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hi, i’m into real estate brokerage and have setup a record for my listings in airtable. my photos and contracts are in dropbox. 

I have already setup a zap where:

  1. for any new property ID created, a corresponding dropbox folder will be created using the property ID.
  2. next is i want to have photos/ contracts saved in this dropbox box folder to show up in airtable as attachments or thumbnails. 

i’m having a problem to execute the 2nd automatically. can the experts here help? thanks!!!

Hi @dee.ph 

It’s definitely possible. Where are you getting stuck’?


Hi there @dee.ph ,

 

You could do something like this:

  • Search for a file in Dropbox folder
  • Create / Update record in airtable (airtable needs a column with “attachment” type. For the column with this attachment, you wold select the file that was earlier found with Dropbox.

This would look like:

Hope this helps you getting started! Let us know.

 

~Bjorn


with the 2nd step: to have photos/ contracts saved in this dropbox box folder to show up in airtable as attachments or thumbnail.

let’s say property ID is ABC123

with the 1st step, there will be a folder under Dropbox->Main->ABC123. in this folder, there will be photos and doc and pdf for contracts.

how do i link them as attachments to the airtable record with property ID ABC123? 

 


Hi @dee.ph 

Zapier won’t allow you to find all the photos and files in a set folder - instead, you’d need to find them one by one (each in their own step), searching by name, and the use a create/update step in Airtable to attach them to a record.

Does that make sense?