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List files in app folder of user
Hi,
Please help as I am sort of stuck...
I am developing a dropbox app to load files in to our system that have been dropped into an application folder by some user.
So when configuring this th...
Any access token gives access to particular user content to be processed with particular access rights. It doesn't matter what type of client you have used (web or other).
Available content is restricted to selected application access (to entire account or to application folder only). Access rights are restricted to the selected scopes, if any. That's it.
Classical access token, used in API calls, doesn't need any additional application authentication despite of Dropbox always knows what application the particular token has been issued to. It denotes an user always. If you mean refresh token, then on refresh the application needs to authenticate again. If you are using SDK, normally you shouldn't care for that. Your SDK will take care.
CySDeveloper wrote:...
Or, and this might be an answer to my question, do i get a special access-token returned that is specifically for the application id/user combination?
To be honest, I'm not sure what exactly you mean here. Does the above cover your question?
Sorry for the unclarity..
If i do a request in a front-end web client for authorization of the application.
Then the user has to login and approve the application, so when the approval comes back i get the access token from the user-login.
So when i store the access token and i use it I would have full access, as it is the token from the user login.
Or, and this might be an answer to my question, do i get a special access-token returned that is specifically for the application id/user combination?
Any access token gives access to particular user content to be processed with particular access rights. It doesn't matter what type of client you have used (web or other).
Available content is restricted to selected application access (to entire account or to application folder only). Access rights are restricted to the selected scopes, if any. That's it.
Classical access token, used in API calls, doesn't need any additional application authentication despite of Dropbox always knows what application the particular token has been issued to. It denotes an user always. If you mean refresh token, then on refresh the application needs to authenticate again. If you are using SDK, normally you shouldn't care for that. Your SDK will take care.
CySDeveloper wrote:...
Or, and this might be an answer to my question, do i get a special access-token returned that is specifically for the application id/user combination?
To be honest, I'm not sure what exactly you mean here. Does the above cover your question?
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