django-dropbox

Version 0.0.5

What

django-dropbox is a Django App that contains a Django Storage which uses Dropbox.

Installing

First of all

pip install django-dropbox

Add it to your Django Project

INSTALLED_APPS on settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'django_dropbox',
    ...
)

additionally you must need to set the next settings:

DROPBOX_CONSUMER_KEY = 'xxx'
DROPBOX_CONSUMER_SECRET = 'xxx'
DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN = 'xxx'
DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = 'xxx'

ACCESS_TYPE = 'app_folder'

if you don't have DROPBOX_CONSUMER_KEY or DROPBOX_CONSUMER_SECRET you will need to create an Dropbox app at Dropbox for Developers then set DROPBOX_CONSUMER_KEY and DROPBOX_CONSUMER_SECRET settings in settings.py, after that run:

$ python manage.py get_dropbox_token

And follow up on screen instructions, finally set the DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN and DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET in settings.py

Config in app

for use in your app project in the models, you have to add

from django_dropbox.storage import DropboxStorage

STORAGE = DropboxStorage()

and in the fields like

file_1 = models.FileField(upload_to="pathtoupload",storage=STORAGE)

or

logo = models.ImageField(upload_to='pathtoupload', storage=STORAGE)