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lovin a.'s avatar
lovin a.
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11 years ago

Authenticate using username/password in java

can anybody tell me how to authenticate via dropbox username password in my desktop application.
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Richard P.'s avatar
Richard P.
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11 years ago

You can't - you have to use the OAuth authentication flow, you cannot authenticate using a username and password.

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