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Dropbox API sample code for Video Hack Day 2015
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# This app generates streaming and sharing links for any video files that the user puts into the app's folder. | |
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# Authenticate User | |
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from pprint import pprint | |
from time import sleep | |
# Include the Dropbox SDK | |
import dropbox | |
# Get your app key and secret from the Dropbox developer website | |
# (This code works best if you create an app with App folder permission, and then put a video file in the folder) | |
app_key = '' | |
app_secret = '' | |
flow = dropbox.client.DropboxOAuth2FlowNoRedirect(app_key, app_secret) | |
# Have the user sign in and authorize this token | |
authorize_url = flow.start() | |
print '1. Go to: ' + authorize_url | |
print '2. Click "Allow" (you might have to log in first)' | |
print '3. Copy the authorization code.' | |
code = raw_input("Enter the authorization code here: ").strip() | |
# This will fail if the user enters an invalid authorization code | |
access_token, user_id = flow.finish(code) | |
pprint(access_token) | |
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# Look at the files in the App folder, get links for videos | |
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client = dropbox.client.DropboxClient(access_token) | |
folder_metadata = client.metadata('/') | |
pprint(folder_metadata) | |
for entry in folder_metadata['contents']: | |
# Feel free to add more file path extensions to find more videos | |
if (entry['path'].endswith('.mp4') or entry['path'].endswith('.mov')): | |
streaming_link = client.media(entry['path']) | |
sharable_link = client.share(entry['path'],True) | |
# Paste these links into video-page.html | |
pprint(sharable_link['url']) | |
pprint(streaming_link['url']) |
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<!DOCTYPE html> | |
<html> | |
<head><title>DBX at VHD</title></head> | |
<body> | |
<h2>Dropbox Video Demo</h2> | |
<div> | |
<!-- Add your sharable link to the href --> | |
<a href="" target="_blank">Comment and download</a> | |
</div> | |
<video width="640" height="480" controls> | |
<!-- Add your streaming link to the src --> | |
<source src="" type="video/mp4"> | |
Your browser does not support the video tag. | |
</video> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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