Push and publish on dropbox from shell

droppub.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
Put and publish given file to dropbox.

Install
-------
 1. open https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps and register app
 2. pip install dropbox
 3. run droppub.py to create default config file ~/.droppub.cfg
 4. edit ~/.droppub.cfg and put valid key/secret

Run
---
At first run you will have to authorize app using given url.

 $ droppub.py ./last_facepalm.jpg
 https://db.tt/sByvFJiD

"""

import os
import sys

import json
import dropbox


config_file = os.path.join(
    os.path.expanduser("~"), '.droppub.cfg'
)

if not os.path.isfile(config_file):
    cfg = {"key": "app_key", "secret": "app_secret"}
    json.dump(cfg, open(config_file, 'w'))
    print("Default config has been created {}".format(config_file))
    sys.exit(0)

if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print("Usage: {} path_to_file_to_push_and_publish".format(sys.argv[0]))
    sys.exit(0)

settings = json.load(open(config_file, 'r'))


def write_config(settings):
    json.dump(settings, open(config_file, 'w'))


def authorize(settings):
    flow = dropbox.client.DropboxOAuth2FlowNoRedirect(
        settings['key'], settings['secret']
    )

    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)
    settings['access_token'] = access_token
    write_config(settings)

if 'access_token' not in settings:
    authorize(settings)

client = dropbox.client.DropboxClient(settings['access_token'])
source_file = sys.argv[1]

with open(source_file, 'rb') as f:
    dest_file = os.path.basename(source_file)
    response = client.put_file(dest_file, f)

response = client.share(response['path'], short_url=True)
print response['url']