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dropbox-sync

Syncs entire folder structure from Dropbox to local machine

Currently only supports individual Dropbox accounts and not Business/Team accounts.

Setup steps

Install packages

pip install -r requirements.txt

Get Dropbox API access token

Go to https://dropbox.com/developers/apps
Click the Create App button
Select Scoped Access and Full Dropbox
Enter app name (must be unique)
Click Create App
Under the Permissions tab, select the following permissions:

files.metadata.read
files.content.read

Under the Settings tab, click the Generate Token button

Configuration

Create an environment variable named DBX_ACCESS_TOKEN for the access token

Usage

python dropbox_backup.py --source "/Shared/My Dropbox" --destination "/backups/"

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Providing access token for business team causes error

When proving an access token with Dropbox Business team access, the script exits with the following error:

dropbox.exceptions.BadInputError: BadInputError('b0fccd373a96451c8ae1e1998ea7b898', 'Error in call to API function 
"users/get_current_account": This API function operates on a single Dropbox account, but the OAuth 2 access token 
you provided is for an entire Dropbox Business team.  Since your API app key has team member 
file access permissions, you can operate on a team member\'s Dropbox by providing 
the "Dropbox-API-Select-User" HTTP header or "select_user" URL parameter to specify the exact user 
<https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/teams>.')

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