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Dropbox File Picker.py
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| # IMPORTANT SETUP INSTRUCTIONS: | |
| # | |
| # 1. Go to http://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps (log in if necessary) | |
| # 2. Select "Create App" | |
| # 3. Select the following settings: | |
| # * "Dropbox API app" | |
| # * "Files and datastores" | |
| # * "(No) My app needs access to files already on Dropbox" | |
| # * "All file types" | |
| # * (Choose any app name) | |
| # 4. On the newly-created app's summary page, click the "Generate" | |
| # button under "Generated access token" | |
| # 5. Copy the generated token (a long string of gibberish) and | |
| # paste it below (replace YOUR_TOKEN_HERE). | |
| # 6. (optional) Open the "wrench" (actions) menu in Pythonista and add | |
| # this script, so you can run it from everywhere. | |
| # Notes: | |
| # All selected files are downloaded into the root folder of the Pythonista | |
| # script library. If a file with the same name already exists, a numeric | |
| # suffix is appended automatically. | |
| TOKEN = 'YOUR_TOKEN_HERE' | |
| import requests | |
| import urllib | |
| import os | |
| import ui | |
| def list_folder(folder_path='/'): | |
| headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer %s' % (TOKEN,)} | |
| r = requests.get('https://api.dropbox.com/1/metadata/dropbox/%s?list=true' % (urllib.quote(folder_path.encode('utf-8')),), headers=headers) | |
| result = r.json() | |
| return result.get('contents', None) | |
| def download_file(path, dest_filename, progress=None): | |
| headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer %s' % (TOKEN,)} | |
| url_path = urllib.quote(path.encode('utf-8')) | |
| url = 'https://api-content.dropbox.com/1/files/dropbox/%s' % (url_path,) | |
| r = requests.get(url, stream=True, headers=headers) | |
| dest_path = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~/Documents'), dest_filename) | |
| i = 1 | |
| while os.path.exists(dest_path): | |
| base, ext = os.path.splitext(dest_filename) | |
| dest_path = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~/Documents'), base + '-' + str(i) + ext) | |
| i += 1 | |
| size = r.headers.get('Content-Length', 0) | |
| bytes_written = 0 | |
| canceled = False | |
| with open(dest_path, 'w') as f: | |
| for chunk in r.iter_content(1024*10): | |
| f.write(chunk) | |
| bytes_written += len(chunk) | |
| if size > 0 and callable(progress): | |
| p = float(bytes_written) / float(size) | |
| should_cancel = progress(p) | |
| if should_cancel: | |
| canceled = True | |
| break | |
| if canceled: | |
| os.remove(dest_path) | |
| class DropboxView (ui.View): | |
| def __init__(self, path='/'): | |
| tv = ui.TableView() | |
| tv.frame = self.bounds | |
| tv.flex = 'WH' | |
| ds = ui.ListDataSource([]) | |
| ds.action = self.item_selected | |
| tv.data_source = ds | |
| tv.delegate = ds | |
| self.tableview = tv | |
| self.add_subview(self.tableview) | |
| self.name = 'Dropbox' | |
| label = ui.Label(frame=self.bounds) | |
| label.flex = 'WH' | |
| label.background_color = (1, 1, 1, 0.95) | |
| label.text = 'Loading...' | |
| label.touch_enabled = True | |
| label.alignment = ui.ALIGN_CENTER | |
| self.path = path | |
| self.add_subview(label) | |
| self.status_label = label | |
| self.canceled = False | |
| def will_close(self): | |
| self.canceled = True | |
| def item_selected(self, sender): | |
| item = sender.items[sender.selected_row] | |
| if item.get('is_dir', False): | |
| self.status_label.text = 'Loading Folder...' | |
| self.status_label.hidden = False | |
| self.path = item['path'] | |
| self.load_folder() | |
| elif item.get('up', False): | |
| self.status_label.text = 'Loading Folder...' | |
| self.status_label.hidden = False | |
| self.path = os.path.split(self.path)[0] | |
| self.load_folder() | |
| else: | |
| path = item.get('path') | |
| self.download_file(path) | |
| @ui.in_background | |
| def download_file(self, path): | |
| self.status_label.text = 'Downloading %s...' % (path,) | |
| self.status_label.hidden = False | |
| download_file(path, os.path.split(path)[1], self.download_progress) | |
| self.status_label.hidden = True | |
| def download_progress(self, p): | |
| self.status_label.text = '%i %% Downloaded...' % (p*100,) | |
| return self.canceled | |
| @ui.in_background | |
| def load_folder(self): | |
| infos = list_folder(self.path) | |
| items = [] | |
| if self.path != '/': | |
| items.append({'title': '..', 'image': 'ionicons-arrow-up-c-32', 'up': True}) | |
| if not infos: | |
| import console | |
| console.alert('Error', 'Could not load folder. Please check if you entered the access token correctly.', 'OK', hide_cancel_button=True) | |
| self.status_label.hidden = True | |
| return | |
| for info in infos: | |
| path = info.get('path') | |
| name = os.path.split(path)[1] | |
| if name.startswith('.'): | |
| continue | |
| is_dir = info.get('is_dir', False) | |
| item = {'title': name, 'image': 'ionicons-folder-32' if is_dir else 'ionicons-ios7-download-outline-32', 'accessory_type': 'disclosure_indicator' if is_dir else 'none', 'is_dir': is_dir, 'path': info['path']} | |
| items.append(item) | |
| def c(o1, o2): | |
| u_cmp = -1 * cmp(o1.get('up', False), o2.get('up', False)) | |
| if u_cmp != 0: | |
| return u_cmp | |
| d_cmp = -1 * cmp(o1.get('is_dir', False), o2.get('is_dir', False)) | |
| if d_cmp == 0: | |
| return cmp(o1.get('path', '').lower(), o2.get('path', '').lower()) | |
| return d_cmp | |
| items.sort(cmp=c) | |
| self.tableview.data_source.items = items | |
| self.status_label.hidden = True | |
| self.name = self.path | |
| root_view = DropboxView() | |
| root_view.frame = (0, 0, 500, 500) | |
| root_view.present('sheet') | |
| root_view.load_folder() | |
DropboxView.width and DropboxView.height too small in current beta.
Hi, I'm trying to get it to run on iPad Air, iOS v9 and latest beta and the "popup" I get is so tiny there's no way to pick any file. Any way to fix?
Great!!! Thanks!!!!
Brilliant! Now is coming Pythonista 3! Wish there is a python 3 version
Hi everyone! I'm a newbie here and this app. I think this file only works for Pythonista and not Pythonista 3. I added the following lines of code to make it work on Pythonista 3
import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error
and the following functions that weren't added or converted with 2to3
def cmp(a, b):
return (a > b) - (a < b)
def cmp_to_key(mycmp):
class K:
def __init__(self, obj, *args):
self.obj = obj
def __lt__(self, other):
return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) < 0
def __gt__(self, other):
return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) > 0
def __eq__(self, other):
return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) == 0
def __le__(self, other):
return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) <= 0
def __ge__(self, other):
return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) >= 0
def __ne__(self, other):
return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) != 0
return K
and
making this substitution
items.sort(key=cmp_to_key(c))
I've updated this script for Pythonista 3 and Python 3:
Try dropboxImport.py if your running Pythonista3 ( See link above ) on your iPhone / iPad. It solved the Pythonista3 external file transfer problem on my iPhone 7. DropBox turned out to be a great middle man for the job. I used iFiles 2 to migrate dropboxImport.py over to the iPhone 7. From there I had to import it to a Notes file. After that I was able to copy and paste it into a Pythonista3 script file. The script ran flawlessly. It works stellar after you get the DropBox App Token set up properly. Now that I can call dropboxImport.py within Pythonista3, all I need is DropBox to import Python scripts! Fantastic and Thanks!
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Works great, thanks !