Solution for Dropbox API where I have a non-standard setup.

[chainsbomb]

My app is single-page server-side javascript/HTML, but I don't use Node. This seems to mean that I can't just import {Dropbox} from 'dropbox'

I am able to access use the chooser and saver by using dropbox via script i.e. src="https://www.dropbox.com/static/api/2/dropins.js", but the functionality available to https://www.dropbox.com/static/api/2/dropins.js is limited. I need to be able to overwrite files with updated data without the user being required to manage files all the time.

The examples I see in Github seem to require libraries I can't find or are only available to those using Node or python.

I need my users to be able to save JSON data as a file on Dropbox, then be able to retrieve that data, converted back into JSON. The chooser and saver, while functional, are too much of a hassle for my users to constantly update. It's not a complicated plan, but access to the correct libraries and formats is a bit frustrating.

Any solutions for a purely no-frills javascript/HTML app?

[Greg-DB]

@djschoch Check out the example here to see how to process the OAuth app authorization flow with the Dropbox JavaScript SDK to get an access token.

Dropbox issues short-lived access tokens which are valid for a few hours. You can get the exact expiration information from the API when it returns the access token, e.g., it would be available in 'response.result.expires_in' in the getAccessTokenFromCode callback in that example.

You can find more information on the authorization functionality in the OAuth Guide and authorization documentation.