As far as I see it this wont be possible currently with the underlying python libs. Its just one line get that returns the web response, I can show how long it took after its done, but thats about it.

Seems that I would need to re-implement parts of the dropbox python client myself with urllib2 or something that I can make progress callbacks, i suppose its possible at some point. For now I can just say waiting, started, completed/failed Could make a counter for how long it has progressed, starting from 0 sec. Maybe that would bring some info for you. And also the file size.