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LewisO
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4 months ago

Implementing Dropbox features in a custom file explorer: API limitations for desktop apps?

I'm developing a desktop application as an alternative to Windows Explorer / macOS Finder and want to integrate the following Dropbox features: 1. Reading thumbnails for images and other supported f...
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    Greg-DB
    4 months ago

    No, Dropbox does not offer a way to programmatically retrieve thumbnails locally without having the user authorize the app to access their content via the Dropbox API.

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