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Polas's avatar
Polas
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

the easiest way for users to access data on one (joint) account via API - access token

I'm a beginner and I'm lost when working with authorization token. I have a desktop application that users will use to access my files (occasional access to small dials). The software is written in D...
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Greg-DB
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Polas As Здравко said, for long-term access, you should request "offline" access to get a "refresh token". You can find more information in the OAuth Guide and authorization documentation, as well as this blog post.

 

Also, it sounds like you may want to have multiple users connect directly to your own specific Dropbox account via the API. Note that the API was designed with the intention that each user would link their own Dropbox account, in order to interact with their own files. While it is technically possible to always connect to just one account for all users, we do not officially support this, for various technical and security reasons. To give others access to content in your account, you may want to use Dropbox sharing functionality instead.

Polas's avatar
Polas
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

I still can't, I've only progressed a bit:

1.  I asked for a code 

https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?token_access_type=offline&response_type=code&client_id=ka23ob52ucbnj2u

and I got <received code>

the next step failed

2.  https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token -d code=<CODE_FROM_THE_IMAGE> -d grant_type=authorization_code -u <KEY_APP> : <SECR_KEY_APP>

What am I doing wrong? is the syntax ok?

I'm sure both the app key and the secret key are fine. Please advise, thanks!

 

 

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    2 years ago

    Polas, API calls can't get through the browser address line! Are you aware what's "curl"? 🧐

    Hope this gives direction.

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

    Polas As Здравко noted, it appears you are attempting to use /oauth2/token in your browser, which won't work. Note that while /oauth2/authorize is a web page that the user would access in their browser, /oauth2/token is not; /oauth2/token is an OAuth endpoint that you would call programmatically.

     

    For instance, the examples in the /oauth2/token documentation use curl to peform that call, but you can use any HTTPS client of your choosing.

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