dropbox scripts

This is a collections of scripts for Dropbox.

Setup

Installation

Install node.js.

Clone/download the repo and install its dependencies

git clone https://github.com/rubengarciam/dropbox-scripts.git
cd dropbox-scripts
npm install

Configuration

You will need to configure src/config.js with the tokens and other ids for your team:

• TOKEN_USER - token for performing file actions on behalf of the user. Must be a full access token
• TOKEN_ADMIN - : token for performing file actions on behalf of the admin. Must be a full access token
• TOKEN_TMFA - team member file access token
• TOKEN_TMM - team member management token
• GROUP_PROJECT_CREATORS - a group that the admin is part of. Must be the group id

You can find the group id withouth using the API in the Admin Console:

1. Go to https://www.dropbox.com/team/admin/groups
2. Open the desired group that contains the admin
3. The url should have the following structure: https://www.dropbox.com/team/admin/groups#/g:XXXXXXXX
4. "g:XXXXXXXX" is the group id

Functions

listFiles

Lists the number of files for a Dropbox user.

Requirements

TOKEN_USER

Parameters

node src/listFiles.js DEPTH

where:

• DEPTH is the folder tree depth you'd like use for aggregating the number of files. Use 0 if you just want to display the total number of files and folders

newProject

Creates a team folder for a new project based on a specific folder template and creates the associated edit/read groups

Requirements

TOKEN_ADMIN, TOKEN_TMFA, TOKEN_TMM, GROUP_PROJECT_CREATORS

Parameters

node src/newProject.js project-name template-path

where:

• project-name is the name of the project in question
• template-path the path to the template folder. The admin must have access to this folder