Dropbox API Command

Dropbox API Wrapper Command

• github
• official

Commands

• ls
• find
• sync
• cp
• mv
• rm
• mkdir
• get
• put
• uid

Install

cpanm JSON Path::Class Net::Dropbox::API DateTime::Format::Strptime

wget https://github.com/s-aska/dropbox-api-command/raw/master/dropbox-api
cp dropbox-api ~/bin/dropbox-api
chmod +x ~/bin/dropbox-api

Get API Key and API Secret

https://www.dropbox.com/developers
My Apps => Create an App

Get Access Token and Access Secret

> dropbox-api setup
Please Input API Key: ***************
Please Input API Secret: ***************
URL: http://api.dropbox.com/0/oauth/authorize?oauth_token=***************&oauth_callback=
Please Access URL and press Enter
OK?
success!

help

disp help.

• alias
  • -
• syntax
  • dropbox-api help [<command>]

Example

> dropbox-api help
Usage: dropbox-api <command> [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)
	uid   get accound uid

See 'dropbox-api help <command>' 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 <dropbox_path> [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 )
        %p ... path
        %b ... bytes
        %s ... size (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
        %i ... icon
        %e ... thumb_exists
        %M ... mime_type
        %t ... modified time
        %r ... revision
        %Tk ... DateTime ‘strftime’ function

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 )
    %p ... path
    %b ... bytes
    %s ... size (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
    %i ... icon
    %e ... thumb_exists
    %M ... mime_type
    %t ... modified time
    %r ... revision

    %Tk ... DateTime ‘strftime’ function
            <http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime/lib/DateTime.pm#strftime_Patterns>

find

recursive file list view.

• alias
  • -
• 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 )

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>

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/

uid

Get your accound UID

Example

dropbox-api uid

License

Released under the MIT license.