If set, the number of snapshots to keep locally. If left empty, defaults to /, which represents the top level of directory of your Dropbox. The target directory in your Dropbox to which you want to upload.

The 'app' access token you generated above via the Dropbox UI. Once you have created the token, copy it into this add-on's configuration under the oauth_access_token label.

Follow the prompts to set permissions and choose a unique name for your 'app' token.

Follow these steps to create an Access Token: To access your personal Dropobox, this add-on (and the Dropbox-Uploader script more generally) requires an access token. Note: The hash 7be23ff5 that is prepended to the dropbox_sync add-on slug above is required. These files will be uploaded to the directory specified by the output option. For example, setting this option to 'jpg|png' will upload all files in the /share folder ending in. Set this option to a string of extensions seperated by | to upload matching files to Dropbox. The filetypes option allows the add-on to upload arbitrary filetypes from the Hass.io /share directory to Dropbox. All snapshots are always uploaded to Dropbox, regardless of this option. If keep_last is set to some integer x, only the latest x snapshots will be stored locally all other (older) snapshots will be deleted from local storage. The keep last option allows the add-on to clean up the local backup directory, deleting the local copies of the snapshots after they have been uploaded to Dropbox. You can use Home Assistant automations or scripts to run uploads at certain time intervals, under certain conditions, etc.ĭropbox Sync will only upload new snapshots to the specified path, and will skip snapshots already in the target Dropbox path. This triggers the dropbox_uploader.sh script with the provided access token. Once the add-on is started, it is listening for service calls.Īfter the add-on is configured and started, trigger an upload by calling the hassio.addon_stdin service with the following service data: This target path is specified via the output option. tar files) in the Hass.io /backup directory to a specified path in your Dropbox.

Configure the add-on with your Dropbox OAuth Token and desired output directory (see configuration below)ĭropbox Sync uploads all snapshot files (specifically, all.Add the add-ons repository to your Hass.io instance:.It requires that you generate an access token via the Dropbox Web UI, which must be added to this add-on's configuration via the Hass.io UI (see below for further details). This add-on uses the Dropbox-Uploader bash script to upload files to Dropbox. Uploads are triggered via a service call, making it easy to automate periodic backups or trigger uploads to Dropbox via script as you would with any other Home Assistant service. This add-on allows you to upload your Hass.io snapshots to your Dropbox, keeping your snapshots safe and available in case of hardware failure. Back up your Hass.io snapshots to Dropbox.

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