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title: "Upload Content To Dropbox"
slug: "upload-content-to-dropbox"
updated: 2024-05-04T18:06:00Z
published: 2024-05-04T18:06:00Z
canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/upload-content-to-dropbox"
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# Upload Content To Dropbox

### General

This type of action can be used to upload content (such as external files or report documents) to a Dropbox account.

### Properties

This type of action has the following properties:

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Content Type | The type of content you want to upload (see below). |
| Remote Path | An [Expression](/release34/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions) that evaluates to a string that contains the remote path to upload the content to. Subfolders need to be separated using a forward slash. |

### Linking a Dropbox Account

You can link a dropbox account to upload to by following these steps:

- Click the *Link Dropbox Account* button.
- A new browser tab will open where you must enter credentials of a Dropbox account and confirm that you want to allow Mail & Deploy to upload content to that account. At the end of that process an authorization code will be displayed.
- Copy the authorization code and paste it into Mail & Deploy.
- Click *Confirm Authorization Code*.

### Content Types

#### Uploading a Report Document

You can upload a report document (that you have previously created, for instance with a [Create Report Document Action](/release34/docs/create-report-document)) by setting the *Content Type* to *Report Document*. An additional property *Content* will be available where you can select the report document you want to upload. The *Remote Path* property must return the relative path instance including the file name (but excluding the file extension).

#### Uploading an External File

You can upload an external file by setting the property *Content Type* to *External File*. A new property *Content Path* will be available which is an [Expression](/release34/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions) that evaluates to a string that contains a local or UNC file path to the external file to upload. The *Remote Path* property must return the relative path including the file name (but excluding the file extension).

#### Uploading a File Collection

You can upload all files of a [File Collection](/release34/docs/file-collections) by setting the property *Content Type* to *File Collection*. A new property *Content* will be available where you can select the file collection to upload. The *Remote Path* property must return the relative path but must not include any file name, because the file names of the content of the file collections will be used for the upload.

#### Uploading a Zipped File Collection

You can upload a ZIP file that contains all files of a [File Collection](/release34/docs/file-collections) by setting the property *Content Type* to *Zipped File Collection*. A new property Content will be available where you can select the file collection to zip and upload. The *Remote Path* property must return the relative path including the file name of the uploaded ZIP file (but excluding the file extension).