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David M.232
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10 years ago

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We have a mobile app accessing Dopbox. We have cloned the app and customized it from another customer. I can use the old keys and can access Dropbox with new app. If I use the new keys created for...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

What exactly do you mean when you say "can't access it"? What error are you getting?

One thing to note is that access tokens are app-specific, so you can't use an access token from the original app with the new app key and secret. If that is what you're trying to do, you'll need to process the app authorization flow again, this time using the new app key and secret, in order to get an access token for the new app.

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