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Created February 22, 2017 09:02
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Simple python script to upload file to Dropbox.
#!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!")
@dbower44022
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Never mine.... I figured out that the "" should be "/"

@a96385250
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Exception has occurred: AttributeError
'UploadWriteFailed' object has no attribute 'error'
File "/Users/Yen/AI應用/dropbox-sdk-python-master/dropboxtest.py", line 45, in backup
sys.exit()
File "/Users/Yen/AI應用/dropbox-sdk-python-master/dropboxtest.py", line 81, in

@rob93c
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rob93c commented May 25, 2019

This is so easy to understand, thank you for writing this!

@chchwy
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chchwy commented Nov 8, 2023

This is great. I confirmed this short script works with Python 3.10 in 2023.

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