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Infarch
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

Can you help me understand and use WebHooks?

Hi all! I experience problem with understanding and using web hooks. Hope that someone can help me. So, let me explain the case. I use Chooser on my site, configured for getting 'preview' links. ...
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    6 years ago

    Dropbox webhooks are only sent for changes in the accounts "connected" or "linked" to your app. That is, accounts for users who went through the OAuth app authorization flow to authorize your app to access their accounts.

    When you use the Dropbox Chooser, users can share links to specific files/folders with your app, without fully connecting their accounts to your app. The Chooser lets the user just choose which specific item(s) to supply to your app, without going through the full OAuth app authorization. Dropbox doesn't offer a way to get webhook notifications for changes to shared links just from having the shared links.

    That being the case, you won't get any webhook notifications for users who just used the Chooser for your app. If you want webhook notifications, you'll need to prompt them to authorize your app. You can find more information on how that works in the OAuth Guide and the authorization documentation.

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