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can't authenticate with javascript
I try to use the datastore API with javascript. This is my Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
<meta charset="UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<script src="https://www.dropbox.com/static/api/dropbox-datastores-1.2-latest.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
var client = new Dropbox.Client({key: 'xxxxxxxxxxxx' });
// Try to finish OAuth authorization.
client.authenticate({interactive: false}, function (error) {
if (error) {
alert('Authentication error: ' + error);
}
});
alert(client.isAuthenticated());
if (client.isAuthenticated()) {
// Client is authenticated. Display UI.
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
The line alert(client.isAuthenticated()); always gives false which means that something went wrong with the authentication. Can someon tell me what I'm doing wrong?
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Steve M.Dropbox Staff
The code I see here should all work once authentication has been started, but I don't see a call to start authentication.
Somewhere (e.g. on a button click) should be a call to
client.authenticate(function (error) { ... });(no{ interactive: false }). That will start the authentication flow, and then when the user returns to the page, your existing code should finish the auth process.For an example, see https://www.dropbox.com/developers/datastore/tutorial/js#linking-accounts.
Why should I use a button to authenticate? I copied the code from the page that you have linked to and it should work fine. Do I have to do anything else to start authentication or does it suffice to call the method call client.authenticate?
- Steve M.
You don't need to call
client.authenticatefrom a button handler (unless you're using a popup, which will get blocked unless invoked from a user action), but it's the typical way to build an app.You don't need to do anything other than call
client.authenticate(without{ interactive: false }) to start the authentication process. I'd suggest following the tutorial exactly until you get working code.
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