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Tshaniii
2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Authentication to dropbox
1. I am developing an application, which will have about 4-6 users with different email addresses. 2. Then I have created a dropbox app and scope is the application folder (from this account) 3. S...
- 2 years ago
Tshaniii Also, since you're using the Dropbox JavaScript SDK, you shouldn't manage those URL parameters directly anyway. You would use the getAuthenticationUrl method to build your authorization URL.
And you shouldn't be passing the /oauth2/authorize authorization URL to getAccessTokenFromCode. That method takes your redirect URI and the authorization code. From what you shared, your redirect URI is "http://localhost:5000/auth/dropbox-redirect".
You can see an example of using this method here.
Greg-DB
2 years agoDropbox Staff
Tshaniii Also, since you're using the Dropbox JavaScript SDK, you shouldn't manage those URL parameters directly anyway. You would use the getAuthenticationUrl method to build your authorization URL.
And you shouldn't be passing the /oauth2/authorize authorization URL to getAccessTokenFromCode. That method takes your redirect URI and the authorization code. From what you shared, your redirect URI is "http://localhost:5000/auth/dropbox-redirect".
You can see an example of using this method here.
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