####", with spaces after the country code and area code.
Links
List of URLs (website, social media profile, ...).
Groups
List of the group names the contact belongs to. If a group doesn't exist in Front, it will automatically be created.
Picture
Picture of the contact.
Custom Attributes
Custom attributes of the Account. A mapping of the Custom Field name to Custom Attribute is expected. For example: "Job title": "CEO"
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Conversation IDRequired
The ID of the conversation to create a draft reply for. Should look like "cnv_1234"
Author
To
List of the recipient handles to draft the message to.
Cc
List of the recipient handles to cc on the draft.
Bcc
List of the recipient handles to bcc on the draft.
Subject
Subject of the draft message.
BodyRequired
Body of the message. Accepts plain text or HTML.
Sharing
Whether to share the draft when creating it. If the draft is not shared, it will only be visible to the author. If it is shared, it will be visible to all teammates with access to the conversation.
Channel IDRequired
Channel for which the draft should be created.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Conversation IDRequired
ID of the conversation, e.g.
cnv_abc123
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Link IDRequired
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.ChannelRequired
Channel through which the message will be sent.
Sender Name
Sender's name.
ToRequired
List of the recipient handles to send the message to.
Cc
List of the recipient handles who will receive a copy of the message (for email messages only).
BCC
List of the recipient handles who will receive a blind copy of the message (for email only).
Subject
Subject of the message.
BodyRequired
Body of the message. Accepts plain text or HTML.
Attachment
File to attach to the message.
Author
Specifying an author will send the message on behalf of this teammate.
Archive the Conversation
Whether or not to archive the newly created conversation.
Tags
List of the tag names that will be added to the newly created conversation.
Tag IDs
List of Tag IDs.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Account IDRequired
ID of the Account to be updated.
Name
New name of the Account
Description
New description of the Account
Email Domains
New email domain(s) of the Account. All email domains that this account should have should be provided.
Custom Attributes
A mapping of the Custom Field name to value is expected. Only Custom Attributes that should be added or updated need to be included. The custom field name must match an account custom field created in Front (case sensitive).
For example: "Job title": "CEO"
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Inbox
Inbox to move the conversation to.
Conversation IDRequired
Assignee
Teammate to assign the conversation to.
Status
Tags
List of all the tags to apply to the conversation.
This list will entirely replace the conversation tags meaning that new tags will be added and missing ones will be removed.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Email Domain
Email domain of the Account
External ID
External ID of the Account
Account ID
ID of the Account to be retrieved
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your appEmail Domain
Email domain of the Account
External ID
An optional unique identifier for this Account, usually from another data source like a CRM or internal system.
Account ID
ID of the Account to be retrieved
Account NameRequired
Name of the Account to be created
Description
Description of the Account to be created
Email Domains
Email domain(s) of the account to be created (ex. acme.com). Contacts with matching email domains will be automatically associated with this account.
Custom Attributes
A mapping of the Custom Field name to value is expected. For example: "Job title": "CEO". The custom field name must match an account custom field created in Front (case sensitive).
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.Search or writeFind existing data in your app, or create a new record if no data is foundFolderRequired
Check a specific folder for new folders. Keep clicking to go inside folders. Please note: new folders added to folders inside the folder you choose here will NOT trigger this Zap.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapScheduledZapier checks for new data every 15 min on the Free planFolderRequired
Parent folder, like
/TextFiles/or/Documents/Taxes/.Folder NameRequired
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.FileRequired
File you would like to move. Please use the Search powered field to find the file. Otherwise advanced users may type in full path name using Custom Value such as
/Folder1/Folder2/File Name.pdfNew LocationRequired
Where to move the file.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.FolderRequired
Where to find the file that will be updated, or where to create the new file.
File NameRequired
Specify the name of the file. ".txt" will always be appended as the file extension.
File ContentRequired
Plain text content to append to the text file.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.PathRequired
The path to be shared by the shared link, e.g.
/Documents/Taxesor/Documents/Taxes/notes.txt.Requested Visibility
The access permission that can be requested by the caller for the shared link. Note that the final resolved visibility of the shared link takes into account other aspects, such as team and shared folder settings.
Link Password
If Requested Visibility is Password this is needed to specify the password to access the link.
Expires At
Expiration time of the shared link. By default the link won't expire.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.Api Docs Info
API docs for Dropbox are located here http://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/Dropbox.html
HTTP MethodRequired
URLRequired
Requests can only be made to domains associated by this application.
Query String Parameters
These params will be URL-encoded and appended to the URL when making the request.
Headers
Authentication headers are included automatically
Additional Request Headers
Zapier will apply these optional headers and values to the request in addition to any headers created as part of the authentication mechanism.
Body
Zapier will pass this along raw. If you would like to provide complex JSON, try a "Code by Zapier" step to build the structure and pass it along here. For example,
{"foo": "bar"}is perfectly valid.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.FolderRequired
The folder to search in, like
/TextFiles/or/Documents/Taxes/. Keep clicking to go inside folders.File NameRequired
Include Deleted Files?
Include file contents?
Note: File contents greater than 100MB will cause an error. Set this to NO to exclude file contents and avoid errors.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your app
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