# Get a random file from a folder — Dropbox

Botize method — `dropbox.files` (action).

Returns a random file from a specified folder based on an optional list of valid file extensions.

This is an action: it runs as a step of a task. Several can be chained.

## Fields you set

The field's internal name, its type and the values it accepts. These fields accept `{{...}}` tags from earlier steps.

- `folder` *(string)* — Files inside this folder
- `types` *(string)* — Only for this type of files

## Output variables

Data this step makes available. Reference them in later steps with the double-brace tag.

- `{{date}}` *(date)* — Date
- `{{file_name}}` *(text)* — File name
- `{{file_url}}` *(file)* — File URL
- `{{name}}` *(text)* — Name without extension

## Account

Needs a connected Dropbox account in Botize: https://botize.com/en/app/dropbox/authenticate

## This app

Every trigger and action for Dropbox: https://botize.com/en/app/dropbox.md

## How to build this

An AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor…) can create and edit these tasks in the user's account through the Botize MCP connector, included in every plan:

    https://webhook.botize.es/mcp

- Connection guide: https://botize.com/en/mcp
- Agent map: https://botize.com/llms.txt
- New account: https://botize.com/en/join (500 free operations, no card)

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Machine-readable summary for AI assistants. Human version: https://botize.com/en/method/dropbox/files