Dropbox published a new package that includes their new V2 SDK plus the old sdk (the one in this package) and finally accepted to have a github repo and accept issues and pull requests, so instead of this fork, you can now use the official Dropbox SDK wich, as of now, still has a V1 Py3 compatible module.
Shop's closed. See you next project. The rest of the repo is left as-is.
This repo is a fork of the official Python Dropbox SDK created to make it python 3 compatible, and provide the fix to the community. I will only fix the parts that are blocking me on my own project, but feel free to submit pull request if you find other part. If you're from Dropbox, of course, feel free to backport fixes frop this repo to the original dropbox repo. I'll try to keep the pypi version up to date with the various fixes proposed here, so that we can all simply pip install dropbox-py3 in our own py3 projects :)
Note : for me, the test won't pass as-is, either for py27 or py34. I initially wanted to add a tox.ini to test both versions, but what I really want is for this to work in my project, I don't really have the time to also fix all the tests that did not originally pass. That said, if you do, feel free.
Warning : I am NOT a Dropbox person and I am not affiliated with Dropbox. I don't claim any ownership to this code and all the modification are made according to the MIT license distibuted with the original Dropbox package. I'm not a licensing expert so I don't know the legal status of the modifications themselves in this fork but , as far as I understand, these modification being written under the MIT license let them be used back in the original project or in any other project if need be. Please contact me ( @ewjoachim ) if there's a problem with that, and keep all of that in mind if you add a merge request. Thanks.
Final note : Hey Dropbox, I really like what you do, but I don't get why you released the source of this with an MIT license and didn't do a Github repo as you do with other software you opensource. Thnik about it ...? Have a nice day (and keep being awesome !). And if at some point you can merge this project or add the equivalent features in the original package, We'd all be thankful.
Related stuff :
- Original : https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dropbox
- Fork : https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dropbox-py3
- Originating discussion : https://twitter.com/smarx/status/600082229197479938
- Discussion ad Dropbox's forum : https://www.dropboxforum.com/hc/communities/public/questions/203834025-A-Python-3-fork-of-the-Python-SDK
A Python library for Dropbox's HTTP-based Core and Datastore APIs.
You can install this package using pip::
$ pip install dropbox
You need a Dropbox API key to make API requests.
- Go to https://dropbox.com/developers/apps.
- If you've already registered an app, click on the "Options" link to see the app's API key and secret.
- Otherwise, click "Create an app" to register an app. Choose "Dropbox API" with datastore and/or file permissions depending on your needs. See https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference#app-permissions.
Full documentation:
Before your app can access a Dropbox user's files, the user must authorize your application using OAuth 2. Successfully completing this authorization flow gives you an "access token" for the user's Dropbox account, which grants you the ability to make Dropbox API calls to access their files.
- Authorization example for a web app: example/flask_app/
- Authorization example for a command-line tool: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/start/python
Once you have an access token, create a DropboxClient instance and start making API calls.
You only need to perform the authorization process once per user. Once you have an access token for a user, save it somewhere persistent, like in a database. The next time that user visits your app, you can skip the authorization process and go straight to making API calls.
There are example programs in the "example" folder. Before you can run an example, you need to edit the ".py" file and put your Dropbox API app key and secret in the "APP_KEY" and "APP_SECRET" constants.