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Newbie Try to Make Some VB app
Hey Guys, Im new here, i need help. i trying to make vb app using dropbox as cloud storage, for team work.
I already read the dropbox blog but it confuse me. i cant read the flow or what variable i should change. i know the first step is get autorization for the account but the flow confuse me. what i should change or what i should do ? please help me
Imports Dropbox
Imports Dropbox.Api
Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Text
Public Class Form1
Public Shared Function GetAuthorizeUri(
clientId As String,
Optional disableSignup As Boolean = False
) As Uri
End Function
Public Shared Function ParseTokenFragment(
redirectedUri As Uri
) As OAuth2Response
End Function
Public Shared Function ProcessCodeFlowAsync(
code As String,
appKey As String,
appSecret As String,
Optional redirectUri As String = Nothing,
Optional client As MdiClient = Nothing
) As Task(Of OAuth2Response)
End Function
End Class
- The /redirect_receiver page you're using is just a blank page on dropbox.com for receiving the redirect. You'll want to send the user elsewhere or just close the browser after that, depending on what you want your app to do.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
As a first step, I recommend running the SimpleBlogDemo sample app and looking through how that works. For example, HomeController.cs shows how to use these methods to set up and process the OAuth app authorization flow.
- Thanks fo the advice, but after i tried it. i still dont know where to start, i know i need to capture user id and pass to log in to dropbox, second i need to capture the acces token. but i dont understand the flow from example you give. please give me more simple explanation, because im very very new to make vb app with connection to dropbox
- Greg-DBDid you get the sample running and try it out? Where did you get stuck exactly?
Also, we have an OAuth guide here that should serve as a good primer for how the flow works:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/oauthguide
