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Programatically generate auth token for nodejs server with javascript SDK
Hi! I've tried to read up on the doc/previous threads here, but couldn't quite figure this one out.. So, I'm building a web application in which I want an image gallery served from a specific D...
Astrofrans It's certainly possible to do so; you would just authorize the app for your own account only, and re-use the resulting refresh token for your account. The SDK works the same way regardless of how many accounts actually get connected. And while it's not the intended design pattern, as Здравко indicated, the security concerns are allayed when doing this in server-side apps, where you can keep the refresh token/access tokens secret and not exposed to end-users.
Astrofrans wrote:...
My question is: is there a way to generate Dropbox access tokens on my server without having to integrate the whole OAuth flow into my existing login procedure. Ideally, I'd like to keep my login as is, and then have the server generate a the access token, ...
Hi Astrofrans,
Yes, that's exactly how every supported Dropbox SDK (including the javascript one) works when initialized with refresh token, not just access token only. 😉
You need to generate refresh token and use it after that. This generation should be performed once. Take a look here how such a thing can be done. You can stop described procedure once you get the refresh token.
Hope this helps.
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