First, sorry for bad English.

This is a very simple tool to sync files between Dropbox and Raspberry PI. In fact this command tools can used any system running on Python.

But I only wants to sync files to Raspberry PI. So I called this Dropbox to PI.

Drop2PI是树莓派和Dropbox同步的一个非常简单的小工具，因为Dropbox并不支持ARM，所以用Python简单的实现了一个Dropbox客户端，可以在树莓派使用。

1. download the file and folder auto.
2. modify the folder, auto sync to Dropbox.
3. delete the file or folder which deleted in Dropbox server auto.

ZH-CN:

1. 自动下载文件和文件夹
2. 修改本地文件和文件夹，会同步到Dropbox里
3. 删除文件或文件夹，会自动删除Dropbox服务器里的文件

1. config the max donload file size.
2. if there is syncing event, quit update event. (see known bug)

ZH-CN:

1. 配置最大的下载文件，文件过大就不下载
2. 如果正在同步，则取消更新服务

依赖的包：

You have to install Watchdog first.

And also download Dropbox python SDK HERE.

cp config.py.tmp config.py

open config file and you can see code below:

APP_KEY     = 'xj0so6fatvhx4xb'
APP_SECRET  = 'zlwh6p1xvp9f5lk'
ACCESS_TYPE = 'app_folder'
TOKEN_FILE  = 'dropbox_token.txt'
PATH_TO_WATCH = '/Users/guojing/.dropbox-sync'

你需要去 Dropbox Develop Page 创建一个APP，然后使用APP里的APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, ACCESS_TYPE。

You have to go to Dropbox Develop Page to create a App.

After created a App, you can find the APP_KEY and APP_SECRET, ACCESS_TYPE is also needed.

PATH_TO_WATCH is the directory that sync with Dropbox.

python auth.py

It will ask you open a link in Browser, and just do what Dropbox ask. Then you can get the token file.

python watching.py

This will watch dir PATH_TO_WATCH, and any changes like create, modify, delete and move will change the file in Dropbox.

Download all the files and start to watch the folder.

python watching.py

Clean the sync folder (remove it) and re-download the latest files.

python watching.py -c

Download the latest files but do not watch it. The script will exit after download the files.

python watching.py -e

Watch but not download, will update file to server.

python watching.py -r

I wrote some super easy interface like upload, download, delete, move. After you get the token, you can do it in python command line like

from uploader import upload
upload(file_name, as_file_name)

or you can run the file like:

python uploader.py file_to_upload as_file

So if this watching.py is not what you want, I think it's very easy to be the one you really need.

I need to download some files in my PI, don't need to update or edit on PI. so I just need a cron running on watching.py -c.

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