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Upload Files to Shared Folders via Zapier Integration
Within the Zapier integration, there is the ability to upload to Dropbox but not a Shared folder in Dropbox. After reading through the current API documentation it doesn't look like there is a progra...
New Dropbox access tokens are short-lived and expire after a short period of time, but refresh tokens do not expire and can be stored and re-used repeatedly. Once you have a refresh token for an account, you do not need to do the https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize... step for that account again; you can instead programmatically use the refresh token to get a new access token without manual intervention.
You can find more information in the OAuth Guide and authorization documentation. There's a basic outline of processing this flow in this blog post which may serve as a useful example.
Hey Greg,
The issue I am running into is the OAuth, even with a refresh token it expires pretty quickly and regenerating requires manual intervention each time. The goal is to have the code run each time its triggered in Zapier (and unfortunately requires using request libraries instead of the python sdk). Is there a way to go through this step
and authorize without having to manually allow access each time?
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffNew Dropbox access tokens are short-lived and expire after a short period of time, but refresh tokens do not expire and can be stored and re-used repeatedly. Once you have a refresh token for an account, you do not need to do the https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize... step for that account again; you can instead programmatically use the refresh token to get a new access token without manual intervention.
You can find more information in the OAuth Guide and authorization documentation. There's a basic outline of processing this flow in this blog post which may serve as a useful example.
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