def upload_files(self): filer = Filer() for p in config.PATHS: # get url to zip file zipfile = filer.archive_file(p) dropfile = '/' + config.DROP_BOX_FOLDER + '/' + path.normpath( path.basename(zipfile)) # upload file to dropbox with open(zipfile, 'rb') as f: self.db.files_upload(f.read(), dropfile, mode=files.WriteMode('overwrite')) # delete file after upload filer.delete_file(zipfile)