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nuwen
7 years agoNew member | Level 2
iOS Siri Shortcuts, Using “Get File” With Dropbox
I’m trying to use Siri Shortcuts on iOS 12 to share photos using a shared Dropbox folder. I’ve written a workflow that successfully saves selected photos from the iOS Photos app (or elsewhere) to a s...
- 7 years ago
As we expected, IOS 12.1 update has solved the issue.
Now, in Shortcus app, the action “Get File” with Dropbox, woks fine, as it dit in Workflow app in IOS 11.
Great!!
nuwen
New member | Level 2
I ran into this as well. You need to add a “/“ to the end of the path so that the final segment is interpreted as a directory rather than a filename.
Gugavitrola
7 years agoNew member | Level 2
You are a genius! Your tip worked perfectly! Tks a lot
- Jay7 years agoDropbox Staff
Hi Gugavitrola, let us know which response was best, and mark it as a solution so all others can use it too!
- palcaide7 years agoHelpful | Level 7
I’m sorry Jay, but the initial question remains unsolved: the “Get file” action in Shortcuts app DON’T returns the list of the files in a given Dropbox folder. With or without the “/“ at the end of the path.
The solution given by nuwen refers to the “Save file” action, that works fine.
- Jay7 years agoDropbox StaffThanks for the update, I’ll keep the dev team advised that this issue isn’t related to to the solution provided.
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