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FSUInnovation
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5 years ago

App Code and App Secret Input php curl

When I add the required app code and app secret for the 0auth2/token curl, should it be placed in the http header, or in the curlopt_postfields setopt? If it goes in the http header, should it be a s...
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    5 years ago

    When calling /oauth2/token, you can actually pass the app key and secret either as 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' (not JSON) POST parameters, or in the place of the username and password, respectively, in "HTTP basic authentication", that is, in the "Authorization" header. You can find more information on that in the /oauth2/token documentation:

    https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#oauth2-token

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