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# YOU NEED TO INSERT YOUR APP KEY AND SECRET BELOW!
# Go to dropbox.com/developers/apps to create an app.
app_key = 'YOUR_APP_KEY'
app_secret = 'YOUR_APP_SECRET'
# access_type can be 'app_folder' or 'dropbox', depending on
# how you registered your app.
access_type = 'app_folder'
import webbrowser
from dropbox import client, rest, session
import keychain
import pickle
import console
def get_request_token():
console.clear()
print 'Getting request token...'
sess = session.DropboxSession(app_key, app_secret, access_type)
request_token = sess.obtain_request_token()
url = sess.build_authorize_url(request_token)
console.clear()
webbrowser.open(url, modal=True)
return request_token
def get_access_token():
token_str = keychain.get_password('dropbox', app_key)
if token_str:
key, secret = pickle.loads(token_str)
return session.OAuthToken(key, secret)
request_token = get_request_token()
sess = session.DropboxSession(app_key, app_secret, access_type)
access_token = sess.obtain_access_token(request_token)
token_str = pickle.dumps((access_token.key, access_token.secret))
keychain.set_password('dropbox', app_key, token_str)
return access_token
def get_client():
access_token = get_access_token()
sess = session.DropboxSession(app_key, app_secret, access_type)
sess.set_token(access_token.key, access_token.secret)
dropbox_client = client.DropboxClient(sess)
return dropbox_client
def main():
# Demo if started run as a script...
# Just print the account info to verify that the authentication worked:
print 'Getting account info...'
dropbox_client = get_client()
account_info = dropbox_client.account_info()
print 'linked account:', account_info
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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cclauss commented Aug 22, 2016

There is a Dropbox API v2 version that is compatible with Pythonista 3 discussed at https://forum.omz-software.com/topic/3221/request-token-not-found-from-dropbox-sync-in-pythonista-3

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