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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Dropbox commandline

Installation...

Take a CentOS 6.x box for a smooth install (the curl on centos 5.x seems buggy/incompatible)

  • As root user, run the 2 commands below
  • dropbox_uploader is installed and can be run by any user. As root or as any other user... run command
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    • dropbox_uploader
    • Do the instructions as the script says
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      •  1) Open the following URL in your Browser, and log in using your account: https://www2.dropbox.com/developers/apps
      •  2) Click on "Create App", then select "Dropbox API app"
      •  3) Select "Files and datastores"
      •  4) Now go on with the configuration, choosing the app permissions and access restrictions to your DropBox folder
      •  5) Enter the "App Name" that you prefer (e.g. JunedTest)
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      • Now, click on the "Create App" button.
      •  When your new App is successfully created, please COPY the, App Key, App Secret and the Permission type shown in the confirmation page
      • Asks you to confirm by going to a URL like https://www2.dropbox.com/1/oauth/authorize?oauth_token=<SOMETOKEN>, click ALLOW
      • It saves your info (in the file .dropbox_uploader)
      • Run "dropbox_uploader" which prints all commands

To remove the credentials, remove the file .dropbox_uploader in your home dir.

Remove /usr/local/bin/dropbox_uploader if u no longer need it.

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