Auto Pause and Resume Dropbox sync on MacOS with python

pause_dropbox_sync.py

import subprocess

def run_apple_script(apple_script):
    result = subprocess.run(['osascript', '-e', apple_script], capture_output=True, text=True)
    if result.returncode == 0:
        return result.stdout
    else:
        raise Exception(result.stderr)

# Example usage
script = '''tell application "System Events"
	-- Pause syncing
	click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2 of application process "Dropbox"
	click menu item "Pause Syncing" of menu 1 of menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2 of application process "Dropbox"
	
	delay 2
	-- Now re-enable syncing
	click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2 of application process "Dropbox"
	click menu item "Resume Syncing" of menu 1 of menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2 of application process "Dropbox"
end tell
'''
output = run_apple_script(script)
print(output)

Big thanks to @varenc for the original implementation. I just modified it to run in python :D. tjluoma/dropbox-pause-unpause#2 (comment)