How to upload complete folder to Dropbox using python

Question

I am trying to upload a whole folder to Dropbox at once but I can't seem to get it done is it possible? And even when I am trying to upload a single file I have to precise the file extension in the Dropbox path, is there another way to do it? code I am using

client = dropbox.client.DropboxClient(access_token)
f= open(file_path)
response = client.put_file('/pass',f )

but it's not working

Answer 1

The Dropbox SDK doesn't automatically find all the local files for you, so you'll need to enumerate them yourself and upload each one at a time. os.walk is a convenient way to do that in Python.

Below is working code with some explanation in the comments. Usage is like this: python upload_dir.py abc123xyz /local/folder/to/upload /path/in/Dropbox:

import os
import sys

from dropbox.client import DropboxClient

# get an access token, local (from) directory, and Dropbox (to) directory
# from the command-line
access_token, local_directory, dropbox_destination = sys.argv[1:4]

client = DropboxClient(access_token)

# enumerate local files recursively
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(local_directory):

    for filename in files:

        # construct the full local path
        local_path = os.path.join(root, filename)

        # construct the full Dropbox path
        relative_path = os.path.relpath(local_path, local_directory)
        dropbox_path = os.path.join(dropbox_destination, relative_path)

        # upload the file
        with open(local_path, 'rb') as f:
            client.put_file(dropbox_path, f)

EDIT: Note that this code doesn't create empty directories. It will copy all the files to the right location in Dropbox, but if there are empty directories, those won't be created. If you want the empty directories, consider using client.file_create_folder (using each of the directories in dirs in the loop).