Project: dropbox

Official Dropbox API Client

Project Details

Latest version
11.36.2
Home Page
http://www.dropbox.com/developers
PyPI Page
https://pypi.org/project/dropbox/

Project Popularity

PageRank
0.004016680712014922
Number of downloads
1073774

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The offical Dropbox SDK for Python.

Documentation can be found on Read The Docs_.

Installation

Create an app via the Developer Console_.

Install via pip <https://pip.pypa.io/>_:

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$ pip install dropbox

Install from source:

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$ git clone git://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python.git
$ cd dropbox-sdk-python
$ python setup.py install

After installation, follow one of our Examples_ or read the documentation on Read The Docs_.

You can also view our OAuth Guide_.

Examples

We provide Examples_ to help get you started with a lot of the basic functionality in the SDK.

  • OAuth
    • Commandline OAuth Basic <https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python/blob/main/example/oauth/commandline-oauth.py>_ - Shows a simple example of commandline oauth (no redirect).
    • Commandline OAuth Scopes <https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python/blob/main/example/oauth/commandline-oauth-scopes.py>_ - Shows a simple example of commandline oauth using scopes.
    • Commandline OAuth PKCE <https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python/blob/main/example/oauth/commandline-oauth-pkce.py>_ - Shows a simple example of commandline oauth using PKCE.
  • Other Examples
    • Updown <https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python/blob/main/example/updown.py>_ - Sample application that uploads the contents of your Downloads folder to Dropbox.
    • Backup and Restore <https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python/tree/main/example/back-up-and-restore>_ - Sample application that shows how you can backup a file and restore previous versions if the file was modified/corrupted in any way.

Getting Help

If you find a bug, please see CONTRIBUTING.md_ for information on how to report it.

If you need help that is not specific to this SDK, please reach out to Dropbox Support_.

License

This SDK is distributed under the MIT license, please see LICENSE_ for more information.

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