Sync files to/from Dropbox folder

The script cloudsync.py uses Dropbox API v2 (https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python) to synchronize files between local and Dropbox folders
It uses several filters of files, defined in filters.py

• FileFilterMask - exclude temporary files by mask. By default: .*, ~*, thumbs.db
• FileFilterDays - match only files with modification time newer than matchDays days. By default: no filtration.
  Each file compare using name, size and modification time to prevent unnecessary synchronization.

Requirements

Dropbox account
Python 2.7 and above

Tested on debian wheezy/Mac OS X

Installation

1. Clone this git repo: git clone https://github.com/aicpp/cloudsync

2. Install Dropbox SDK (see: https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python)

3. Create Dropbox application and get access token

4. Create your own script using your token follow on examples below

Usage

Script log to console and file /tmp/cloudsync.log
Script detect if it run by cron and disable console output in that case.

Command line arguments

Required params

--token - your dropbox token (see: https://dropbox.com/developers/apps)
--dropboxdir - dropbox directory
--localdir - local directory
--direction - direction of syncronization
tolocal - from Dropbox directory to local directory
todropbox - from local directory to Dropbox directory

Optional params --match-days - copy only files which modification time is newer than --match-days days

Example

Copy photos created in the last 30 days from Dropbox to local directory. Local directory should exists.

#!/bin/bash

./cloudsync.py \
    --token "YOUR_DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
    --dropboxdir "/Camera Uploads" \
    --localdir ~/dropbox_photos \
    --direction "tolocal" \
    --match-days 30

Copy photos from local directory (for example mounted yandex.disk as davfs) to Dropbox directory. Dropbox directory should exists.

#!/bin/bash

./cloudsync.py \
    --token "YOUR_DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
    --localdir /mnt/yadisk/diskphotos/Фотокамера \
    --dropboxdir "/YandexPhotos" \
    --direction "todropbox" \
    --match-days 30

What script do

• Copy files from one local directory to target Dropbox directory
• Copy only in one direction, defined in command line argument --direction
• Doesn't modify source folder, create/delete file only in target folder
• Filter files with several filters

What script don't do

• Doesn't sync subfolders
• Doesn't sync in both directions by one configuration
• Doesn't create target folder