Dropbox: Get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to a Dropbox location

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Operation dropbox.files_get_temporary_upload_link

Provider route: POST /2/files/get_temporary_upload_link. Alter supplies the connection’s credentials and routing.

Call through Alter

Install @alter-ai/sdk @alter-ai/dropbox with npm, or alter-sdk-dropbox with pip. Supply your connected customer’s grant ID and the arguments described below.

import { App } from "@alter-ai/sdk";
import { DropboxIntegration } from "@alter-ai/dropbox";

async function execute(input: Parameters<DropboxIntegration["files"]["getTemporaryUploadLink"]>[0]) {
  const app = new App({ apiKey: process.env.ALTER_API_KEY! });
  try {
    const provider = new DropboxIntegration(app, { grantId: process.env.PROVIDER_GRANT_ID! });
    const call = await provider.files.getTemporaryUploadLink(input);
    const result = await call.wait();
    return result.bodyJson();
  } finally {
    await app.close();
  }
}

import os
from alter_sdk import App
from alter_sdk_dropbox import DropboxIntegration

async def execute(arguments):
    async with App(api_key=os.environ["ALTER_API_KEY"]) as app:
        provider = DropboxIntegration(app, {"grant_id": os.environ["PROVIDER_GRANT_ID"]})
        call = await provider.files.get_temporary_upload_link(arguments)
        result = await call.wait()
        return result.body_json()

Input

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Additional keys: not allowed
headers	object	Optional	Additional keys: not allowed
headers.Dropbox-API-Path-Root	Model	Optional	Expand Deletes a group — request body — headers Dropbox-API-Path-Root
headers.Dropbox-API-Select-User	string	Optional
headers.Dropbox-API-Select-Admin	string	Optional
body	Model	Required within parent	Expand Get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to a Dropbox location — request body — body

Referenced models: Deletes a group — request body — headers Dropbox-API-Path-Root, Get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to a Dropbox location — request body — body

Response

Response media type: application/json. The table describes the pinned successful response. Referenced models link to their complete fields.

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	Model	Root	Expand Get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to a Dropbox location — response body

Referenced models: Get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to a Dropbox location — response body

Schemas

Deletes a group — request body — headers Dropbox-API-Path-Root

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	JSON	Root
$ (anyOf 1)	string	Alternative	One of: home
$ (anyOf 2)	object	Alternative
$ (anyOf 2)..tag	string	Required within parent	Must equal: home
$ (anyOf 3)	object	Alternative
$ (anyOf 3)..tag	string	Required within parent	Must equal: root
$ (anyOf 3).root	string	Required within parent	Pattern: ^(?:[-_0-9a-zA-Z:]+)$
$ (anyOf 4)	object	Alternative
$ (anyOf 4)..tag	string	Required within parent	Must equal: namespace_id
$ (anyOf 4).namespace_id	string	Required within parent	Pattern: ^(?:[-_0-9a-zA-Z:]+)$
$ (anyOf 5)	object	Alternative	A tag this contract version does not list (Dropbox's other).
$ (anyOf 5)..tag	string	Required within parent	Pattern: ^(?!(?:home|root|namespace_id)$)

Get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to a Dropbox location — request body — body

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root
commit_info	Model	Required within parent	Expand Get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to a Dropbox location — request body — body commit info
duration	number	Optional	Maximum: 14400 Minimum: 60

Referenced models: Get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to a Dropbox location — request body — body commit info

Get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to a Dropbox location — response body

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root
link	string	Required within parent

Get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to a Dropbox location — request body — body commit info

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root
path	string	Required within parent	Pattern: ^(?:(/(.|[\r\n])*)|(ns:[0-9]+(/(.|[\r\n])*)?)|(id:.*))$
mode	Model	Optional	Expand Get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to a Dropbox location — request body — body commit info mode
autorename	boolean	Optional
client_modified	JSON	Optional
client_modified (anyOf 1)	string	Alternative
client_modified (anyOf 2)	null	Alternative
mute	boolean	Optional
property_groups	JSON	Optional
property_groups (anyOf 1)	array	Alternative
property_groups (anyOf 1)[]	Model	Each item	Expand Add property groups to a Dropbox file — request body — body property groups item
property_groups (anyOf 2)	null	Alternative
strict_conflict	boolean	Optional

Referenced models: Add property groups to a Dropbox file — request body — body property groups item, Get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to a Dropbox location — request body — body commit info mode

Add property groups to a Dropbox file — request body — body property groups item

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	A subset of the property fields described by the corresponding PropertyGroupTemplate. Properties are always added to a Dropbox file as a PropertyGroup. The possible key names and value types in this group are defined by the corresponding PropertyGroupTemplate.
template_id	string	Required within parent	Minimum length: 1 Pattern: ^(?:(/|ptid:).*)$
fields	array	Required within parent
fields[]	Model	Each item	Expand Add property groups to a Dropbox file — request body — body property groups item fields item

Referenced models: Add property groups to a Dropbox file — request body — body property groups item fields item

Get a one-time use temporary upload link to upload a file to a Dropbox location — request body — body commit info mode

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	JSON	Root	Your intent when writing a file to some path. This is used to determine what constitutes a conflict and what the autorename strategy is. In some situations, the conflict behavior is identical: (a) If the target path doesn't refer to anything, the file is always written; no conflict. (b) If the target path refers to a folder, it's always a conflict. (c) If the target path refers to a file with identical contents, nothing gets written; no conflict. The conflict checking differs in the case where there's a file at the target path with contents different from the contents you're trying to write.
$ (anyOf 1)	string	Alternative	One of: add, overwrite
$ (anyOf 2)	object	Alternative
$ (anyOf 2)..tag	string	Required within parent	Must equal: add
$ (anyOf 3)	object	Alternative
$ (anyOf 3)..tag	string	Required within parent	Must equal: overwrite
$ (anyOf 4)	object	Alternative
$ (anyOf 4)..tag	string	Required within parent	Must equal: update
$ (anyOf 4).update	string	Required within parent	Minimum length: 9 Pattern: ^(?:[0-9a-f]+)$

Add property groups to a Dropbox file — request body — body property groups item fields item

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Raw key/value data to be associated with a Dropbox file. Property fields are added to Dropbox files as a PropertyGroup.
name	string	Required within parent
value	string	Required within parent

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: dropbox.files_get_temporary_upload_link. Catalog operation: files/get_temporary_upload_link. Rules can name either ID; function rules distinguish managed calls and conservatively cover raw calls sharing the route. Existing grant permissions and policy rules apply. wait() returns an immediate result or waits for a required approval; it never approves the request itself. Persist the approval ID to resume after a restart.

Provider errors retain their response; JSON decoding raises ProviderAPIError for provider failures. ManagedOperationError identifies contract/input/retention errors. See error handling and provider-specific behavior. Sensitive input may be refused before approval storage. A decoding error never resubmits a write.

Required provider scopes: ["files.content.write"]

Official provider source