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corestorm
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8 years ago
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APP Folder with Chooser

I've got chooser up and running and everything seems to be fine. The thing that confuses me, is I generated the JS for my app. Yet when I use it, I can see all "my" dropbox folders.  How do I make i...
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    Greg-DB
    8 years ago

    The Dropbox Chooser and Dropbox API are separate, so this is the expected behavior. Even if you use the Chooser with an app key for an app with the app folder permission, the end-user will be able to browse all of their files. Your app will only receive the specific file(s) the user explicitly selects though.

    There isn't a way to restrict the Chooser to an app folder, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. 

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Greg-DB
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8 years ago

The Dropbox Chooser and Dropbox API are separate, so this is the expected behavior. Even if you use the Chooser with an app key for an app with the app folder permission, the end-user will be able to browse all of their files. Your app will only receive the specific file(s) the user explicitly selects though.

There isn't a way to restrict the Chooser to an app folder, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. 

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