boxupload 10/18/12 5:00 PM EST

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Box Upload
# This code accepts arguments to upload files.

# WARNING!
# This code does not check SSL certificate validity!
# TODO: Implement certificate validation.

# Get the API key by making a Box application here: http://box.com/developers/services/edit/
api_key = 'replace-with-api-key'

import os
import sys
import urllib
import urllib2
import MultipartPostHandler, cookielib # MultipartPostHandler can be found at: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/MultipartPostHandler2
from xml.dom import minidom

def authenticate(api_key):
    xml_ticket = minidom.parseString(urllib.urlopen('https://www.box.com/api/1.0/rest?action=get_ticket&api_key='+api_key).read()) # This grabs the XML authentication ticket that we'll be using to generate the auth_token.
    status = xml_ticket.firstChild.childNodes[0].firstChild.data # This gets the ticket status to make sure we actually retrieved a valid ticket.
    if status == 'get_ticket_ok': # Did we get a valid ticket? If so, continue. If not, the user needs to check their API key.
        ticket = xml_ticket.firstChild.childNodes[1].firstChild.data
        print 'Please go to https://www.box.com/api/1.0/auth/'+ticket+' and follow the instructions there. Then, press ENTER or RETURN to continue.'
        raw_input()
        xml_auth_token = minidom.parseString(urllib.urlopen('https://www.box.net/api/1.0/rest?action=get_auth_token&api_key='+api_key+'&ticket='+ticket).read()) # This is the auth token in XML format.
        auth_status = xml_auth_token.firstChild.childNodes[0].firstChild.data # Reads the authentication status into "auth_status"
        if auth_status == 'get_auth_token_ok':
            auth_token = xml_auth_token.firstChild.childNodes[1].firstChild.data
            token_path = os.path.expanduser('~/.box_auth_token')
            auth_token_file = open(token_path,'w')
            auth_token_file.write(auth_token)
            auth_token_file.close()
            print 'The authentication token has been saved in the file "'+token_path+'". If you remove this file, you will need to reauthenticate.'
            print ''
            print 'Please run "boxupload" again to initiate your upload.'
            return
        elif auth_status == 'not_logged_in':
            print "I'm sorry, but you haven't authorized me to connect to your account. Please run \"boxupload\" again to restart the authentication process."
        elif auth_status == 'get_auth_token_error':
            print "I'm sorry, but there was an error in retrieving your authentication token. Please run \"boxupload\" again to restart the authentication process."
        else:
            print "Error: "+auth_status+". Try reauthenticating."
    else:
        print 'Error retrieving ticket! Check your API key.'

def get_account_info(api_key,auth_token):
    xml_account_info = minidom.parseString(urllib.urlopen('https://www.box.net/api/1.0/rest?action=get_account_info&api_key='+api_key+'&auth_token='+auth_token).read())
    status = xml_account_info.firstChild.childNodes[0].firstChild.data
    if status == 'get_account_info_ok':
        login = str(xml_account_info.firstChild.childNodes[1].childNodes[0].firstChild.data)
        email = str(xml_account_info.firstChild.childNodes[1].childNodes[1].firstChild.data)
        access_id = int(xml_account_info.firstChild.childNodes[1].childNodes[2].firstChild.data)
        user_id = int(xml_account_info.firstChild.childNodes[1].childNodes[3].firstChild.data)
        space_amount = int(xml_account_info.firstChild.childNodes[1].childNodes[4].firstChild.data) # Total capacity of the account in bytes
        space_used = int(xml_account_info.firstChild.childNodes[1].childNodes[5].firstChild.data) # Data usage of the account in bytes
        max_upload_size = int(xml_account_info.firstChild.childNodes[1].childNodes[6].firstChild.data) # Maximum file upload size in bytes
        account_info = [login, email, access_id, user_id, space_amount, space_used, max_upload_size] # Turn the data into a list for easy access
        return account_info
    elif status == 'not_logged_in':
        print "I'm sorry, your authentication token is invalid. Try removing your \"auth_token\" file and reauthenticating."
    elif status == 'Wrong input':
        print "I'm sorry, the API key you are using is mistyped."

def upload(file,auth_token):
    if not os.path.exists(file):
        print 'ERROR: File \"'+file+'\" was not found!'
        return
    url = 'https://upload.box.net/api/1.0/upload/'+auth_token+'/0'
    cookies = cookielib.CookieJar()
    opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cookies), MultipartPostHandler.MultipartPostHandler)
    params = { "file" : open(file, "rb") }
    xml_response = minidom.parseString(opener.open(url, params).read())
    upload_status = xml_response.firstChild.childNodes[0].firstChild.data
    if upload_status == 'upload_ok':
        print "Upload successful!"
    else:
        print "Upload failure!"

try: # Check for and read auth_token file
    token_path = os.path.expanduser('~/.box_auth_token')
    auth_token_file = open(token_path,'r')
    auth_token = auth_token_file.read()
    pass
except IOError as e:
    authenticate(api_key) # If there's no auth_token, initiate authentication.
    sys.exit(1)

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print "usage: "+sys.argv[0]+" file_1 [file_2] [file_3] ... [file_n]"
    sys.exit(1)

# account_info = get_account_info(api_key,auth_token)

''' # Uncomment for debugging.
print 'Auth token: ' + auth_token
print 'Max upload size: ' + str((account_info[6])/1024.0/1024) + ' MB'
print 'Total capacity: ' + str((account_info[4])/1024.0/1024) + ' MB | Space used: ' + str((account_info[5])/1024.0/1024) + ' MB | Space remaining: ' + str((account_info[4]-account_info[5])/1024.0/1024) + ' MB | Percent free: ' + str(100.0*(account_info[4]-account_info[5])/account_info[4]) + '%'
'''

arguments = sys.argv
arguments.pop(0)

for argv in arguments:
    upload(argv,auth_token)