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Automatically create folders based on the filename from the file I put in

Hi,
Is it possible to create a folderstructure based on the filenames I put into the main folder?
Example: If I have a Main folder and put in a file named ABCXXX into it, I then want it to automatically create a folder inside the Main folder based on the first 3 letters of the filename and put the file into that folder.
Is this possible to do in dropbox?

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Nancy

Hi @Cris099! Thanks for posting your question here.

This isn’t possible with Dropbox at the moment, I’m afraid.

However, I’ve moved your post to our API section, in case our team has a workaround to offer about this.

Cheers!

Greg-DB

If you're a programmer, you can use the Dropbox API to automatically create folders and move files as desired. The following guides may be helpful:

And in particular, the following API endpoints would be useful:

to list the contents of a folder: /2/files/list_folder and /2/files/list_folder/continue
to create folders: /2/files/create_folder_v2 or /2/files/create_folder_batch
to move files: /2/files/move_v2 or /2/files/move_batch_v2

Those are links to the documentation for the HTTPS endpoints themselves, but we recommend using one of the official SDKs if possible. Those have corresponding native methods for the HTTPS endpoints.