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Josh-IP
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3 years ago

Correct Auth Method for My App?

I work at a screen printing company, and we are building a design library app to display our designs to users. The images of the designs are stored in our Dropbox account. I have already set up my Dr...
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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

It's also worth noting that whether or not the app is only for use with your own account, using the OAuth app authorization flow is the right way to get long-term access, by retrieving a refresh token. If it's only for your own account, you would just need to process that once yourself.

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