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Dropbox

Name: Dropbox
Author: byungkyu

Dropbox API integration with managed OAuth. Files, folders, search, metadata, and cloud storage. Use this skill when users want to manage files and folders in Dropbox, search content, or work with file metadata. For other third party apps, use the api-gateway skill (https://clawhub.ai/byungkyu/api-gateway). Requires network access and valid Maton API key.

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2026-02-24

Install

npx clawhub@latest install dropbox-api

Documentation

Dropbox

Access the Dropbox API with managed OAuth authentication. Manage files and folders, search content, retrieve metadata, and work with file revisions.

Quick Start

List files in root folder
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({"path": ""}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/dropbox/2/files/list_folder', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://gateway.maton.ai/dropbox/2/{endpoint}

The gateway proxies requests to api.dropboxapi.com and automatically injects your OAuth token.

Important: Dropbox API v2 uses POST for all endpoints with JSON request bodies.

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

Environment Variable: Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

1. Sign in or create an account at [maton.ai](https://maton.ai)

2. Go to [maton.ai/settings](https://maton.ai/settings)

3. Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your Dropbox OAuth connections at https://ctrl.maton.ai.

List Connections

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections?app=dropbox&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'dropbox'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "1efbb655-88e9-4a23-ad3b-f3e19cbff279",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2026-02-09T23:34:49.818074Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-02-09T23:37:09.697559Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "dropbox",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned url in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

Delete Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple Dropbox connections, specify which one to use with the Maton-Connection header:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({"path": ""}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/dropbox/2/files/list_folder', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', '1efbb655-88e9-4a23-ad3b-f3e19cbff279')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

If omitted, the gateway uses the default (oldest) active connection.

API Reference

Users

#### Get Current Account

POST /dropbox/2/users/get_current_account
Content-Type: application/json

null

Response:

{
  "account_id": "dbid:AAA-AdT84WzkyLw5s590DbYF1nGomiAoO8I",
  "name": {
    "given_name": "John",
    "surname": "Doe",
    "familiar_name": "John",
    "display_name": "John Doe",
    "abbreviated_name": "JD"
  },
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "email_verified": true,
  "disabled": false,
  "country": "US",
  "locale": "en",
  "account_type": {
    ".tag": "basic"
  },
  "root_info": {
    ".tag": "user",
    "root_namespace_id": "11989877987",
    "home_namespace_id": "11989877987"
  }
}

#### Get Space Usage

POST /dropbox/2/users/get_space_usage
Content-Type: application/json

null

Response:

{
  "used": 538371,
  "allocation": {
    ".tag": "individual",
    "allocated": 2147483648
  }
}

Files and Folders

#### List Folder

POST /dropbox/2/files/list_folder
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "path": "",
  "recursive": false,
  "include_deleted": false,
  "include_has_explicit_shared_members": false
}

Use empty string "" for the root folder.

Optional Parameters:

-recursive - Include contents of subdirectories (default: false)
-include_deleted - Include deleted files (default: false)
-include_media_info - Include media info for photos/videos
-limit - Maximum entries per response (1-2000)

Response:

{
  "entries": [
    {
      ".tag": "file",
      "name": "document.pdf",
      "path_lower": "/document.pdf",
      "path_display": "/document.pdf",
      "id": "id:Awe3Av8A8YYAAAAAAAAABQ",
      "client_modified": "2026-02-09T19:58:12Z",
      "server_modified": "2026-02-09T19:58:13Z",
      "rev": "016311c063b4f8700000002caa704e3",
      "size": 538371,
      "is_downloadable": true,
      "content_hash": "6542845d7b65ffc5358ebaa6981d991bab9fda194afa48bd727fcbe9e4a3158b"
    },
    {
      ".tag": "folder",
      "name": "Documents",
      "path_lower": "/documents",
      "path_display": "/Documents",
      "id": "id:Awe3Av8A8YYAAAAAAAAABw"
    }
  ],
  "cursor": "AAVqv-MUYFlM98b1QpFK6YaYC8L1s39lWjqbeqgWu4un...",
  "has_more": false
}

#### Continue Listing Folder

POST /dropbox/2/files/list_folder/continue
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "cursor": "AAVqv-MUYFlM98b1QpFK6YaYC8L1s39lWjqbeqgWu4un..."
}

Use when has_more is true in the previous response.

#### Get Metadata

POST /dropbox/2/files/get_metadata
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "path": "/document.pdf",
  "include_media_info": false,
  "include_deleted": false,
  "include_has_explicit_shared_members": false
}

Response:

{
  ".tag": "file",
  "name": "document.pdf",
  "path_lower": "/document.pdf",
  "path_display": "/document.pdf",
  "id": "id:Awe3Av8A8YYAAAAAAAAABQ",
  "client_modified": "2026-02-09T19:58:12Z",
  "server_modified": "2026-02-09T19:58:13Z",
  "rev": "016311c063b4f8700000002caa704e3",
  "size": 538371,
  "is_downloadable": true,
  "content_hash": "6542845d7b65ffc5358ebaa6981d991bab9fda194afa48bd727fcbe9e4a3158b"
}

#### Create Folder

POST /dropbox/2/files/create_folder_v2
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "path": "/New Folder",
  "autorename": false
}

Response:

{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "New Folder",
    "path_lower": "/new folder",
    "path_display": "/New Folder",
    "id": "id:Awe3Av8A8YYAAAAAAAAABw"
  }
}

#### Copy File or Folder

POST /dropbox/2/files/copy_v2
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "from_path": "/source/file.pdf",
  "to_path": "/destination/file.pdf",
  "autorename": false
}

Response:

{
  "metadata": {
    ".tag": "file",
    "name": "file.pdf",
    "path_lower": "/destination/file.pdf",
    "path_display": "/destination/file.pdf",
    "id": "id:Awe3Av8A8YYAAAAAAAAACA"
  }
}

#### Move File or Folder

POST /dropbox/2/files/move_v2
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "from_path": "/old/location/file.pdf",
  "to_path": "/new/location/file.pdf",
  "autorename": false
}

Response:

{
  "metadata": {
    ".tag": "file",
    "name": "file.pdf",
    "path_lower": "/new/location/file.pdf",
    "path_display": "/new/location/file.pdf",
    "id": "id:Awe3Av8A8YYAAAAAAAAACA"
  }
}

#### Delete File or Folder

POST /dropbox/2/files/delete_v2
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "path": "/file-to-delete.pdf"
}

Response:

{
  "metadata": {
    ".tag": "file",
    "name": "file-to-delete.pdf",
    "path_lower": "/file-to-delete.pdf",
    "path_display": "/file-to-delete.pdf",
    "id": "id:Awe3Av8A8YYAAAAAAAAABQ"
  }
}

#### Get Temporary Download Link

POST /dropbox/2/files/get_temporary_link
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "path": "/document.pdf"
}

Response:

{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "document.pdf",
    "path_lower": "/document.pdf",
    "path_display": "/document.pdf",
    "id": "id:Awe3Av8A8YYAAAAAAAAABQ",
    "size": 538371,
    "is_downloadable": true
  },
  "link": "https://uc785ee484c03b6556c091ea4491.dl.dropboxusercontent.com/cd/0/get/..."
}

The link is valid for 4 hours.

Search

#### Search Files

POST /dropbox/2/files/search_v2
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "query": "document",
  "options": {
    "path": "",
    "max_results": 100,
    "file_status": "active",
    "filename_only": false
  }
}

Response:

{
  "has_more": false,
  "matches": [
    {
      "highlight_spans": [],
      "match_type": {
        ".tag": "filename"
      },
      "metadata": {
        ".tag": "metadata",
        "metadata": {
          ".tag": "file",
          "name": "document.pdf",
          "path_display": "/document.pdf",
          "path_lower": "/document.pdf",
          "id": "id:Awe3Av8A8YYAAAAAAAAABw"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

#### Continue Search

POST /dropbox/2/files/search/continue_v2
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "cursor": "..."
}

File Revisions

#### List Revisions

POST /dropbox/2/files/list_revisions
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "path": "/document.pdf",
  "mode": "path",
  "limit": 10
}

Response:

{
  "is_deleted": false,
  "entries": [
    {
      "name": "document.pdf",
      "path_lower": "/document.pdf",
      "path_display": "/document.pdf",
      "id": "id:Awe3Av8A8YYAAAAAAAAABQ",
      "client_modified": "2026-02-09T19:58:12Z",
      "server_modified": "2026-02-09T19:58:13Z",
      "rev": "016311c063b4f8700000002caa704e3",
      "size": 538371,
      "is_downloadable": true
    }
  ],
  "has_more": false
}

#### Restore File

POST /dropbox/2/files/restore
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "path": "/document.pdf",
  "rev": "016311c063b4f8700000002caa704e3"
}

Batch Operations

#### Delete Batch

POST /dropbox/2/files/delete_batch
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "entries": [
    {"path": "/file1.pdf"},
    {"path": "/file2.pdf"}
  ]
}

Returns async job ID. Check status with /files/delete_batch/check.

#### Copy Batch

POST /dropbox/2/files/copy_batch_v2
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "entries": [
    {"from_path": "/source/file1.pdf", "to_path": "/dest/file1.pdf"},
    {"from_path": "/source/file2.pdf", "to_path": "/dest/file2.pdf"}
  ],
  "autorename": false
}

#### Move Batch

POST /dropbox/2/files/move_batch_v2
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "entries": [
    {"from_path": "/old/file1.pdf", "to_path": "/new/file1.pdf"},
    {"from_path": "/old/file2.pdf", "to_path": "/new/file2.pdf"}
  ],
  "autorename": false
}

Pagination

Dropbox uses cursor-based pagination. When has_more is true, use the /continue endpoint with the returned cursor.

import os
import requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

Initial request
response = requests.post(
    'https://gateway.maton.ai/dropbox/2/files/list_folder',
    headers=headers,
    json={'path': '', 'limit': 100}
)
result = response.json()
all_entries = result['entries']

Continue while has_more is True
while result.get('has_more'):
    response = requests.post(
        'https://gateway.maton.ai/dropbox/2/files/list_folder/continue',
        headers=headers,
        json={'cursor': result['cursor']}
    )
    result = response.json()
    all_entries.extend(result['entries'])

print(f"Total entries: {len(all_entries)}")

Code Examples

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  'https://gateway.maton.ai/dropbox/2/files/list_folder',
  {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY},
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ path: '' })
  }
);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.entries);

Python

import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://gateway.maton.ai/dropbox/2/files/list_folder',
    headers={
        'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    json={'path': ''}
)
data = response.json()
print(data['entries'])

Python (Create Folder and Search)

import os
import requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

Create folder
response = requests.post(
    'https://gateway.maton.ai/dropbox/2/files/create_folder_v2',
    headers=headers,
    json={'path': '/My New Folder', 'autorename': False}
)
folder = response.json()
print(f"Created folder: {folder['metadata']['path_display']}")

Search for files
response = requests.post(
    'https://gateway.maton.ai/dropbox/2/files/search_v2',
    headers=headers,
    json={'query': 'document'}
)
results = response.json()
print(f"Found {len(results['matches'])} matches")

Notes

-All Dropbox API v2 endpoints use HTTP POST method
-Request bodies are JSON (not form-urlencoded)
-Use empty string "" for the root folder path
-Paths are case-insensitive but case-preserving
-File IDs (e.g., id:Awe3Av8A8YYAAAAAAAAABQ) persist even when files are moved or renamed
-Tag text must match pattern [\w]+ (alphanumeric and underscores only)
-Temporary download links expire after 4 hours
-Rate limits are generous and per-user
-IMPORTANT: When piping curl output to jq or other commands, environment variables like $MATON_API_KEY may not expand correctly in some shell environments

Error Handling

| Status | Meaning |

|--------|---------|

| 400 | Missing Dropbox connection or bad request |

| 401 | Invalid or missing Maton API key |

| 404 | Resource not found |

| 409 | Conflict (path doesn't exist, already exists, etc.) |

| 429 | Rate limited |

| 4xx/5xx | Passthrough error from Dropbox API |

Error responses include details:

{
  "error_summary": "path/not_found/...",
  "error": {
    ".tag": "path",
    "path": {
      ".tag": "not_found"
    }
  }
}

Troubleshooting: Invalid API Key

When you receive an "Invalid API key" error, ALWAYS follow these steps before concluding there is an issue:

1. Check that the MATON_API_KEY environment variable is set:

echo $MATON_API_KEY

2. Verify the API key is valid by listing connections:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Resources

-[Dropbox HTTP API Overview](https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/overview)
-[Dropbox Developer Portal](https://www.dropbox.com/developers)
-[Dropbox API Explorer](https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/)
-[DBX File Access Guide](https://developers.dropbox.com/dbx-file-access-guide)

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Dropbox

Install

Documentation

Dropbox

Quick Start

List files in root folder

Base URL

Authentication

Getting Your API Key

Connection Management

List Connections

Create Connection

Get Connection

Delete Connection

Specifying Connection

API Reference

Users

Files and Folders

Search

File Revisions

Tags

Batch Operations

Pagination

Initial request

Continue while has_more is True

Code Examples

JavaScript

Python

Python (Create Folder and Search)

Create folder

Search for files

Notes

Error Handling

Troubleshooting: Invalid API Key

Resources