getDropboxAccessToken.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Sascha Schmidt <sascha@schmidt.ps>
# https://schmidt.ps
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import dropbox, json

# Function to compare version strings.
def versiontuple(v):
  return tuple(map(int, (v.split("."))))

print ""
print "********************************************************************************"
print "* This script helps you to fetch an access token for your Dropbox application. *"
print "*                                                                              *"
print "* Copyright 2014-2018 by Sascha Schmidt <sascha@schmidt.ps>                    *"
print "* https://schmidt.ps                                                           *"
print "********************************************************************************"
print ""

# Check for latest dropbox sdk.
if versiontuple(str(dropbox.__version__)) <= versiontuple('9'):
  print "Outdated dropbox SDK detected: " + str(dropbox.__version__)
  print "Please update your dropbox SDK!"
  print
  print "sudo pip install --upgrade dropbox"
  print
  exit(-1)

app_key = raw_input("1.) Enter your 'App key': ").strip()
app_secret = raw_input("2.) Enter your 'App secret': ").strip()

auth_flow = dropbox.DropboxOAuth2FlowNoRedirect(app_key, app_secret)
authorize_url = auth_flow.start()

authorize_url = "https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=" + app_key

print "3.) Now open this url and confirm the requested permission."
print ""
print authorize_url
print ""
auth_code = raw_input("4.) Enter the given access code': ").strip()

try:
  oauth_result = auth_flow.finish(auth_code)
except Exception, e:
  print "Could not finish the Dropbox authorization flow! (" + str(e) + ")\n"
  sys.exit(-1)

print ""
print "This access token allows your app to access your dropbox:"
print oauth_result.access_token
print ""

dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(oauth_result.access_token)

try:
  account_info = dbx.users_get_current_account()
  print "- Your account -"
  print "Display name   : " + account_info.name.display_name
  print "Email          : " + account_info.email
  print "Account        : " + account_info.account_id
  print "Country        : " + account_info.country
  print "Referral link  : " + account_info.referral_link
  print

  print "This access token allows your app to access your dropbox:"
  print oauth_result.access_token
  print ""
except dropbox.exceptions.AuthError as err:
  print "Access token invalid. Token creation failed!\n"
  exit(-1)
except Exception, e:
  print "Unknown error! (" + str(e) + ")\n"
  exit(-1)

print "This access token allows your app to access your dropbox:"
print oauth_result.access_token
print