# Dropbox Camera Upload image downloader

**Disclaimer: This script is _very_ hacky and could be optimized in almost every regard. It got the job done for me a little while ago (I was _very_ angry at Dropbox when I wrote it), and I thought I’d share it.**

**You have been warned.**

## Setup

### Dropbox Keys

You will need:

- client ID
- client secret
- access token

You need to create an app in the Dropbox Developer Center and then you will get these values. Put them in on *line 18 - 20*.
More info here https://github.com/stacktic/dropbox

### log file

create an empty file called `downloaded.txt`, in which the script will log the images it has downloaded.
You can do that by typing `echo "" > downloaded.txt` into your terminal.

### Folder structure for the images to be downloaded

create an empty folder called `Camera Uploads` in the same directory. The script will put the downloaded images in there (it basically mirrors the path to the images from the root of your Dropbox).

## running the script

You need a working Go environment, install instructions are here https://golang.org/dl/

Then:

```
$ go get github.com/cheggaaa/pb
$ go get github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew
$ go get github.com/stacktic/dropbox
$ go run download.go
```

It should tell you how many image paths it saved (it will download those) and then there should be a progress bar.