File Automation - Event Workflows

Couchdrop offers you the ability to complete actions on files based on certain events, such as an upload by a specific user. Common use cases are adding a timestamp to a file, encrypting with PGP or routing files based on their name to different locations once a client has the files in a single directory.

Access workflows

Example of a workflow that encrypts files uploaded to the /sharepoint mount point with PGP

Workflow Configuration Options

Conditions

Conditions must match for an action to take place. 

Condition	Description	Examples
Transaction Type	Based on the transaction event itself such as upload or download.	Upload or Download
Directory Matches	Filter events on a directory	/hosted/subfolder
Filename Matches	Filter events strictly on a specific filename	*.txt, *, file*.txt
User	Specify an authenticated user	Defined by available users

Actions

Actions are the event themselves on the file.

Action	Description	Example
Send Webhook	On an upload/download event send a webhook notification to a URI	https://hooks.slack.com/services/T000/B000/XXXXXXX
Send Email	On an upload/download event send an email notification to a specific email address	[e-mail]
Rename File	Rename a file or add a timestamp	{TIMESTAMP}-file1.txt
Move File	Move a file, as well as have the ability to rename at the same time	/sharepoint/import/{EXISTING_NAME}
Copy/Duplicate File	Route files to multiple locations while retaining the original	For example, file1.txt may go to /sharepoint/{EXISTING_NAME} file2.txt may go to /box/import/{EXISTING_NAME}
Delete File	Delete file	On completion of the workflow delete the file, or once a client has downloaded a file delete the file.
Compress File	Compress the files into a folder	Specify destination for the compressed file /hosted/compressed-{EXISTING_NAME} Support for .gzip, .zip and .bz2
Encrypt PGP	Encrypt a file using a public PGP key and copy it to a location	Specify the destination /dropbox/encrypted/{EXISTING_NAME} Provide Couchdrop with your PGP Public Key to encrypt.
Decrypt PGP	Decrypt a file using a private PGP key and passphrase	Specify the destination /googledrive/decrypted/{EXISTING_NAME} Provide Couchdrop with your PGP Private Key and Passphre to decrypt automatically on upload.

Variables

Variable	Description
{EXISTING_NAME}	Retains the original filename
{TIMESTAMP}	Adds the current UNIX timestamp to the filename

Delay

You can delay the workflow execution in seconds using this function. 

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