Pull Files from Dropbox to iOS using Pythonista

This is a follow on from the other couple of articles I have posted recently about linking Pythonista and Dropbox together on your iOS devices.

The other posts are

The next one is how to pull you files from Dropbox. I like to write on Pythonista, but when it comes to comments and details around the script, I do wait until i can use a proper keyboard etc, and if I am at my desktop I do find it easier to change/edit the scripts on a machine with a full size keyboard . I have some scripts I use on my desktops (Windows and Mac) that I need to convert to work in Pythonista, system environments variables, shortcuts to files etc. This is easier and quicker for me anyway on the main machines.

Once I have completed all the edits then I can just run this script and pull it down on my iOS devices. This way I can easily keep the scripts in sync across my iPhone and iPad

The script is

import dropbox
from dropboxlogin import get_client
import webbrowser
import os

dropbox_client = get_client()
path='My_Backups/Pythonista'
downloads=dropbox_client.metadata(path)
files=[]
for item in downloads['contents']:
   files=(item['path'])
   print files
   download=dropbox_client.get_file_and_metadata(files)
   pyfile=os.path.basename(files)
   print pyfile
   out=open(pyfile,'w')
   download,metadata=dropbox_client.get_file_and_metadata(files)
   out.write(download.read())
   out.close()
   print files

You can find these scripts all up on my Github.

I am always interested in your thoughts so if you have any comments or feedback then please feel free to add any comments, or you can mail me here.