An automated workflow using ifttt
Connects 500px + Dropbox
Save your 500px photos to Dropbox
About this workflow template
This automation scenario allows you to connect 500px and Dropbox
It can be build using Ifttt, a no-code workflow automation tool. Ifttt allows you to create automated bots using a simple drag-and-drop interface for non-technical users. This is a ready-made scenario, but it can be customized by adding more apps, actions, filters or branches.
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How it works?
When this trigger fires in 500px
Any new public photo by you in 500px
This Trigger fires every time you upload a new public photo to your 500px photostream.
Then this action happens in Dropbox
Add file from URL in Dropbox
This Action will download a file at a given URL and add it to Dropbox at the path you specify. NOTE: 30 MB file size limit.
How to set up this workflow
This guide contains information on how to set up an automatic workflow that allows to Save your 500px photos to Dropbox.
Part I
Configure Applications
First, we need to connect 500px and Dropbox to IFTTT.
Create IFTTT account.
Create IFTTT account if you don't have one.
Connect 500px to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your 500px account, using 500px credentials.
Connect Dropbox to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Dropbox account, using Dropbox credentials.
Part II
Build an integration workflow
Next, we need to create a workflow automation scenario using graphical no-code web interface of IFTTT.
Set up a Trigger action for 500px
Choose the following trigger: Any new public photo by you (This Trigger fires every time you upload a new public photo to your 500px photostream.).
Then set up an Action for Dropbox
Choose this action: Add file from URL (This Action will download a file at a given URL and add it to Dropbox at the path you specify. NOTE: 30 MB file size limit.).
Part III
Test and Publish
Finally, we need to test this automation and publish it.
Customize data flow
Configure the data that is exchanged between 500px and Dropbox.
Test the workflow and turn it on for production use
Test your scenario and publish to production. Now you have an automatic workflow, that will Save your 500px photos to Dropbox!
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Supported triggers and actions
New file in folder
Triggers when a new file is added to a folder. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 4000.
triggerbyzapierautomateioNew file in your folder
This Trigger fires every time any file is saved in the folder you specify. NOTE: will process up to 15 files per polling period.
triggerbyiftttNew or modified file or folder
New or modified file or folder
triggerbypipedreamNew folder
Triggers when a new folder is added. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 4000.
triggerbyzapierautomateiopipedreamWatch files
Triggers when a file is added in a folder being watched. This module retrieves number of files/folders till 4000.
triggerbyintegromatNew file
Triggers when a new file is added to a specific folder.
triggerbypabbly-connectpipedream
Upload photo from url
This Action will upload a new photo, from a given URL to an image, to your 500px photostream.
actionbyiftttAny new public photo by you
This Trigger fires every time you upload a new public photo to your 500px photostream.
triggerbyiftttNew editors' choice photo
This Trigger fires every time a new photo is added to the Editors' Choice page
triggerbyiftttNew photo from search
This Trigger fires every time a new photo is uploaded to 500px that matches a search query you specify. NOTE: limited to 30 items per check.
triggerbyiftttNew public photo tagged by you
This Trigger fires every time you upload a new public photo to your 500px photostream with the tag you specify.
triggerbyiftttNew popular photo
This Trigger fires every time a new photo is added to the Popular page.
triggerbyifttt
Apps you need
500px
A global online network of photographers to discover, share, and get paid for their work
IFTTT helps to create applications connections with a simple statement: if this then that. For example: "Tweet your Instagrams as native photos on Twitter". You define a task by a trigger and an action.
