put.io sync

syncs PutIO files to a local folder. fork of put.io synchronizer, made more verbose/loud so you know what's up.

quick start

install axel download manager (mac users: brew install axel) git clone this repo ./sync.py

what the synchornizer does

this script polls put.io public API periodically for changes and synchronises your remote PutIO files and folders.

requirements

details on how to fulfil the following requirements will be explained in later sections

• a registered put.io account
• a registered put.io application
• a valid oauth token
• a *nix host to run on (not going to bother testing on windows)
• at least X Gigabyte of space on the host where X is the total space in your put.io account

software dependencies

• python 2.7
• axel download manager
• gpg if you care about storing app info securely

security / privacy

• The synchronizer pulls data from put.io via https
• the put.io oauth token may be stored encrypted by gpg. Example:

# you will be prompted for a passphrase, paste the result into sync_config.py
$> echo $MY_OAUTH_TOKEN | gpg --symmetric --cipher-algo=AES256 --armor | base64