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title: "Connect Dropbox and Formstack Documents - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New File in Folder\" fires in Dropbox, your agent runs \"Combine Files\" in Formstack Documents."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/dropbox-to-formstack-documents"
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# Connect Dropbox and Formstack Documents

When **New File in Folder** fires in [Dropbox](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox), your agent runs **Combine Files** in [Formstack Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents), or **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents to **Upload file** in Dropbox. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Dropbox **1** trigger Dropbox **21** actions Formstack Documents **1** trigger Formstack Documents **15** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Dropbox and Formstack Documents to do together?

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### Set it up in your client

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Example flows

## What Dropbox and Formstack Documents can do together

### From Dropbox to Formstack Documents

- When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Combine Files** in Formstack Documents
- When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Convert File to PDF** in Formstack Documents

### From Formstack Documents to Dropbox

- When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Upload file** in Dropbox
- When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Upload File from URL** in Dropbox

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 Dropbox and Formstack Documents

## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 36 actions

- 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.

- Trigger

**New Merged Document**

Triggers when a merged/populated document is created.

- Action

**Combine Files**

Joins several files into one PDF or Word document. Give it the files in the order you want them, either as links or as base64 content, and it returns the combined file.

- Action

**Convert File to PDF**

Turns a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, image or HTML file into a PDF. Point it at the file with a link or supply the file content, and it returns the PDF.

- Action

**Copy Document**

Makes a copy of one of your Formstack Documents templates under a new name, and returns the new document with its merge key, merge URL and available merge fields.

- Action

**Create Data Route**

Creates a data route in Formstack Documents — a single endpoint that sends one set of data to several documents at once, following the rules you give it. Returns the new route with the URL to post data to.

- Action

**Create Data Route Merge**

Sends one set of data into a Formstack Documents data route, which merges it into every document the route's rules select. Optionally returns the finished documents in the response.

- Action

**Create Document**

Creates a new document template in Formstack Documents from HTML or from an uploaded PDF, Word, Excel or PowerPoint file, and returns its merge URL and the merge fields found in it.

- Action

**Delete Data Route**

Deletes a data route from Formstack Documents. The documents the route pointed at are not deleted.

- Action

**Delete Document**

Deletes a document template from Formstack Documents.

- Action

**Get Data Route**

Returns one Formstack Documents data route, with its name, its merge URL and the rules that decide which documents the data goes to.

- Action

**Get Document**

Returns one document template from Formstack Documents, with its name, type, output format, merge URL and — for HTML templates — the template's HTML.

- Action

**Get Document Fields**

Returns the merge fields found in a Formstack Documents template, so you know which names to send when merging data into it.

- Action

**List Data Routes**

Returns your Formstack Documents data routes, each with its name, key and the URL to send data to.

- Action

**List Documents**

Returns your Formstack Documents templates, each with its name, type, output format and merge URL.

- Action

**Update Data Route**

Updates a Formstack Documents data route — its name, folder, or the rules that decide which documents receive the data. Anything you leave blank stays as it is.

- Action

**Update Document**

Updates a Formstack Documents template — its name, folder, output format, filename or the template content itself. Anything you leave blank stays as it is; the template type cannot be changed.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Dropbox** Dropbox cloud file storage. Upload, download, move, copy, delete, and search files and folders; create...](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox)
- [ **Formstack Documents** Introducing Formstack Documents, formerly WebMerge.](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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- [ **Shopify to Formstack Documents** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-formstack-documents)
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Questions

## Dropbox and Formstack Documents, answered

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### What can start an automation from Dropbox?

Any of Dropbox's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New File in Folder. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Formstack Documents when something happens in Dropbox?

Any of Formstack Documents's 15 actions, including Create Data Route, Create Data Route Merge, Create Document and Update Data Route. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Formstack Documents to Dropbox?

Yes. When something happens in Formstack Documents, your agent can act in Dropbox too. This page covers both directions: Formstack Documents's triggers and Dropbox's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Dropbox or Formstack Documents?

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 Dropbox and Formstack Documents 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
