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Cris099
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2 years ago

Automatically create folders based on the filename from the file I put in

Hi, Is it possible to create a folderstructure based on the filenames I put into the main folder? Example: If I have a Main folder and put in a file named ABCXXX into it, I then want it to automati...
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Greg-DB
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2 years ago

If you're a programmer, you can use the Dropbox API to automatically create folders and move files as desired. The following guides may be helpful:

And in particular, the following API endpoints would be useful:

Those are links to the documentation for the HTTPS endpoints themselves, but we recommend using one of the official SDKs if possible. Those have corresponding native methods for the HTTPS endpoints.

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