[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/s-aska/dropbox-api-command.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/s-aska/dropbox-api-command) # NAME App::dropboxapi - command line interface to access Dropbox API # SYNOPSIS dropbox-api put /tmp/foo.txt dropbox:/Public/ Run `dropbox-api help` for more options. # DESCRIPTION dropbox-api is a command line interface to access Dropbox API. - ls - find - sync - cp - mv - rm - mkdir - get - put # Install and Setup ## 1. Install ### 1-a) FreeBSD pkg_add -r dropbox-api-command ### 1-b) Ubuntu sudo apt-get install make gcc libssl-dev wget wget https://raw.github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus/master/cpanm sudo perl cpanm App::dropboxapi ### 1-c) CentOS # CentOS 5 sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ openssl-devel wget # CentOS 6 sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ openssl-devel wget perl-devel wget https://raw.github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus/master/cpanm sudo perl cpanm App::dropboxapi ### 1-d) OS X # Install Command Line Tools for Xcode open https://www.google.com/search?q=Command+Line+Tools+for+Xcode curl -O https://raw.github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus/master/cpanm sudo perl cpanm App::dropboxapi ## 2. Get API Key and API Secret https://www.dropbox.com/developers My Apps => Create an App ## 3. Get Access Token and Access Secret > dropbox-api setup Please Input API Key: *************** Please Input API Secret: *************** Please Input Access type a ... App folder - Your app only needs access to a single folder within the user's Dropbox f ... Full Dropbox - Your app needs access to the user's entire Dropbox [a or f]: * URL: http://api.dropbox.com/0/oauth/authorize?oauth_token=***************&oauth_callback= Please Access URL and press Enter OK? success! try > dropbox-api ls > dropbox-api find / ## 4. How to use Proxy Please use -e option. > HTTP_PROXY="http://127.0.0.1:8888" dropbox-api setup -e # Sub Commands ## help disp help. - syntax dropbox-api help \[<command>\] ### Example > dropbox-api help Usage: dropbox-api [args] [options] Available commands: setup get access_key and access_secret ls list directory contents find walk a file hierarchy cp copy file or directory mv move file or directory mkdir make directory (Create intermediate directories as required) rm remove file or directory (Attempt to remove the file hierarchy rooted in each file argument) put upload file get download file sync sync directory (local => dropbox or dropbox => local) Common Options -e enable env_proxy ( HTTP_PROXY, NO_PROXY ) -D enable debug -v verbose See 'dropbox-api help ' for more information on a specific command. ### Example ( command help ) > dropbox-api help ls Name dropbox-api-ls - list directory contents SYNOPSIS dropbox-api ls [options] Example dropbox-api ls Public dropbox-api ls Public -h dropbox-api ls Public -p "%d\t%s\t%TY/%Tm/%Td %TH:%TM:%TS\t%p\n" Options -h print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G) -p print format. %d ... is_dir ( d: dir, -: file ) %i ... id %n ... name %p ... path_display %P ... path_lower %b ... bytes %s ... size (e.g., 1K 234M 2G) %t ... server_modified %c ... client_modified %r ... rev %Tk ... DateTime 'strftime' function (server_modified) %Ck ... DateTime 'strftime' function (client_modified) [http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime/lib/DateTime.pm#strftime\_Patterns](http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime/lib/DateTime.pm#strftime_Patterns) ## ls file list view. - alias list - syntax dropbox-api ls <dropbox\_path> ### Example > dropbox-api list /product d - Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:58:00 +0000 /product/chrome-extentions - 294557 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:55:59 +0000 /product/ex.zip ### human readable option ( -h ) print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G) > dropbox-api ls /product -h d - Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:58:00 +0000 /product/chrome-extentions - 287.7KB Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:55:59 +0000 /product/ex.zip ### printf option ( -p ) print format. > dropbox-api ls /product -p "%d\t%s\t%TY/%Tm/%Td %TH:%TM:%TS\t%p\n" d - 2011/02/24 06:58:00 /product/chrome-extentions - 287.7KB 2010/12/26 21:55:59 /product/ex.zip %d ... is_dir ( d: dir, -: file ) %i ... id %n ... name %p ... path_display %P ... path_lower %b ... bytes %s ... size (e.g., 1K 234M 2G) %t ... server_modified %c ... client_modified %r ... rev %Tk ... DateTime 'strftime' function (server_modified) %Ck ... DateTime 'strftime' function (client_modified) [http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime/lib/DateTime.pm#strftime\_Patterns](http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime/lib/DateTime.pm#strftime_Patterns) ## find recursive file list view. - syntax dropbox-api find <dropbox\_path> \[options\] ### Example > dropbox-api find /product/google-tasks-checker-plus /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/README.md /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/src /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/src/background.html /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/src/external.png /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/src/icon-32.png /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/src/icon-128.png /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/src/icon.gif /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/src/jquery-1.4.2.min.js /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/src/main.js /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/src/manifest.json /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/src/options.html /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/src/popup.html /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/src/reset.css ### printf option ( -p ) see also list command's printf option. ## sync ( rsync ) recursive file synchronization. ### sync from dropbox dropbox-api sync dropbox:<source\_dir> <target\_dir> \[options\] > dropbox-api sync dropbox:/product/google-tasks-checker-plus/src /tmp/product download /private/tmp/product/external.png download /private/tmp/product/icon-32.png download /private/tmp/product/icon-128.png ### sync to dropbox dropbox-api sync <source\_dir> dropbox:<target\_dir> \[options\] > dropbox-api sync /tmp/product dropbox:/work/src upload background.html /work/src/background.html upload external.png /work/src/external.png upload icon-128.png /work/src/icon-128.png ### delete option ( -d ) > dropbox-api sync dropbox:/product/google-tasks-checker-plus/src /tmp/product -d download /private/tmp/product/external.png download /private/tmp/product/icon-32.png download /private/tmp/product/icon-128.png remove background.html.tmp ### dry run option ( -n ) > dropbox-api sync dropbox:/product/google-tasks-checker-plus/src /tmp/product -dn !! enable dry run !! download /private/tmp/product/external.png download /private/tmp/product/icon-32.png download /private/tmp/product/icon-128.png remove background.html.tmp ### verbose option ( -v ) > dropbox-api sync dropbox:/product/google-tasks-checker-plus/src /tmp/product -dnv remote_base: /product/chrome-extentions/google-tasks-checker-plus/src local_base: /private/tmp/product ** download ** skip background.html download /private/tmp/product/external.png download /private/tmp/product/icon-32.png download /private/tmp/product/icon-128.png skip icon.gif skip jquery-1.4.2.min.js skip main.js skip manifest.json skip options.html skip popup.html skip reset.css ** delete ** skip background.html remove background.html.tmp skip icon.gif skip jquery-1.4.2.min.js skip main.js skip manifest.json skip options.html skip popup.html skip reset.css ## cp copy file or directory. - alias copy - syntax dropbox-api cp <source\_file> <target\_file> ### Example dropbox-api cp memo.txt memo.txt.bak ## mv move file or directory. - alias move - syntax dropbox-api mv <source\_file> <target\_file> ### Example dropbox-api mv memo.txt memo.txt.bak ## mkdir make directory. \*no error if existing, make parent directories as needed.\* - alias mkpath - syntax dropbox-api mkdir <directory> ### Example dropbox-api mkdir product/src ## rm remove file or directory. \*remove the contents of directories recursively.\* - alias rmtree - syntax dropbox-api rm <file\_or\_directory> ### Example dropbox-api rm product/src ## get download file from dropbox. - alias dl, download - syntax dropbox-api get dropbox:<dropbox\_file> <file> ### Example dropbox-api get dropbox:/Public/foo.txt /tmp/foo.txt ## put upload file to dropbox. - alias up, upload - syntax dropbox-api put <file> dropbox:<dropbox\_dir> ### Example dropbox-api put /tmp/foo.txt dropbox:/Public/ ### verbose option ( -v ) A progress bar is displayed. dropbox-api put /tmp/1GB.dat dropbox:/Public/ -v 100% [=====================================================================================>] ## Tips ### Retry #!/bin/bash command='dropbox-api sync dropbox:/test/ /Users/aska/test/ -vde' NEXT_WAIT_TIME=0 EXIT_CODE=0 until $command || [ $NEXT_WAIT_TIME -eq 4 ]; do EXIT_CODE=$? sleep $NEXT_WAIT_TIME let NEXT_WAIT_TIME=NEXT_WAIT_TIME+1 done exit $EXIT_CODE # COPYRIGHT Copyright 2012- Shinichiro Aska The standalone executable contains the following modules embedded. # LICENSE Released under the MIT license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/MIT/ # COMMUNITY - [https://github.com/s-aska/dropbox-api-command](https://github.com/s-aska/dropbox-api-command) - source code repository, issue tracker