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AmitSingla
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Download file from dropbox to my webapp on behalf of user(after he successfully authenticate)

Hello Dropbox team, I have a usecase, where in my webApp (Node js - Angular), user will come and select "dropbox" icon, which will open Dropbox Authentication window, for the user to authenticate. ...
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AmitSingla's avatar
AmitSingla
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Basically, in my usecase, user will login to dropbox and select file. Once he selects the file from dropbox, file should get downloaded automatically to our webapp(server).

I was reading dropbox documentation, and found that, there is pre-built component called "Chooser".

I was thinking, probably, this would help in my usecase.

 

Thanks

Amit

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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

Yes, if you just need a way to get a file from the user's Dropbox account into your web app by having the user select it, the Dropbox Chooser may be a good option. You can find the information on using the Chooser here.

  • qa7641's avatar
    qa7641
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago

    I saw that dropbox chooser is not available for angular, what to do then ? @Amit how did you solve this ?

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      Greg-DB
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      4 years ago

      qa7641 Dropbox still doesn't offer support for using the Dropbox Chooser in Angular, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I'm not aware of any plans for that currently though.

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