Handle long file names/paths specially (assuming this is an issue for you). Have a passing familiarity with Python (or be willing to learn).Ĭatch any exceptions the API may throw at you (one common exception I encountered was a StoneValidtor exception, which I wasn't immediately clear in how to catch). The downsides of the dropbox module ultimately boil down to more complexity. One such module is dropbox, the official Python Dropbox API module for Dropbox. Python is a generally user-friendly, cross-platform scripting language with a lot of optional additions called "modules". This could possibly be simpler if you already had a text list of files to download. I was then able to collect all the relevant data regarding the contents of my Dropbox account and tell dbxcli to (repeatedly) download the proper files/folders. To download "everything", I found needed to wrap dbxcli in a script so I could parse its output (which presented its own challenges due to how dbxcli chooses to format that output). Note that there are Mac OSX installation instructions on the main page. Stand-alone, compiled versions of dbxcli for several operating systems are available from their official GitHub Releases page. In short, with both suggestions offered below, I haven't found an easy way to tell Dropbox to download "everything", starting with the root folder and proceeding through sub-folders.ĭbxcli is the official command line client for Dropbox built with Go. My personal experience indicates that you will probably need to script a solution yourself.ĭropbox has an API which allows direct access to files from the command line, but it can be less than ideal to work with.
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