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As of today, the connector now seems to be working for me!

in When using Perplexity, I get an error searching for files in different folders in my Dropbox account Comment by AdamRykala October 22
Try to read the file called untitled.txt in the Ultra Folder The Dropbox test returned no result: untitled.txt was not found in the Ultra folder. The Dropbox connector is connected, but it currently exposes no direct Dropbox tools, and the file-search bridge returned no matching file. No file was read or modified. can you…

in When using Perplexity, I get an error searching for files in different folders in my Dropbox account Comment by AdamRykala October 6
Perplexity prompt: On my Dropbox there is a folder called Ultra, and a file called untitled.txt. Can you find it, read it and write to it Reply: I can’t complete that test: Dropbox file search is still failing before it can locate Ultra/untitled.txt. The connector returned “File search encountered an error for this source”…

in When using Perplexity, I get an error searching for files in different folders in my Dropbox account Comment by AdamRykala October 5
I think this is a dropbox issue, not a perplexity one. Its accessing the connector, Dropbox is reporting that its unsupported

in When using Perplexity, I get an error searching for files in different folders in my Dropbox account Comment by AdamRykala September 28
If you use Perplexity's Upload files from Cloud feature, it does open a file picker window

in When using Perplexity, I get an error searching for files in different folders in my Dropbox account Comment by AdamRykala September 28
Perplexity documents Dropbox file search as a supported feature, including through the web app, so unsupported is worth reporting as unexpected—not treating as a diagnosis of your Dropbox account. https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/13060839-using-the-dropbox-connector#using-the-dropbox-connector

in When using Perplexity, I get an error searching for files in different folders in my Dropbox account Comment by AdamRykala September 28
Dropbox connector returns unsupported for file searches I connected Dropbox to Perplexity while using the web app. Perplexity reports the Dropbox connection as CONNECTED. I created an Ultra folder in Dropbox with a small text test file called untitiled.txt. When I asked Perplexity to find and read the file, it searched for…

in When using Perplexity, I get an error searching for files in different folders in my Dropbox account Comment by AdamRykala September 28
Only just tried it Perplexity is an AI client a la ChatGPT etc - it has an official connector The text i posted is the error Perplexity sees

in When using Perplexity, I get an error searching for files in different folders in my Dropbox account Comment by AdamRykala September 28
I have precisely the same issue with Dropbox What we actually know is narrower: Dropbox shows as connected, but the file-search tool returned “unsupported” before it found or read either spelling of the filename. I don’t yet know why that route is unsupported here, and I shouldn’t imply the file or your setup is at fault.

in When using Perplexity, I get an error searching for files in different folders in my Dropbox account Comment by AdamRykala September 28