Display all active and closed file requests created by team members, helping track external file collection activities
Comprehensive view of all file requests across the team. Monitor external data collection, identify abandoned requests, and ensure compliance with data handling policies. Includes request URLs, creators, and submission counts for audit purposes.
watermint toolbox
stores credentials into the file system. That is located at below path:
OS | Path |
---|---|
Windows | %HOMEPATH%\.toolbox\secrets (e.g. C:\Users\bob.toolbox\secrets) |
macOS | $HOME/.toolbox/secrets (e.g. /Users/bob/.toolbox/secrets) |
Linux | $HOME/.toolbox/secrets (e.g. /home/bob/.toolbox/secrets) |
Please do not share those files to anyone including Dropbox support. You can delete those files after use if you want to remove it. If you want to make sure removal of credentials, revoke application access from setting or the admin console.
Please see below help article for more detail:
Description |
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Dropbox for teams: View your Dropbox file requests |
Dropbox for teams: View your team membership |
Dropbox for teams: View structure of your team’s and members’ folders |
Dropbox for teams: View basic information about your team including names, user count, and team settings |
For the first run, tbx
will ask you an authentication with your Dropbox account.
Please copy the link and paste it into your browser. Then proceed to authorization. After authorization, Dropbox will show you an authorization code. Please copy that code and paste it to the application.
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1. Visit the URL for the auth dialogue:
https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&response_type=code&state=xxxxxxxx
2. Click 'Allow' (you might have to login first):
3. Copy the authorization code:
Enter the authorization code
Please download the pre-compiled binary from Latest Release. If you are using Windows, please download the zip file like tbx-xx.x.xxx-win.zip
. Then, extract the archive and place tbx.exe
on the Desktop folder.
The watermint toolbox can run from any path in the system if allowed by the system. But the instruction samples are using the Desktop folder. Please replace the path if you placed the binary other than the Desktop folder.
This document uses the Desktop folder for command example.
Windows:
cd $HOME\Desktop
.\tbx.exe dropbox team filerequest list
macOS, Linux:
$HOME/Desktop/tbx dropbox team filerequest list
Note for macOS Catalina 10.15 or above: macOS verifies Developer identity. Currently, tbx
is not ready for it. Please select “Cancel” on the first dialogue. Then please proceed “System Preference”, then open “Security & Privacy”, select “General” tab.
You may find the message like:
“tbx” was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer.
And you may find the button “Allow Anyway”. Please hit the button with your risk. At second run, please hit button “Open” on the dialogue.
home
in the updated team space, a personal folder with your username will be selected. This is convenient for referencing or uploading files in your personal folder, as you don’t need to include the folder name with your username in the path. On the other hand, if you specify root
, you can access all folders with permissions. On the other hand, when accessing your personal folder, you need to specify a path that includes the name of your personal folder.. Options: root (Full access to all folders with permissions), home (Access limited to personal home folder). Default: rootDIRECT
if you want to skip setting proxy.Report file path will be displayed last line of the command line output. If you missed the command line output, please see path below. [job-id] will be the date/time of the run. Please see the latest job-id.
OS | Path pattern | Example |
---|---|---|
Windows | %HOMEPATH%\.toolbox\jobs\[job-id]\reports |
C:\Users\bob.toolbox\jobs\20190909-115959.597\reports |
macOS | $HOME/.toolbox/jobs/[job-id]/reports |
/Users/bob/.toolbox/jobs/20190909-115959.597/reports |
Linux | $HOME/.toolbox/jobs/[job-id]/reports |
/home/bob/.toolbox/jobs/20190909-115959.597/reports |
This report shows a list of file requests with the file request owner team member.
The command will generate a report in three different formats. file_request.csv
, file_request.json
, and file_request.xlsx
.
Column | Description |
---|---|
Email address of this file request owner. | |
status | The user status of this file request owner (active/invited/suspended/removed) |
surname | Surname of this file request owner. |
given_name | Given name of this file request owner. |
url | The URL of the file request. |
title | The title of the file request. |
created | When this file request was created. |
is_open | Whether or not the file request is open. |
file_count | The number of files this file request has received. |
destination | The path of the folder in the Dropbox where uploaded files will be sent |
deadline | The deadline for this file request. |
deadline_allow_late_uploads | If set, allow uploads after the deadline has passed |
If you run with -budget-memory low
option, the command will generate only JSON format report.
In case of a report becomes large, a report in .xlsx
format will be split into several chunks like follows; file_request_0000.xlsx
, file_request_0001.xlsx
, file_request_0002.xlsx
, …