Restore any dropbox folder to a previous state. If a file did not exist at the specified time, it will be deleted.
To restore the folder "/photos/nyc" to the way it was on March 9th, 2013:
python2.7 restore.py /photos/nyc 2013-03-09
Note that the path "/photos/nyc" should be relative to your Dropbox folder; it should not include the path to the Dropbox folder on your hard drive. You will be prompted to confirm access to your Dropbox account through your web browser.
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First make sure that Python 2.7 and pip are installed.
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Then install the Dropbox Python API with the following command.
sudo pip install dropbox
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Download restore.py from Github
If you fork this project, you must obtain your own API keys from Dropbox and insert them into the APP_KEY and APP_SECRET fields.
Specifying a time is not officially supported because the time zone is ignored currently. However, it seems like Dropbox always uses UTC, so you can try specifying UTC times at your own risk by specifying the date and time in the format YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS on the command line. Be warned that Dropbox's documentation does not guarantee that they will always use UTC, so this can break at any time.
-If you would like to make a donation, you can use the PayPal button on my website: http://cclark.me
- Setup Python https://www.python.org/downloads/
- Get an App Key https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/start/python
many errors and some architectual issues.
192:Development dylan$ cd dropbox-restore
192:dropbox-restore dylan$ ls
LICENSE README.md restore.py
####Ran command, got the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "restore.py", line 113, in <module>
main()
File "restore.py", line 102, in main
root_path = root_path_encoded.decode(sys.stdin.encoding)
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'
####Ran command, got the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "restore.py", line 113, in <module>
main()
File "restore.py", line 102, in main
root_path = root_path_encoded.decode(sys.stdin.encoding)
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'
####Ran command, got the following (then an error):
- Go to: https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Click "Allow" (you might have to log in first)
- Copy the authorization code.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "restore.py", line 113, in <module>
main()
File "restore.py", line 108, in main
client = login('token.dat')
File "restore.py", line 41, in login
access_token = authorize()
File "restore.py", line 31, in authorize
code = input("Enter the authorization code here: ").strip()
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'input' referenced before assignment
####Ran command, got the following (then an error):
- Go to: https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/authorize?client_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxx&response_type=code
- Click "Allow" (you might have to log in first)
- Copy the authorization code.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "restore.py", line 114, in <module>
main()
File "restore.py", line 109, in main
client = login('token.dat')
File "restore.py", line 42, in login
access_token = authorize()
File "restore.py", line 27, in authorize
input = input
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'input' referenced before assignment
####Ran command, got the following error:
- Go to: https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Click "Allow" (you might have to log in first)
- Copy the authorization code.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "restore.py", line 113, in <module>
main()
File "restore.py", line 108, in main
client = login('token.dat')
File "restore.py", line 41, in login
access_token = authorize()
File "restore.py", line 31, in authorize
code = raw_input("Enter the authorization code here: ").strip()
NameError: global name 'raw_input' is not defined
####Ran command, got the following error:
- Go to: https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Click "Allow" (you might have to log in first)
- Copy the authorization code. Enter the authorization code here: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "restore.py", line 113, in <module>
main()
File "restore.py", line 109, in main
restore_folder(client, root_path, cutoff_datetime, verbose=True)
File "restore.py", line 80, in restore_folder
print('Restoring folder: ' + path.encode('utf8'))
TypeError: Can't convert 'bytes' object to str implicitly
####Ran command, got the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "restore.py", line 113, in <module>
main()
File "restore.py", line 109, in main
restore_folder(client, root_path_encoded.decode(sys.stdin.encoding), cutoff_datetime, verbose=True)
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'
####Ran command, got the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "restore.py", line 114, in <module>
main()
File "restore.py", line 110, in main
restore_folder(client, root_path, cutoff_datetime, verbose=True)
File "restore.py", line 84, in restore_folder
include_deleted=True)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/site-packages/dropbox-2.2.0-py3.3.egg/dropbox/client.py", line 874, in metadata
path = "/metadata/%s%s" % (self.session.root, format_path(path))
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/site-packages/dropbox-2.2.0-py3.3.egg/dropbox/client.py", line 36, in format_path
path = re.sub(r'/+', '/', path)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/re.py", line 170, in sub
return _compile(pattern, flags).sub(repl, string, count)
TypeError: can't use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
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