Dropbox Downloader

Summary

Python CLI tool with two functions

1. Download all files and folders recursively for a given path, or entire Dropbox if no path is given. Files are placed in the dl_dir folder specified in the dbx-dl.ini file. May also specify to_dl csv list to download specific root files / folders by name.

2. Columnar list of all files / folders in a given path.

Requirements

• python3 and python3-venv
• Dropbox API key

Installing in virtual environment

#!/bin/bash
LOCAL_PATH="/path/to/clone/repo" # change this to your preferred location

git clone [email protected]:digitalengineering/dropbox-downloader.git "$LOCAL_PATH"

cd "$LOCAL_PATH" 
python3 -m venv env
. env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

echo "
[main]
api_key =  MyDropboxApiKey
dl_dir = $LOCAL_PATH/Download
to_dl = Folder 1,Folder B,Another Folder Name,onemore.txt
" > "$LOCAL_PATH/dbx-dl.ini"

Obtaining Dropbox Api Key

See here: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps

Examples

# Show help
./dbx-dl.py --help

# Download entire dropbox to folder specified in "dl_dir" in "dbx-dl.ini" file
./dbx-dl.py download-recursive

# List contents of root folder 
./dbx-dl.py ls ""

# List contents of other folder 
./dbx-dl.py ls "/path/to/folder"