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cloudlife
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8 years ago

Using implicit grant on frontend web app, where to safely store access code?

Sorry I'm still quite new to web development, but it seems like I wouldn't be able to save the access code into an httponly cookie. I've read that Angular has a way of sending cookies for requests th...
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    Greg-DB
    8 years ago

    The API v2 Dropbox JavaScript SDK does not handle access token storage automatically. It is left to the developer to decide what makes sense for their app/platform.

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cloudlife
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Thanks for the reply! Would I be able to ask you about how the dropbox javascript SDK handles secure storage of the access code? Or is that left to the developer? Thanks again :)
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Greg-DB
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8 years ago

The API v2 Dropbox JavaScript SDK does not handle access token storage automatically. It is left to the developer to decide what makes sense for their app/platform.

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