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Get programatically APP_KEY and APP_SECRET,
I am working on a python tool,that will allow me to work with dropbox files, but since this app is for "non-technician people" I'd like to programatically get Access Toekn or AppKey / App SECRET.
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Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffRichard's correct, your app should never be directly handling the user's email address and password.
You, as the developer, just need to register your app to get an app key and secret once. Those should be included in the app. This step can't be done programmatically, but only needs to be done once per app anyway.
Your app should then implement the OAuth app authorization flow, which lets individual users link their accounts to your app. You can find more information on that here:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/oauth-guide
That is handled via the Dropbox web site, with your app never handling the user's email address and password. The result of that is a user-specific access token that your app can store and re-use to access the API on behalf of that user without further manual intervention.
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