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Authorisation flow for a Python client console app
I am trying to integrate Dropbox into my Python console application. I understand there are two types of authorisation flows: "code" and "token". Since my app is a client app, I don't want to have to...
No, the Dropbox API only supports the "token" and "code" OAuth 2 flows, both of which require user interaction in the browser.
So in your case, given the interaction is with a remote machine, it sounds like having the user copy/paste the token may be the most reasonable option. You can use this page as your redirect URI for that if you want: https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/display_token
Thanks for your reply. I'll try out these solutions!
This is a tricky situation for my app, since it will be mainly used on a remote cluster, where users connect via SSH and there is no desktop environment. I'm guessing there are no ways to authorise wholly in the command line?
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffNo, the Dropbox API only supports the "token" and "code" OAuth 2 flows, both of which require user interaction in the browser.
So in your case, given the interaction is with a remote machine, it sounds like having the user copy/paste the token may be the most reasonable option. You can use this page as your redirect URI for that if you want: https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/display_token
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