How to access OneDrive on Debian

Access your files stored in OneDrive using rclone command-line program to sync files and directories to and from cloud storage and FUSE Filesystem in Userspace filesystem.

Install rclone program and fuse utilities.

$ sudo apt install rclone fuse

Check rclone version.

$  rclone version --check
yours:  1.45
latest: 1.49.1        (released 2019-08-28)
  upgrade: https://downloads.rclone.org/v1.49.1
beta:   1.49.0.31     (released 2019-09-07)
  upgrade: https://beta.rclone.org/v1.49.0-031-g2298834e-beta

Create an OneDrive configuration.

$ rclone config
2019/09/07 18:59:48 NOTICE: Config file "/home/milosz/.config/rclone/rclone.conf" not found - using defaults
No remotes found - make a new one
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n
name> onedrive_personal
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 / A stackable unification remote, which can appear to merge the contents of several remotes
   \ "union"
 2 / Alias for a existing remote
   \ "alias"
 3 / Amazon Drive
   \ "amazon cloud drive"
 4 / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers (AWS, Ceph, Dreamhost, IBM COS, Minio)
   \ "s3"
 5 / Backblaze B2
   \ "b2"
 6 / Box
   \ "box"
 7 / Cache a remote
   \ "cache"
 8 / Dropbox
   \ "dropbox"
 9 / Encrypt/Decrypt a remote
   \ "crypt"
10 / FTP Connection
   \ "ftp"
11 / Google Cloud Storage (this is not Google Drive)
   \ "google cloud storage"
12 / Google Drive
   \ "drive"
13 / Hubic
   \ "hubic"
14 / JottaCloud
   \ "jottacloud"
15 / Local Disk
   \ "local"
16 / Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
   \ "azureblob"
17 / Microsoft OneDrive
   \ "onedrive"
18 / OpenDrive
   \ "opendrive"
19 / Openstack Swift (Rackspace Cloud Files, Memset Memstore, OVH)
   \ "swift"
20 / Pcloud
   \ "pcloud"
21 / SSH/SFTP Connection
   \ "sftp"
22 / Webdav
   \ "webdav"
23 / Yandex Disk
   \ "yandex"
24 / http Connection
   \ "http"
Storage> 17
** See help for onedrive backend at: https://rclone.org/onedrive/ **

Microsoft App Client Id
Leave blank normally.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
client_id> 
Microsoft App Client Secret
Leave blank normally.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
client_secret> 
Edit advanced config? (y/n)
y) Yes
n) No
y/n> n
Remote config
Use auto config?
 * Say Y if not sure
 * Say N if you are working on a remote or headless machine
y) Yes
n) No
y/n> Y
If your browser doesn't open automatically go to the following link: http://127.0.0.1:53682/auth
Log in and authorize rclone for access
Waiting for code...

Let this app access your info

Got code
Choose a number from below, or type in an existing value
 1 / OneDrive Personal or Business
   \ "onedrive"
 2 / Root Sharepoint site
   \ "sharepoint"
 3 / Type in driveID
   \ "driveid"
 4 / Type in SiteID
   \ "siteid"
 5 / Search a Sharepoint site
   \ "search"
Your choice> 1
Found 1 drives, please select the one you want to use:
0:  (personal) id=3643e77d8391acb2
Chose drive to use:> 
Found drive 'root' of type 'personal', URL: https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=3643e77d8391acb2
Is that okay?
y) Yes
n) No
y/n> y
--------------------
[onedrive_personal]
token = {"access_token":"nyRGc7rBKrXg4q2TN8YZsT0njX6kh96O7U0o8trv","expiry":"2019-09-07T20:04:32.835065159Z"}
drive_id = 3643e77d8391acb2
drive_type = personal
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y
Current remotes:

Name                 Type
====                 ====
onedrive_personal    onedrive

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> q

Display the location of the configuration file.

$ rclone config file
Configuration file is stored at:
/home/milosz/.config/rclone/rclone.conf

Inspect configuration file.

$ rclone config show
[onedrive_personal]
type = onedrive
token = {"access_token":"nyRGc7rBKrXg4q2TN8YZsT0njX6kh96O7U0o8trv","expiry":"2019-09-07T20:04:32.835065159Z"}
drive_id = 3643e77d8391acb2
drive_type = personal

Create a mount directory.

$ mkdir ~/onedrive_personal

Mount OneDrive using FUSE.

$ rclone mount --daemon --vfs-cache-mode full onedrive_personal: ~/onedrive_personal

You can use writes instead of full to conserve local disk space.

Inspect quota on the mounted remote.

$ rclone about  onedrive_personal
Total:   1.103T
Used:    1.188G
Free:    1.101T

You are free to access your files.

$ ls ~/onedrive_personal/
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There is more to it, so I strongly suggest reading rclone manual page.

Remember to inspect account permissions and remove stale applications.

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