Dropbox Paper Write

This Snap writes content to Dropbox Paper documents.

Supported Accounts

Prerequisites

None.

Limitations and known issues

None.

Snap views

Type Description Examples of upstream and downstream Snaps
Input

This Snap accepts the content to write to a Dropbox Paper document.
Output

This Snap outputs the result of the write operation including document metadata.
Learn more about Error handling.

Snap settings

Note: Learn about the common controls in the Snap settings dialog.
Field/Field set Description

Label

String

 Required.Specify a unique name for the Snap. Modify this to be more appropriate, especially if there are more than one of the same Snap in the pipeline.

Default value: Dropbox Paper Write
Operation*

Dropdown list

 Select the operation to perform on the Dropbox Paper document:
  • Create: Create a new Dropbox Paper document at the specified path.
  • Update: Update an existing Dropbox Paper document. The Update policy field determines how the content is applied.

Default value: Create
File path*

String/Expression

 The path where the Dropbox Paper document should be created or updated. The path should start with a forward slash (/).

Example: /Paper Documents/meeting-notes.paper

Default value: None
Content*

String/Expression

 The content to write to the Dropbox Paper document. The content format is determined by the Content format field.

Example: # Meeting Notes\n\nDiscussed project timeline.

Default value: None
Content format

Dropdown list

 Select the format of the content to write:
  • Markdown: Content is formatted using Markdown syntax.
  • HTML: Content is formatted using HTML tags.
  • Plain text: Content is plain text without formatting.

Default value: Markdown
Update policy

Dropdown list

 Choose the policy to update an existing document:
  • Overwrite: Replace the entire document content with the new content.
  • Append: Add the new content to the end of the existing document.
  • Prepend: Add the new content at the beginning of the existing document.

Default value: Overwrite
Snap execution

Dropdown list
Choose one of the three modes in which the Snap executes. Available options are:
  • Validate & Execute: Performs limited execution of the Snap and generates a data preview during pipeline validation. Subsequently, performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during pipeline runtime.
  • Execute only: Performs full execution of the Snap during pipeline execution without generating preview data.
  • Disabled: Disables the Snap and all Snaps that are downstream from it.

Default value: Validate & Execute