A library to access the JottaCloud API
Project description
This is not an official Jottacloud client. It is developed according to the company founder’s instructions, with write support reverse engineered with the company’s blessing.
So what is it, then?
This is a bare-bones, pythonic interface to the Jottacloud backup/cloud storage service. The service itself exposes a nice and simple HTTP REST api, and this library wraps that interface in a python module, in the hope that it may be useful.
All code is GPLv3 licensed, and the documentation is online.
There is also some simple tools and a FUSE implementation in here, mostly to test the library, but it is fully working and ready for use as a file system.
Caveats
This code has alpha status, it’s not production ready and don’t trust it with your data! It might not eat your cat, but it might mangle your cat photos!
Write support is reverse engineered and not based on official docs. Bugs patrol these waters! (Add them to the bug tracker! )
Requirements
Via pip
The easiest way: pip install jottalib
From a local git clone
pip install -r requirements.txt
Optional requirements
fusepy for Fuse client python-qt4 for the Qt models
How to get started
Export your Jottacloud username and password to the running environment. Running macosx or linux, it would normally go like this:
export JOTTACLOUD_USERNAME="yourusername" export JOTTACLOUD_PASSWORD="yourpassword"
Fuse client
This will “mount” jottacloud as a folder on your system, allowing you to use your normal file system utilities to browse your account.
Install fusepy
pip install fusepy
Create a folder where you want your Jottacloud file system:
mkdir $HOME/jottafs
Run Fuse:
jottafuse.py $HOME/jottafs
Note. Being a remote mounted folder, it won’t be anywhere as snappy as a locally synchronised folder. Since everything has to go over the network, performance will suffer.
QT models
Take a look at qt.py, where you’ll find a JFSModel(QtGui.QStandardItemModel) and various JFSNode(QtGui.QStandardItem) to match the jottacloud api. Remember to pip install python-qt4
QT Gui
A simple try at a usable gui lives in its own repository.
Other tools
`jottashare.py` - A simple command line script to easily upload and share a file at a public, secret URI `duplicity-backend.py` - WORK IN PROGRESS A module for duplicity. Store your backups in the JottaCloud
Made by
The library is written by havard@gulldahl.no, with crucial help from jkaberg.com in revealing the details of the protocol.
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