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Eroor 400 when using the Dropbox choose API
Hi, I am trying to consume the Dropbox choose API as from the below link: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/chooser However, when the chooser window is shown, it ends up with error 400. ...
We do not currently include the MIME type in the response from metadata returned by the Chooser. I have filed this as a feature request for the Chooser.
In cases where the returned file name includes a file extension, is it possible to infer the MIME type from the file extension?
Greg,
Here is the URL
One more thing, currently I have embedded the code from the below link locally onto my application(Is it ok to do that?). We wouldn't be using HTML to embed the script.
https://www.dropbox.com/static/api/2/dropins.js
Hence is there any other way to pass the app key.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox Staffjasskcet That URL isn't currently returning a 400 for me, so it sounds like you already managed to get that sorted out. (E.g., by registering the domain, like in my last comment.)
Also, we don't recommend copying and embedding your own copy of dropins.js, as then you won't get any updates we make to it.
Finally, it is technically possible to set the app key programmatically like this:
Dropbox.appKey = "APP_KEY";
That's not documented though, so it shouldn't be considered officially supported.
Greg-DB Yes i understand. I have one more question. After creation of an app and obtaining the App Key, we are using this app key in js. When the application is loaded in browser, the app key will be visible to the end user. Does this pose any threat or is this a security loophole since anyone would be able to use this app key.
Secondly, once I choose the document using chooser API, I am able to get the link from metadata of the document. If I need the data of the document as binary, how can I achieve this?.
- Greg-DB
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52756880/error-400-while-using-dropbox-chooser-api?noredirect=1#comment92756867_52756880 ]
jasskcet No, app keys are not considered secret or sensitive, so it's acceptable (and necessary) to expose them to end-users. Use of your app key with the Dropbox Chooser/Saver is protected by the Chooser/Saver domain pre-registration requirement.
If you want to download the file content for the file selected in the Dropbox Chooser, you can do so by using the "direct" link type, and then downloading the content directly from the URL supplied in the "link" property returned in the response.
Hi Greg,
Am able to see the link for download. The link will be something like this:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/.....
However I need to read the content of this file as BLOB.
Is this possible using a http GET request or something?. Please let me know how to achieve this.
For instance: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23684874/dropbox-chooser-get-content-of-the-file-in-javascript - outdated one though.
And when I checked this link https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/API-Support-Feedback/Get-Access-Token-from-Chooser-API/td-p/269129, they have mentioned about GET, but am not able to do a successful get call using the link returned by chooser. ( Is it possible to simulate the GET in Chrome Postman? ). Also is there additional we need to pass for GET, for instance, access token or anything else?
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