Copy EXISTING files (not when files are created) in a sharepoint library to dropbox

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Posted on 9 Mar 2022 09:55:20 by Chrisl

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I have alot of videos that I want to copy from a sharepoint library to dropbox.

Using a template I see this flow can only run when new files are added (when files created) in the sharepoint library.

I want to be able for the flow to look inside a sharepoint library or folder nd to be able to COPY the exisitng files to dropbox.

How do I do this? See below default template I want to tweak.

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Chrisl 128 on 15 Mar 2022 at 09:26:25

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Re: Copy EXISTING files (not when files are created) in a sharepoint library to dropbox

thank you very much for your help but the latest option is throwing up too many errors now.
I have spent too much time on this, as it requires alot of configuring, I will go back to copying manually from onedrive to Dropbox

Thank you for your time.

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v-LilyW-msft on 15 Mar 2022 at 09:12:01

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Re: Copy EXISTING files (not when files are created) in a sharepoint library to dropbox

Hi @laz8592

If you want to copy the entire folder to Dropbox, you can refer to the screenshots below.

Suppose I want to copy every files inside the ‘Copy’ folder including the subfolders in Documents library to Dropbox.

Flow in details:

Get the folder path with this formula.

Expression:

last(split(items('Apply_to_each')?['{Path}'],'Shared Documents'))

‘Copy’ folder and subfolders are automatically created when new files are created.

After flow runs, the 'Copy' folder will be copied to Dropbox.

Best Regards.

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Chrisl 128 on 15 Mar 2022 at 08:45:28

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Re: Copy EXISTING files (not when files are created) in a sharepoint library to dropbox

I am having a problem with the isfolder value. When its there the error is shown below. If i select a single file in the File identifier it copies the file successfully. I want to be able to copy whole folders and everything inside them.

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v-LilyW-msft on 15 Mar 2022 at 08:15:26

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Re: Copy EXISTING files (not when files are created) in a sharepoint library to dropbox

Hi @laz8592

Does your folder contain subfolders?

If it contains subfolders, you can first determine whether the file is a folder, if it is a folder, skip it, if not, copy it to DropBox.

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Chrisl 128 on 14 Mar 2022 at 13:47:08

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Re: Copy EXISTING files (not when files are created) in a sharepoint library to dropbox

Thank you for your reply, everything worked expcept for the copying , see error below

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v-LilyW-msft on 14 Mar 2022 at 08:29:43

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Re: Copy EXISTING files (not when files are created) in a sharepoint library to dropbox

Hi @laz8592

Before creating a file, you need to get the file's properties and file content, and then create a new file.

After flow runs, the files in this folder will be copied to the Dropbox folder.

Hope the content above may help you.

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Chrisl 128 on 09 Mar 2022 at 14:58:51

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Re: Copy EXISTING files (not when files are created) in a sharepoint library to dropbox

Hi Christian

So basically I create a 'scheduled flow' with the 'when a file is created' sharepoint trigger and then create the file action on dropbox?

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ChristianAbata 8,949 Most Valuable Professional on 09 Mar 2022 at 14:29:26

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Re: Copy EXISTING files (not when files are created) in a sharepoint library to dropbox

hi @laz8592 you have only one way and is changing your trigger, so you can select schedule and run depends on a especifc date or manually so you can run it when you need.

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