watermint toolbox - The multi-purpose utility command-line tool for web services

dropbox file sync down

Downstream sync with Dropbox

Security

watermint toolbox stores credentials into the file system. That is located at below path:

OS Path
Windows %HOMEPATH%\.toolbox\secrets (e.g. C:\Users\bob.toolbox\secrets)
macOS $HOME/.toolbox/secrets (e.g. /Users/bob/.toolbox/secrets)
Linux $HOME/.toolbox/secrets (e.g. /home/bob/.toolbox/secrets)

Please do not share those files to anyone including Dropbox support. You can delete those files after use if you want to remove it. If you want to make sure removal of credentials, revoke application access from setting or the admin console.

Please see below help article for more detail:

  • Dropbox (Individual account): https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/third-party/third-party-apps

Auth scopes

Description
Dropbox: View basic information about your Dropbox account such as your username, email, and country
Dropbox: View content of your Dropbox files and folders

Authorization

For the first run, tbx will ask you an authentication with your Dropbox account. Please copy the link and paste it into your browser. Then proceed to authorization. After authorization, Dropbox will show you an authorization code. Please copy that code and paste it to the tbx.


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1. Visit the URL for the auth dialogue:

https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&response_type=code&state=xxxxxxxx

2. Click 'Allow' (you might have to login first):
3. Copy the authorisation code:
Enter the authorisation code

Installation

Please download the pre-compiled binary from Latest Release. If you are using Windows, please download the zip file like tbx-xx.x.xxx-win.zip. Then, extract the archive and place tbx.exe on the Desktop folder. The watermint toolbox can run from any path in the system if allowed by the system. But the instruction samples are using the Desktop folder. Please replace the path if you placed the binary other than the Desktop folder.

Usage

This document uses the Desktop folder for command example.

Run

Windows:

cd $HOME\Desktop
.\tbx.exe dropbox file sync down -dropbox-path /DROPBOX/PATH/TO/DOWNLOAD -local-path /LOCAL/PATH/TO/SAVE

macOS, Linux:

$HOME/Desktop/tbx dropbox file sync down -dropbox-path /DROPBOX/PATH/TO/DOWNLOAD -local-path /LOCAL/PATH/TO/SAVE

Note for macOS Catalina 10.15 or above: macOS verifies Developer identity. Currently, tbx is not ready for it. Please select “Cancel” on the first dialogue. Then please proceed “System Preference”, then open “Security & Privacy”, select “General” tab. You may find the message like:

“tbx” was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer.

And you may find the button “Allow Anyway”. Please hit the button with your risk. At second run, please hit button “Open” on the dialogue.

Options:

Option Description Default
-delete Delete local file if a file removed on Dropbox false
-dropbox-path Dropbox path  
-local-path Local path  
-name-disable-ignore Filter by name. Filter system file or ignore files.  
-name-name Filter by name. Filter by exact match to the name.  
-name-name-prefix Filter by name. Filter by name match to the prefix.  
-name-name-suffix Filter by name. Filter by name match to the suffix.  
-peer Account alias default
-skip-existing Skip existing files. Do not overwrite false

Common options:

Option Description Default
-auth-database Custom path to auth database (default: $HOME/.toolbox/secrets/secrets.db)  
-auto-open Auto open URL or artifact folder false
-bandwidth-kb Bandwidth limit in K bytes per sec for upload/download content. 0 for unlimited 0
-budget-memory Memory budget (limits some feature to reduce memory footprint) normal
-budget-storage Storage budget (limits logs or some feature to reduce storage usage) normal
-concurrency Maximum concurrency for running operation Number of processors
-debug Enable debug mode false
-experiment Enable experimental feature(s).  
-extra Extra parameter file path  
-lang Display language auto
-output Output format (none/text/markdown/json) text
-output-filter Output filter query (jq syntax). The output of the report is filtered using jq syntax. This option is only applied when the report is output as JSON.  
-proxy HTTP/HTTPS proxy (hostname:port). Please specify DIRECT if you want skip setting proxy.  
-quiet Suppress non-error messages, and make output readable by a machine (JSON format) false
-retain-job-data Job data retain policy default
-secure Do not store tokens into a file false
-skip-logging Skip logging in the local storage false
-verbose Show current operations for more detail. false
-workspace Workspace path  

Results

Report file path will be displayed last line of the command line output. If you missed command line output, please see path below. [job-id] will be the date/time of the run. Please see the latest job-id.

OS Path pattern Example
Windows %HOMEPATH%\.toolbox\jobs\[job-id]\reports C:\Users\bob.toolbox\jobs\20190909-115959.597\reports
macOS $HOME/.toolbox/jobs/[job-id]/reports /Users/bob/.toolbox/jobs/20190909-115959.597/reports
Linux $HOME/.toolbox/jobs/[job-id]/reports /home/bob/.toolbox/jobs/20190909-115959.597/reports

Report: deleted

Path The command will generate a report in three different formats. deleted.csv, deleted.json, and deleted.xlsx.

Column Description
entry_path Path
entry_shard.file_system_type File system type
entry_shard.shard_id Shard ID
entry_shard.attributes Shard attributes

If you run with -budget-memory low option, the command will generate only JSON format report.

In case of a report become large, a report in .xlsx format will be split into several chunks like follows; deleted_0000.xlsx, deleted_0001.xlsx, deleted_0002.xlsx, …

Report: downloaded

This report shows the transaction result. The command will generate a report in three different formats. downloaded.csv, downloaded.json, and downloaded.xlsx.

Column Description
status Status of the operation
reason Reason of failure or skipped operation
input.name The last component of the path (including extension).
input.path_display The cased path to be used for display purposes only.
input.client_modified For files, this is the modification time set by the desktop client when the file was added to Dropbox.
input.server_modified The last time the file was modified on Dropbox.
input.size The file size in bytes.
input.content_hash A hash of the file content.
input.has_explicit_shared_members If true, the results will include a flag for each file indicating whether or not that file has any explicit members.
result.path Path

If you run with -budget-memory low option, the command will generate only JSON format report.

In case of a report become large, a report in .xlsx format will be split into several chunks like follows; downloaded_0000.xlsx, downloaded_0001.xlsx, downloaded_0002.xlsx, …

Report: skipped

This report shows the transaction result. The command will generate a report in three different formats. skipped.csv, skipped.json, and skipped.xlsx.

Column Description
status Status of the operation
reason Reason of failure or skipped operation
input.entry_path Path
input.entry_shard.file_system_type File system type
input.entry_shard.shard_id Shard ID
input.entry_shard.attributes Shard attributes

If you run with -budget-memory low option, the command will generate only JSON format report.

In case of a report become large, a report in .xlsx format will be split into several chunks like follows; skipped_0000.xlsx, skipped_0001.xlsx, skipped_0002.xlsx, …

Report: summary

This report shows a summary of the upload results. The command will generate a report in three different formats. summary.csv, summary.json, and summary.xlsx.

Column Description
start Time of start
end Time of finish
num_bytes Total upload size (Bytes)
num_files_error The number of files failed or got an error.
num_files_transferred The number of files uploaded/downloaded.
num_files_skip The number of files skipped or to skip.
num_folder_created Number of created folders.
num_delete Number of deleted entry.
num_api_call The number of estimated upload API call for upload.

If you run with -budget-memory low option, the command will generate only JSON format report.

In case of a report become large, a report in .xlsx format will be split into several chunks like follows; summary_0000.xlsx, summary_0001.xlsx, summary_0002.xlsx, …

Proxy configuration

The executable automatically detects your proxy configuration from the environment. However, if you got an error or you want to specify explicitly, please add -proxy option, like -proxy hostname:port. Currently, the executable doesn’t support proxies which require authentication.

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