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Tshaniii's avatar
Tshaniii
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2 years ago

NodeJs application with Dropbox

Hi, I am developing a Nodejs application, with a react frontend and MySQL database. So this database will store information about the documents in the dropbox folders. (the documents table with attr...
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    2 years ago

    I can't offer help with React itself, as that's not made by Dropbox, so I suggest referring to the React documentation/support resources for help with that.

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Tshaniii
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Thank you Greg!.  May I know how i can enable a user who logs in to the web application (nodejs app) using their email, at the same time get an access token for their email. Or continue woking in the nodejs app with files using the email address.

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Greg-DB
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2 years ago

For information on how apps can use the OAuth app authorization flow to have end-users authorize an app to access their accounts, please read the OAuth Guide.

 

To see how to use the JavaScript SDK for this, check out the examples included with the SDK.

  • Tshaniii's avatar
    Tshaniii
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    one more question. i have trouble in using the react front end

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      2 years ago

      I can't offer help with React itself, as that's not made by Dropbox, so I suggest referring to the React documentation/support resources for help with that.

      • Tshaniii's avatar
        Tshaniii
        Helpful | Level 5
        2 years ago

        tnx!

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