Dropbox

Dropbox is the file-syncing service used by 700M+ users worldwide. Advanced Form Integration creates a new file in your Dropbox account for every form submission, useful for archiving submission data as JSON/CSV, or pushing form-uploaded files into a Dropbox folder.

What you’ll need

• An active Dropbox account.
• A Dropbox app registered in their developer console.
• The Advanced Form Integration plugin installed and activated.

Create a Dropbox app

1. Go to the Dropbox App Console and click Create app.
2. Choose Scoped access for the access type.
3. Choose App folder (Dropbox creates a sandboxed folder for the app inside Apps/your-app-name/) or Full Dropbox (any folder).
4. Name the app. Advanced Form Integration is fine.
5. Click Create app.
6. On the app’s Settings tab, under OAuth 2 → Redirect URIs, paste the redirect URI shown in AFI → Settings → Dropbox.
7. Open the Permissions tab and grant files.content.write (and files.content.read if needed). Click Submit at the bottom.
8. Back on the Settings tab, copy the App key and App secret.

Connect Dropbox to AFI

1. In WordPress, go to AFI → Settings → Dropbox.
2. Paste the App Key and App Secret.
3. Click Save & Authorize.
4. Dropbox’s auth screen opens. Allow access.
5. AFI shows Connected when authorization completes.

Create the integration

1. Go to AFI → Add New.
2. Configure the trigger.
3. In Action → Platform, select Dropbox.
4. In Task, choose Upload File.
5. Map the fields:

• File Path: destination path in Dropbox (e.g. /submissions/{form_id}-{entry_id}.json).
• File Content: content to write. Use Mixed Field tokens to build a JSON or CSV-like body from form fields.

1. Optional: configure Conditional Logic.
2. Click Save Integration.

Tasks supported

Upload File

Writes a new file to the configured Dropbox path. If a file with the same path already exists, Dropbox creates a numbered duplicate (e.g. submission.json (1)) by default. Use unique paths per submission (include the form entry ID) to avoid clutter.

Use cases

• Submission archive: write each submission as a JSON file to /submissions/{date}-{name}.json for backup.
• CSV export: append submissions to a daily CSV by using the same filename plus a date stamp.
• File-upload mirror: when a form has a file upload, push the uploaded file’s URL into a Dropbox text file so it’s archived alongside metadata.

Conditional logic example

Goal: archive only paid orders to Dropbox, not free signups.

Open the integration’s Conditional Logic panel, add a condition with the order total field, Greater Than, value 0. Free submissions don’t write a file.

Troubleshooting

“expired_access_token” or “invalid_access_token”

Re-authorize via AFI → Settings → Dropbox → Re-authorize.

File not appearing in Dropbox

Check AFI → Log for the API response. Common causes:

• Path conflict with the App folder scope. Paths must be relative to the app’s sandboxed folder.
• File path contains illegal characters (<, >, :, ", |, ?, *).
• File size limit: Dropbox API caps uploads at 150 MB per request.

Related docs

• Send Contact Form 7 submissions to Dropbox
• Send WPForms submissions to Dropbox
• Send Gravity Forms submissions to Dropbox
• Conditional Logic