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Configure pCloud OAuth2

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By Marcel Gerber 5 min read

Configure pCloud OAuth2

  1. Open the OAuth2 app page: https://docs.pcloud.com/my_apps/
  2. Create a new app. Selection_013.png
  3. Open the settings. Selection_014.png
  4. Configure the redirect URI. Selection_017.png
  5. Create the root folder in my.pcloud.com. Selection_015.png
  6. Copy new folder’s ID from the URL. Selection_018.png

Configure rclone

On a machine with a web browser, install rclone and launch rclone config.

  1. Create a new remote.
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    e) Edit existing remote
n) New remote
d) Delete remote
r) Rename remote
c) Copy remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
e/n/d/r/c/s/q> n
  2. Name the new remote.
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    name> pcloud_backup
  3. Select 25 for pCloud storage.
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    Type of storage to configure.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / 1Fichier
\ "fichier"
 2 / Alias for an existing remote
\ "alias"
 3 / Amazon Drive
\ "amazon cloud drive"
 4 / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Provider (AWS, Alibaba, Ceph, Digital Ocean, Dreamhost, IBM COS, Minio, Tencent COS, etc)
\ "s3"
 5 / Backblaze B2
\ "b2"
 6 / Box
\ "box"
 7 / Cache a remote
\ "cache"
 8 / Citrix Sharefile
\ "sharefile"
 9 / Dropbox
\ "dropbox"
10 / Encrypt/Decrypt a remote
\ "crypt"
11 / FTP Connection
\ "ftp"
12 / Google Cloud Storage (this is not Google Drive)
\ "google cloud storage"
13 / Google Drive
\ "drive"
14 / Google Photos
\ "google photos"
15 / Hubic
\ "hubic"
16 / In memory object storage system.
\ "memory"
17 / Jottacloud
\ "jottacloud"
18 / Koofr
\ "koofr"
19 / Local Disk
\ "local"
20 / Mail.ru Cloud
\ "mailru"
21 / Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
\ "azureblob"
22 / Microsoft OneDrive
\ "onedrive"
23 / OpenDrive
\ "opendrive"
24 / OpenStack Swift (Rackspace Cloud Files, Memset Memstore, OVH)
\ "swift"
25 / Pcloud
\ "pcloud"
26 / Put.io
\ "putio"
27 / SSH/SFTP Connection
\ "sftp"
28 / Sugarsync
\ "sugarsync"
29 / Transparently chunk/split large files
\ "chunker"
30 / Union merges the contents of several upstream fs
\ "union"
31 / Webdav
\ "webdav"
32 / Yandex Disk
\ "yandex"
33 / http Connection
\ "http"
34 / premiumize.me
\ "premiumizeme"
35 / seafile
\ "seafile"
Storage> 25
** See help for pcloud backend at: https://rclone.org/pcloud/ **
  4. Copy the client ID of your new pCloud app.
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    Auth Client Id
Leave blank normally.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
client_id> zQg0smNw8tp
  5. Copy the client secret of your new pCloud app.
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    OAuth Client Secret
Leave blank normally.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
client_secret> 2OSmU2xW6gYaLLCaPPIUg5T5EvX7
  6. Edit the advanced settings.
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    Edit advanced config? (y/n)
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> y
  7. Press Enter until you get to the root_folder_id. Copy your folder ID from the pCloud folder which will serve as root for the application.
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    OAuth Access Token as a JSON blob.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
token> 
Auth server URL.
Leave blank to use the provider defaults.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
auth_url> 
Token server url.
Leave blank to use the provider defaults.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
token_url> 
This sets the encoding for the backend.
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See: the [encoding section in the overview](/overview/#encoding) for more info.
Enter a encoder.MultiEncoder value. Press Enter for the default ("Slash,BackSlash,Del,Ctl,InvalidUtf8,Dot").
encoding> 
Fill in for rclone to use a non root folder as its starting point.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("d0").
root_folder_id> 19066333043
  8. Choose your region.
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    Hostname to connect to.
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This is normally set when rclone initially does the oauth connection,
however you will need to set it by hand if you are using remote config
with rclone authorize.
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Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("api.pcloud.com").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Original/US region
\ "api.pcloud.com"
 2 / EU region
\ "eapi.pcloud.com"
hostname> 1
  9. On the pCloud API, set the redirect URI to http://localhost:53682/.
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    Remote config
Make sure your Redirect URL is set to "http://localhost:53682/" in your custom config.
Use auto config?
 * Say Y if not sure
 * Say N if you are working on a remote or headless machine
y) Yes (default)
n) No
y/n> 
If your browser doesn't open automatically go to the following link: http://127.0.0.1:53682/auth?state=-9WXa5fWne_0d-1IQYvwbQ
Log in and authorize rclone for access
Waiting for code...

  10. Your default browser should open, connect to your account. Selection_019.png

  11. Allow the app to access. Selection_020.png

  12. The redirection should show you a simple success page. Selection_021.png

  13. Close the browser window and return to rclone config.
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    Got code
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[pcloud_backup]
client_id = zQg0smNw8tp
client_secret = 2OSmU2xW6gYaLLCaPPIUg5T5EvX7
root_folder_id = 19066333043
hostname = api.pcloud.com
token = {"access_token":"AxavZzQg0smNw8tpZcyLMykZYw84XRDMtlJWkrQrRiMBc8V9dJc7","token_type":"bearer","expiry":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"}
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y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

Verify your settings in pCloud

  1. Open pCloud “Settings -> Linked Accounts”. https://my.pcloud.com/#page=settings&settings=tab-apps

  2. In the Linked Apps section you will find your application and you can see it’s limited to a specific folder. Selection_022.png

References

howto
automation backup pCloud oauth2
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