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  1. navigatingbots revised this gist Jul 6, 2020. 1 changed file with 38 additions and 56 deletions.
    94 changes: 38 additions & 56 deletions SFileUploader.py
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    #!python3.5

    # Prerequisites :
    # 1.SetUp dropbox sdk to be able to use Dropbox Api's
    # $ sudo pip install dropbox
    # By default python dropbox sdk is based upon the python 3.5
    #
    # 2. Create an App on dropbox console (https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps) which will be used and validated to do
    # the file upload and restore using dropbox api. Mostly you need an access token to connect to Dropbox before actual file/folder operations.
    #
    # 3. Once done with code, run the script by following command
    # $ python SFileUploader.py // if python3.5 is default


    import sys
    import dropbox

    from dropbox.files import WriteMode
    from dropbox.exceptions import ApiError, AuthError

    # Access token
    TOKEN = '<Generated after after App creation in step 2 in Prerequisites>'

    LOCALFILE = '<Path to the file to be uploaded>'
    BACKUPPATH = '/<desitination filename>' # Keep the forward slash before destination filename


    # Uploads contents of LOCALFILE to Dropbox
    def backup():
    def uploadtodropbox(filetoupload='max2.jpg'):
    '''https://gist.github.com/Keshava11/d14db1e22765e8de2670b8976f3c7efb'''
    TOKEN = 'ENTER YOUR TOKEN HERE'
    #LOCALFILE = '/home/xroom/Pictures/max2.jpg'
    LOCALFILE = '/home/xroom/Pictures/' + filetoupload
    BACKUPPATH = '/' + filetoupload # Keep the forward slash before destination filename
    # Check for an access token
    if (len(TOKEN) == 0):
    print("ERROR: Looks like you didn't add your access token.")
    print("Open up backup-and-restore-example.py in a text editor and paste in your token in line 14.")
    sys.exit()
    # Create an instance of a Dropbox class, which can make requests to the API.
    print("Creating a Dropbox object...")
    dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(TOKEN)
    # Check that the access token is valid
    try:
    dbx.users_get_current_account()
    except AuthError as err:
    sys.exit(
    "ERROR: Invalid access token; try re-generating an access token from the app console on the web.")
    try:
    ########## checkFileDetails()##############
    print("Checking file details")
    for entry in dbx.files_list_folder('').entries:
    print("File list is : ")
    print(entry.name)
    except Error as err:
    sys.exit("Error while checking file details")
    print("Creating backup...")
    ###########################################################################
    ################# Create a backup of the current settings file ###########
    ###########################################################################
    # backup()
    #####################
    with open(LOCALFILE, 'rb') as f:
    # We use WriteMode=overwrite to make sure that the settings in the file
    # are changed on upload
    @@ -35,50 +45,22 @@ def backup():
    dbx.files_upload(f.read(), BACKUPPATH, mode=WriteMode('overwrite'))
    except ApiError as err:
    # This checks for the specific error where a user doesn't have enough Dropbox space quota to upload this file
    if (err.error.is_path() and
    err.error.get_path().error.is_insufficient_space()):
    if (err.error.is_path() and err.error.get_path().error.is_insufficient_space()):
    sys.exit("ERROR: Cannot back up; insufficient space.")
    elif err.user_message_text:
    print(err.user_message_text)
    sys.exit()
    else:
    print(err)
    sys.exit()


    # Adding few functions to check file details
    def checkFileDetails():
    print("Checking file details")

    for entry in dbx.files_list_folder('').entries:
    print("File list is : ")
    print(entry.name)

    ###################### backup() end #######################################
    print("Done!")

    # Run this script independently
    if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Check for an access token
    if (len(TOKEN) == 0):
    sys.exit("ERROR: Looks like you didn't add your access token. Open up backup-and-restore-example.py in a text editor and paste in your token in line 14.")
    uploadtodropbox()

    # Create an instance of a Dropbox class, which can make requests to the API.
    print("Creating a Dropbox object...")
    dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(TOKEN)

    # Check that the access token is valid
    try:
    dbx.users_get_current_account()
    except AuthError as err:
    sys.exit(
    "ERROR: Invalid access token; try re-generating an access token from the app console on the web.")

    try:
    checkFileDetails()
    except Error as err:
    sys.exit("Error while checking file details")

    print("Creating backup...")
    # Create a backup of the current settings file
    backup()

    print("Done!")
  2. @Keshava11 Keshava11 created this gist Feb 22, 2017.
    84 changes: 84 additions & 0 deletions SFileUploader.py
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    #!python3.5

    # Prerequisites :
    # 1.SetUp dropbox sdk to be able to use Dropbox Api's
    # $ sudo pip install dropbox
    # By default python dropbox sdk is based upon the python 3.5
    #
    # 2. Create an App on dropbox console (https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps) which will be used and validated to do
    # the file upload and restore using dropbox api. Mostly you need an access token to connect to Dropbox before actual file/folder operations.
    #
    # 3. Once done with code, run the script by following command
    # $ python SFileUploader.py // if python3.5 is default


    import sys
    import dropbox

    from dropbox.files import WriteMode
    from dropbox.exceptions import ApiError, AuthError

    # Access token
    TOKEN = '<Generated after after App creation in step 2 in Prerequisites>'

    LOCALFILE = '<Path to the file to be uploaded>'
    BACKUPPATH = '/<desitination filename>' # Keep the forward slash before destination filename


    # Uploads contents of LOCALFILE to Dropbox
    def backup():
    with open(LOCALFILE, 'rb') as f:
    # We use WriteMode=overwrite to make sure that the settings in the file
    # are changed on upload
    print("Uploading " + LOCALFILE + " to Dropbox as " + BACKUPPATH + "...")
    try:
    dbx.files_upload(f.read(), BACKUPPATH, mode=WriteMode('overwrite'))
    except ApiError as err:
    # This checks for the specific error where a user doesn't have enough Dropbox space quota to upload this file
    if (err.error.is_path() and
    err.error.get_path().error.is_insufficient_space()):
    sys.exit("ERROR: Cannot back up; insufficient space.")
    elif err.user_message_text:
    print(err.user_message_text)
    sys.exit()
    else:
    print(err)
    sys.exit()


    # Adding few functions to check file details
    def checkFileDetails():
    print("Checking file details")

    for entry in dbx.files_list_folder('').entries:
    print("File list is : ")
    print(entry.name)


    # Run this script independently
    if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Check for an access token
    if (len(TOKEN) == 0):
    sys.exit("ERROR: Looks like you didn't add your access token. Open up backup-and-restore-example.py in a text editor and paste in your token in line 14.")

    # Create an instance of a Dropbox class, which can make requests to the API.
    print("Creating a Dropbox object...")
    dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(TOKEN)

    # Check that the access token is valid
    try:
    dbx.users_get_current_account()
    except AuthError as err:
    sys.exit(
    "ERROR: Invalid access token; try re-generating an access token from the app console on the web.")

    try:
    checkFileDetails()
    except Error as err:
    sys.exit("Error while checking file details")

    print("Creating backup...")
    # Create a backup of the current settings file
    backup()

    print("Done!")