dropbox team runas file sync batch up

Upload multiple local files to team members’ Dropbox accounts in batch, running as those members (Irreversible operation)

Admin bulk upload tool for distributing files to multiple member accounts simultaneously. Ideal for deploying templates, policies, or required documents. Maintains consistent file distribution across teams. All uploads are tracked for compliance.

Security

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

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 for teams: https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/third-party/business-api#manage

Auth scopes

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 application.

watermint toolbox xx.x.xxx
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Licensed under open source licenses. Use the `license` command for more detail.

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 authorization code:
Enter the authorization 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 team runas file sync batch up -file /PATH/TO/DATA_FILE.csv

macOS, Linux:

$HOME/Desktop/tbx dropbox team runas file sync batch up -file /PATH/TO/DATA_FILE.csv

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:

-base-path

Choose the file path standard. This is an option for Dropbox for Teams in particular. If you are using the personal version of Dropbox, it basically doesn’t matter what you choose. In Dropbox for Teams, if you select home in the updated team space, a personal folder with your username will be selected. This is convenient for referencing or uploading files in your personal folder, as you don’t need to include the folder name with your username in the path. On the other hand, if you specify root, you can access all folders with permissions. On the other hand, when accessing your personal folder, you need to specify a path that includes the name of your personal folder.. Options: root (Full access to all folders with permissions), home (Access limited to personal home folder). Default: root

-batch-size

Batch commit size. Default: 250

-delete

Delete Dropbox file if a file is removed locally. Default: false

-exit-on-failure

Exit the program on failure. Default: false

-file

Path to data file

-name-disable-ignore

Name for the sync batch operation. Filter system file or ignore files.

-name-name

Name for the sync batch operation. Filter by exact match to the name.

-name-name-prefix

Name for the sync batch operation. Filter by name match to the prefix.

-name-name-suffix

Name for the sync batch operation. Filter by name match to the suffix.

-overwrite

Overwrite existing files if they exist.. Default: false

-peer

Account alias. Default: default

Common options:

-auth-database

Custom path to auth database (default: $HOME/.toolbox/secrets/secrets.db)

-auto-open

Auto open URL or artifact folder. Default: false

-bandwidth-kb

Bandwidth limit in K bytes per sec for upload/download content. 0 for unlimited. Default: 0

-budget-memory

Memory budget (limits some feature to reduce memory footprint). Options: low, normal. Default: normal

-budget-storage

Storage budget (limits logs or some feature to reduce storage usage). Options: low, normal, unlimited. Default: normal

-concurrency

Maximum concurrency for running operation. Default: Number of processors

-debug

Enable debug mode. Default: false

-experiment

Enable experimental feature(s).

-extra

Extra parameter file path

-lang

Display language. Options: auto, en, ja. Default: auto

-output

Output format (none/text/markdown/json). Options: text, markdown, json, none. Default: 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 to skip setting proxy.

-quiet

Suppress non-error messages, and make output readable by a machine (JSON format). Default: false

-retain-job-data

Job data retain policy. Options: default, on_error, none. Default: default

-secure

Do not store tokens into a file. Default: false

-skip-logging

Skip logging in the local storage. Default: false

-verbose

Show current operations for more detail.. Default: false

-workspace

Workspace path

File formats

Format: File

Mapping of local files to Dropbox paths for batch upload.

The first line is a header line. The program will accept a file without the header.

member_email,local_path,dropbox_path
user@example.com,/Users/alice/Documents/file.txt,/Team Folder/Project/file.txt

Results

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

Report: deleted

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

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

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

Report: operation_log

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

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

In case of a report becomes large, a report in .xlsx format will be split into several chunks like follows; operation_log_0000.xlsx, operation_log_0001.xlsx, operation_log_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.

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

In case of a report becomes 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.

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

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

Report: uploaded

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

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

In case of a report becomes large, a report in .xlsx format will be split into several chunks like follows; uploaded_0000.xlsx, uploaded_0001.xlsx, uploaded_0002.xlsx, …