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mbm123
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago
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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...
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    Greg-DB
    4 years ago

    Yes, that's correct.

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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

OAuth 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.

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mbm123
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

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?

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    Greg-DB
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    4 years ago

    Yes, that's correct.

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