Dropbox Uploader

Dropbox Uploader is a BASH script which can be used to upload, download, delete, list files (and more!) from Dropbox, an online file sharing, synchronization and backup service.

It's written in BASH scripting language and only needs cURL.

Why use this script?

• Portable: It's written in BASH scripting and only needs cURL (curl is a tool to transfer data from or to a server, available for all operating systems and installed by default in many linux distributions).
• Secure: It's not required to provide your username/password to this script, because it uses the official Dropbox API for the authentication process.

Please refer to the Wiki for tips and additional information about this project. The Wiki is also the place where you can share your scripts and examples related to Dropbox Uploader.

Getting started

First, clone the repository using git (recommended):

git clone https://github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader/

or download the script manually using this command:

curl "https://raw.github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader/master/dropbox_uploader.sh" -o dropbox_uploader.sh

Then give the execution permission to the script and run it:

 $chmod +x dropbox_uploader.sh
 $./dropbox_uploader.sh

Usage

The syntax is quite simple:

./dropbox_uploader.sh COMMAND [PARAMETERS]...

[%%]: Required param 
<%%>: Optional param

Available commands:

• upload [LOCAL_FILE/DIR] <REMOTE_FILE/DIR>
  Upload a local file or directory to a remote Dropbox folder.
  If the file is bigger than 150Mb the file is uploaded using small chunks (default 4Mb); in this case a . (dot) is printed for every chunk successfully uploaded and a * (star) if an error occurs (the upload is retried for a maximum of three times). Only if the file is smaller than 150Mb, the standard upload API is used, and if the -p option is used the default curl progress bar is displayed during the upload process.

• download [REMOTE_FILE/DIR] <LOCAL_FILE/DIR>
  Download file or directory from Dropbox to a local folder

• delete [REMOTE_FILE/DIR]
  Remove a remote file or directory from Dropbox

• move [REMOTE_FILE/DIR] [REMOTE_FILE/DIR]
  Move o rename a remote file or directory

• copy [REMOTE_FILE/DIR] [REMOTE_FILE/DIR]
  Copy a remote file or directory

• mkdir [REMOTE_DIR]
  Create a remote directory on DropBox

• list <REMOTE_DIR>
  List the contents of the remote Dropbox folder

• share [REMOTE_FILE]
  Get a public share link for the specified file or directory

• info
  Print some info about your Dropbox account

• unlink
  Unlink the script from your Dropbox account

Optional parameters:

• -f [FILENAME]
  Load the configuration file from a specific file

• -s
  Skip already existing files when download/upload. Default: Overwrite

• -d
  Enable DEBUG mode

• -q
  Quiet mode. Don't show progress meter or messages

• -p
  Show cURL progress meter

• -k
  Doesn't check for SSL certificates (insecure)

Examples:

    ./dropbox_uploader.sh upload /etc/passwd /myfiles/passwd.old
    ./dropbox_uploader.sh upload /etc/passwd
    ./dropbox_uploader.sh download /backup.zip
    ./dropbox_uploader.sh delete /backup.zip
    ./dropbox_uploader.sh mkdir /myDir/
    ./dropbox_uploader.sh upload "My File.txt" "My File 2.txt"   (File name with spaces...)
    ./dropbox_uploader.sh share "My File.txt"

Tested Environments

• GNU Linux
• FreeBSD 8.3
• MacOSX
• Windows/Cygwin
• Raspberry Pi
• QNAP
• iOS
• OpenWRT

If you have successfully tested this script on others systems or platforms please let me know!

How to setup a proxy

To use a proxy server, just set the https_proxy environment variable:

Linux:

    export HTTP_PROXY_USER=XXXX
    export HTTP_PROXY_PASSWORD=YYYY
    export https_proxy=http://192.168.0.1:8080

BSD:

    setenv HTTP_PROXY_USER XXXX
    setenv HTTP_PROXY_PASSWORD YYYY
    setenv https_proxy http://192.168.0.1:8080

BASH and Curl installation

Debian & Ubuntu Linux:

    sudo apt-get install bash (Probably BASH is already installed on your system)
    sudo apt-get install curl

BSD:

    cd /usr/ports/shells/bash && make install clean
    cd /usr/ports/ftp/curl && make install clean

Cygwin:
You need to install these packages:

• curl
• ca-certificates

Build cURL from source:

• Download the source tarball from http://curl.haxx.se/download.html
• Follow the INSTALL instructions

DropShell

DropShell is an interactive DropBox shell, based on DropBox Uploader:

DropShell v0.1
The Intractive DropBox SHELL
Andrea Fabrizi - [email protected]

Type help for the list of the available commands.

andrea@DropBox:/$ ls
 [D] Camera Uploads
 [D] Public
 [D] scripts
 [D] ServerBackup
andrea@DropBox:/$ cd ServerBackup
andrea@DropBox:/ServerBackup$ ls
 [F] backup.zip
andrea@DropBox:/ServerBackup$ get backup.zip