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How do I select “shared files" folder in Dropbox as a folder path?

  • 19 August 2021
  • 50 replies
  • 1092 views
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@jammer.solijon please add my vote for the feature. Same problem here. ouch ouch 

JammerS
Userlevel 6
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Hi @spencerkm 

I’ve added your vote for this feature request, and we’ll  notify you via email once an update is readily available. Thanks.

jammer․solijon
nicksimard
Userlevel 7
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Hi @Reuben Mak and @robmartinez!

Since you have not yet been added to any feature requests I wanted to clarify. Are you looking for shared folders or team folders (or maybe both)?

 

christina.d
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Hi there, Serge!

While we don’t have any updates to share at the moment, I did get your vote added to this feature request. We’ll keep you and this thread in the loop as soon as we know more.

Welcome to the Community! 🙂

A
Userlevel 1

Thanks! @Troy Tessalone @SamB 

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@SamB@Troy Tessalone 

I would love to be notified as soon as this feature is available as well, thank-you! :)

 

Reuben Mak

@nicksimard   

 

Team folder. Current zapier is unable to access dropbox team folder, that means no automation can be done on a corporate level. This has been an issue we saw 2 years ago and cant believe this is still no update.

TomSolid

There is is still no update on this? Why is the connections then advertised for Teams, if we cannot use a shared folder? Please add my vote too.

Your productivity. Your way.
SamB
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Hi @B.Smith, @Ali_Accrete, @Valor and @vivalamovie!

Happy to confirm that we’ve added you all to the list of affected users. I can’t make any promises as to when that will be but you will all be emailed as soon as it’s added. In the meantime we’ll be sure to share any news or workarounds we come across here! 🙂

A

Same issue here

R

Please add my vote to getting this added. Thanks.

K

@jarednw this is super helpful. I faced the same problem and was able to get the root namespace ID, but I’m struggling with an error. Zapier’s returning “path/no_write_permission/...” when I try to use it to create a folder in Dropbox. I’m a Team Admin in Dropbox, so my account should have every permission.

 

and @SamB  just flagging that Team Folders are still not selectable as a dropdown function. This workaround seems to make the connection, I just don’t have write permission for some reason.

any insights or recommendations would be super helpful. thank you!

Ali_Accrete

I’d like to vote to this feature request and please notify me when available. Thanks!

JammerS
Userlevel 6
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Hi @Robbie12345,

 

I’ve added you to this feature request. We’ll email you once an update is available. Thanks!

jammer․solijon
K

@jarednw a new subfolder. My org transitioned us to a Team Folder and I’m trying to adapt a Zap that used the Dropbox “Create Folder” action. So the action would create a subfolder, but uses the root id workaround since my Personal folder is the only one selectable within Zapier. The workaround seems to successfully call the API, but then reject the Zap on a permissions basis. (Thanks for your help btw!)

J
Userlevel 1

@ktownsend hmm, I'm not sure because that functionality works for me. Did you try creating a new dropbox connection with Zapier, maybe it’s using an old version of the integration?

 

Also just as a tip, I hardly ever use the create a folder anymore because it's a redundant step. If you use upload file for example and just enter a custom path like: /Top Folder/NextFolder/NewFolder/NewFolder2 then it will auto create NewFolder and/or NewFolder2 if 1 or both aren’t already there when it uploads the file.

robmartinez

Y’all, this is crazy that this isn’t supported. Please add my name to the list of people who need this feature. We can not use Zapier without it, period.

SamB
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You’re welcome @Alex_ekhlass! Glad we could help. :)

SamB
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Welcome to the Community, @Noel! 

I’ve added your vote to the feature request. We’ll notify you by email as soon as it’s added!

SamB
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Userlevel 7
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Thanks for clarifying that @Reuben Mak! 🙂

I’ve added your vote to the feature request to have Team Folders supported. I can totally understand the frustration in this feature request not being implemented yet. Feature requests are influenced by various factors and at the moment there's still no ETA for this unfortunately.

I’m sorry to not have a more immediate solution here. We’ll definitely send you an email notification the minute it’s added and keep everyone here in the loop on any news we have on this!

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@jammer.solijon Please add my vote for this fix as well

D

Hey friends! 👋

I have good news to share, Team Folders are now supported! 🎉

So if you’ve got a business Dropbox account it’s now possible to select your team space (or your personal space) from the dropdown menu on the Space field.

Happy zapping! ⚡️

Sam,

Is this actually confirmed as working? As I’ve had an ongoing support ticket with Zapier as we’ve been unable to reinstate our Zaps that were previously working, but Zapier support are stating that Team folders are NOT able to be selected for Zaps - can you clarify or show instructions/screenshots on this to prove it’s possible?
Dan 

J

Yes, please!

B.Smith

I’d like to vote to this feature request and please notify me when available. Thanks!

seanpmgallagher

@jarednw that’s great to know, thank you so much!

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