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dpapanek
5 years agoNew member | Level 2
Basic App Authentication
Hello!
Is it possible to use basic app authentication as outlined in this article?
The response I am receiving is:
Error in call to API function "files/get_metadata": Invalid authorization value in HTTP header "Authorization": "Basic xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx". Expecting "Bearer <oauth2-access-token>".
Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
Regards,
dpapanek
Each particular endpoint is only implemented to work with some type(s) of authentication, so you can only use whichever one(s) the particular endpoint happens to support. You can find which type(s) each endpoint supports in the documentation, under "AUTHENTICATION".
For example, /2/files/get_metadata doesn't support app authentication, so you can't call it with that.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Each particular endpoint is only implemented to work with some type(s) of authentication, so you can only use whichever one(s) the particular endpoint happens to support. You can find which type(s) each endpoint supports in the documentation, under "AUTHENTICATION".
For example, /2/files/get_metadata doesn't support app authentication, so you can't call it with that.
- dpapanekNew member | Level 2
Thank you for the quick response!
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