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Access without an "app"
Hey, I was wondering if it is possible to access a dropbox account without the token generated in the app console. What I mean is, can I use an api on my python script that will query an input drop...
Yes, that's correct.
Hey again.
I read through some API (python) and managed to create an app, generate my personal token and send file requests to dropbox.
That's nice, but I would like to be able to ask for username/password, instead of redirecting a user to the token page.
I found this example:
https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python/blob/main/example/oauth/commandline-oauth.py
tl;dr
in the example it asks the user to:
print("1. Go to: " + authorize_url)
print("2. Click \"Allow\" (you might have to log in first).")
print("3. Copy the authorization code.")
Seems kind of silly, why can't i do it for the user with username/password?
I hope I made myself clear, I tried 🙂
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorOAuth 2 is an industry-standard protocol for authorization. Dropbox uses it to enable end-users to connect third party applications to their accounts without disclosing their credentials to the third parties.
I understand, so I cannot (and should not) ask the user for username/password and "do it myself" for the user.
I can open the link to the token generation, where the user will login and generate a code, which he would then pass to me, and revoke in case he wishes to cease the communication.
I got it right?
- Greg-DB
Yes, that's correct.
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