def i_am_thumb(token): import dropbox from dropbox import Dropbox import base64 my_client = Dropbox(token) folderfile_list = my_client.files_list_folder('',True,True) file_list = [x for x in folderfile_list.entries if 'media_info' in dir(x)] image_list = [x for x in file_list if not x.media_info == None] print "IMAGES ", image_list img_data = [] for image in image_list: m,f = my_client.files_get_thumbnail(image.path_lower,\ dropbox.files.ThumbnailFormat('png', value=None),\ dropbox.files.ThumbnailSize('w128h128', None)) encoded = base64.b64encode(f.content) img_data.append (encoded) return img_data