DropBox Support ?

[WEdward2]

Any consideration for adding support for DropBox? Looking for an easy way to view images remotely without standing up a Webserver.

Thanks
Bill

[EricClaeys]

Bill,
How do you envision using Dropbox? Would you want EVERY image, keogram, startrails, and timelapse copied there, or only the most recent ones?

How would you view those images? In a web browser or or File Explorer, or something else?

Would this be for just you, or would you want a few people, or anyone, to be able to view them?

Is there a Dropbox client for Linux? Or an FTP interface for it?

[Alex-developer]

Bill, How do you envision using Dropbox? Would you want EVERY image, keogram, startrails, and timelapse copied there, or only the most recent ones?

How would you view those images? In a web browser or or File Explorer, or something else?

Would this be for just you, or would you want a few people, or anyone, to be able to view them?

Is there a Dropbox client for Linux? Or an FTP interface for it?

Dropbox has an api that could be used

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload

[WEdward2]

I have a remote observatory six hours from my home, so I try to keep the internet access as closed as I can. Thus the reason I’d like to avoid a local web server or the expense of setting up a hosted solution.  I’m look for an “easy” way for me to be able to check the current Sky conditions using my iPhone, iPad or laptop.  Dropbox came to mind as I could sync a local folder to my Dropbox account and then just browse the latest image replicated.Any other ideas? William R. Edwards

[EricClaeys]

@WEdward2,
If you use the Dropbox API that @Alex-developer mentioned, the file you want to copy to Dropbox is ~/allsky/tmp/image.jpg. That's always the most recent image.
Put the Dropbox "curl" command into a file on your Pi, then in the WebUI's Module Manager add the "AllSKY Script" module to the daytime and nighttime flows. Set the script path to the one that has the "curl" command.

[EricClaeys]

@WEdward2,
Did you get Dropbox working, or gave up on the idea?
Eric

[WEdward2]

Haven’t had time to work on it yet, I’ll let you know.Thanks!William R. EdwardsOn Jul 5, 2025, at 2:38 PM, Eric Claeys ***@***.***> wrote: @WEdward2, Did you get Dropbox working, or gave up on the idea? Eric —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>