Dynalist

The Dynalist modules enable you to edit, retrieve or move documents and folders, and insert, edit, retrieve, delete, or move document content in your Dynalist account.

Getting Started with Dynalist

Prerequisites

  • A Dynalist account

In order to use Dynalist with Integromat, it is necessary to have a Dynalist account. If you do not have one, you can create a Dynalist account at dynalist.io/signup.

The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Integromat scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting Dynalist to Integromat

To connect your Dynalist account to Integromat you need to retrieve the API Key from your Dynalist account.

1. Log in to your Dynalist account.

2. Go to the Dynalist Developer page at dynalist.io/developer.

3. Click the Generate button.

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4. Copy the provided Secret token.

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5. Go to Integromat and open the Dynalist module's Create a connection dialog.

6. Enter the API Key you have copied in step 4 to the respective field and click the Continue button to establish the connection.

The connection has been established. You can proceed with setting up the module.

Documents

Edit a Document

Allows you to change the title of the specified document.

Connection Establish a connection to your Dynalist account.
File ID Enter (map) the ID of the document you want to update. 
Title Enter a new title of the document.

Move a Document

Moves a document to a specified folder.

Connection Establish a connection to your Dynalist account.
File ID Enter (map) the ID of the document you want to move to another folder. 
Parent ID Enter the ID of the folder you want to move the file to.
Index This field is a number that's the zero-indexed position you want the file to land in the parent folder, enter -1 to place it at the end, and 0 to place it at the top.

List Documents

Retrieves the list of all documents in your account.

Connection Establish a connection to your Dynalist account.
Limit Set the maximum number of documents Integromat will return during one execution cycle.

The permission parameter value in the module's output corresponds to the following meanings:

Value Meaning
0 No access
1 Read only
2 Edit rights
3 Manage
4 Owner

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Document Content

Insert Content to a Document

Inserts an item to a specified document under a parent item.

Connection Establish a connection to your Dynalist account.
File ID Enter (map) the ID of the document you want to create an item in. 
Parent ID Enter the ID of the item you want to insert the item under.
Content Enter the title of the new item.
Note Enter the note for the new item.
Checked Enable this option to set the item as checked off.
Checkbox Enable this option to create a checkbox.
Heading Select the size of the item's font.
Color

Select the item's background color.

  • 0 - transparent (none)
  • 1 - red
  • 2 - orange
  • 3 - yellow
  • 4 - green
  • 5 - blue
  • 6 - purple

Get the Content of a Document

Retrieves the content of a specified document.

Connection Establish a connection to your Dynalist account.
File ID Enter (map) the ID of the document you want to retrieve the content from. 

Edit the Content of a Document

Updates an item in a specified document.

Connection Establish a connection to your Dynalist account.
File ID Enter (map) the ID of the document that contains the item you want to update. 
Node ID Enter (map) the Node ID of the item you want to update.

Please find the descriptions of the fields in the Insert Content to a Document section.

Delete the Content of a Document

Deletes an item from a specified document.

Connection Establish a connection to your Dynalist account.
File ID

Enter (map) the ID of the document that contains the item you want to delete. 

Node ID Enter (map) the Node ID of the item you want to delete.

Move the Content of a Document

Moves an item from a specified parent item.

Connection Establish a connection to your Dynalist account.
File ID Enter (map) the ID of the document that contains the item you want to move. 
Node ID Enter (map) the Node ID of the item you want to move.
Parent ID Map or select the ID of the parent item you want to move the specified item under.
Index Enter a number that's the zero-indexed position you want the file to land in the parent folder, enter -1 to place it at the end, and 0 to place it at the top.

Folder

Edit a Folder

Allows you to edit a title of a specified folder.

Connection Establish a connection to your Dynalist account.
File ID Enter (map) the ID of the folder you want to update. 
Title Enter a new title of the folder.

Move a Folder

Moves a folder to a specified parent folder.

Connection Establish a connection to your Dynalist account.
File ID Enter (map) the ID of the folder you want to move. 
Parent ID Map or select the ID of the parent folder you want to move the folder to.
Index Enter a number that's the zero-indexed position you want the file to land in the parent folder, enter -1 to place it at the end, and 0 to place it at the top.

List Folders

Retrieves a list of all folders in your account.

Connection Establish a connection to your Dynalist account.
Limit Set the maximum number of folders Integromat will return during one execution cycle.

The permission parameter value in the module's output corresponds to the following meanings:

Value Meaning
0 No access
1 Read only
2 Edit rights
3 Manage
4 Owner

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Inbox

Send to Inbox

Sends a new item to your inbox location.

The inbox destination needs to be defined before using this module.

Specify the inbox destination in Settings > Preferences tab > Your inbox.
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Connection Establish a connection to your Dynalist account.
Index Enter a number that's the zero-indexed position you want the file to land in the parent folder, enter -1 to place it at the end, and 0 to place it at the top.
Content Enter the title of the new item.
Note Enter the note for the new item.
Checked Enable this option to set the item as checked off.
Checkbox Enable this option to create a checkbox.
Heading Select the size of the item's font.
Color

Select the item's background color.

0 transparent (none)
1 red
2 orange
3 yellow
4 green
5 blue 
6 violet

Other

Make an API Call

Allows you to perform a custom API call.

Connection Establish a connection to your Dynalist account.
URL

Enter a path relative to https://dynalist.io/api.
For example: /v1/file/edit.

For the list of available endpoints, refer to the Dynalist API Documentation.
Method

Select the HTTP method you want to use:

GET
to retrieve information for an entry.

POST
to create a new entry.

PUT
to update/replace an existing entry.

PATCH
to make a partial entry update.

DELETE
to delete an entry.

Headers Enter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.
Query String Enter the request query string.
Body Enter the body content for your API call.

Example of Use - List Files and Folders

The following API call returns all the files and folders in your Dynalist account:

URL:
/v1/file/list/

Method:
POST

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The result can be found in the module's Output under Bundle > Body > files
In our example, 4 files and/or folders were returned:

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