--- title: "Connect Docamatic and Dropbox - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Document\" fires in Docamatic, your agent runs \"Upload file\" in Dropbox, or \"New File in Folder\" in Dropbox to \"Delete a Document\" in Docamatic." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/docamatic-to-dropbox" --- # Connect Docamatic and Dropbox When **New Document** fires in [Docamatic](https://apiant.ai/connections/docamatic), your agent runs **Upload file** in [Dropbox](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox), or **New File in Folder** in Dropbox to **Delete a Document** in Docamatic. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Docamatic **1** trigger Docamatic **7** actions Dropbox **1** trigger Dropbox **21** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Docamatic and Dropbox to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Docamatic and Dropbox can do together ### From Docamatic to Dropbox - When **New Document** in Docamatic then **Upload file** in Dropbox - When **New Document** in Docamatic then **Upload File from URL** in Dropbox ### From Dropbox to Docamatic - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Delete a Document** in Docamatic - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Convert URL or HTML to Image** in Docamatic Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Docamatic and Dropbox ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 28 actions - Trigger **New Document** Triggers when a new document is created. - Action **Convert URL or HTML to Image** Renders a web page URL or raw HTML and returns it as an image (png, webp or jpg). Use it to capture screenshots of pages or HTML snippets, with optional sizing, full-page capture and grayscale. - Action **Convert URL or HTML to PDF** Renders a web page URL or raw HTML and returns it as a PDF document. Supports paper size, margins, orientation, headers and footers, page numbers, and extra CSS. - Action **Delete a Document** Deletes a generated document from Docamatic storage, identified by the transaction id returned when it was created. - Action **Generate a PDF From a Template** Fills one of Docamatic's ready-made templates (invoices, packing slips, shipping labels, badges, QR and barcode labels) with your data and returns the finished PDF or image. - Action **Merge PDFs** Joins several PDF documents into one, in the order given, and returns the combined PDF. - Action **Password Protect PDF** Adds a password to an existing PDF so it cannot be opened without it, and returns the protected copy. - Action **Write to an Existing PDF** Stamps text, text boxes, images, barcodes and QR codes onto an existing PDF at the positions you give, and returns the updated PDF. - Trigger **New File in Folder** Triggers when a new file appears in the folder you choose. - Action **Add folder member** Invites one or more people or groups to a Dropbox shared folder with the access level you choose. The caller must be an owner or editor of the shared folder. - Action **Copy File or Folder** Copy a file or folder from one path to another. - Action **Create Folder** Create a folder at the given path. - Action **Create Shared Link** Create a shareable link for a file or folder. - Action **Delete File or Folder** Delete a file or folder at the given path. - Action **Download file** Download a file from the connected Dropbox account. - Action **Get Current Account** Get information about the connected Dropbox account. - Action **Get File Metadata** Get metadata for a file or folder. - Action **Get space usage** Returns the connected Dropbox account's storage usage and allocation. - Action **Get Temporary Link** Get a temporary direct-download link for a file (valid ~4 hours). - Action **List file revisions** Lists the revisions of a Dropbox file, newest first, by file path or file id. - Action **List Folder** List the contents of a folder. - Action **List Folder Members** Returns the members of a shared folder: users, groups and pending invitees with their access levels. - Action **List Shared Links** List shared links for the account, optionally filtered by path. - Action **Move File or Folder** Move a file or folder from one path to another. - Action **Restore file** Restores a specific earlier revision of a file to the given path in Dropbox. - Action **Revoke shared link** Revoke a Dropbox shared link so it no longer grants access. - Action **Search Files** Search for files and folders matching a query. - Action **Share folder** Share a Dropbox folder so collaborators can be added to it. Creates the folder if the path does not exist yet. - Action **Upload file** Uploads a file (up to 150 MiB) to a path in the connected Dropbox account. - Action **Upload File from URL** Save a file from a public URL directly into Dropbox at the given path. ## Each app on its own - [ **Docamatic** Docamatic allows you to generate PDF documents.](https://apiant.ai/connections/docamatic) - [ **Dropbox** Dropbox cloud file storage. Upload, download, move, copy, delete, and search files and folders; create...](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Docamatic - [ **Docamatic to Pixabay** Pixabay is a free image and video library. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/docamatic-to-slack) - [ **Docamatic to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/docamatic-to-gmail) - [ **Docamatic to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/docamatic-to-google-calendar) ## More into Dropbox - [ **BigML to Dropbox** BigML is a machine learning platform for building, evaluating, and running predictive models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigml-to-dropbox) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Dropbox** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-dropbox) - [ **Airtable to Dropbox** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-dropbox) - [ **Asana to Dropbox** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-dropbox) - [ **ClickUp to Dropbox** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-dropbox) - [ **Discord to Dropbox** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-dropbox) Questions ## Docamatic and Dropbox, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Docamatic? Any of Docamatic's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Document. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Dropbox when something happens in Docamatic? Any of Dropbox's 21 actions, including Create Folder, Create Shared Link, Upload file and Upload File from URL. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Dropbox to Docamatic? Yes. When something happens in Dropbox, your agent can act in Docamatic too. This page covers both directions: Dropbox's triggers and Docamatic's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Docamatic or Dropbox? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Docamatic and Dropbox without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.