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pakk4
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2 years ago

Error 404 when trying to get refresh token using CURL C++

Hello, I am currently trying to get the refresh token for my scoped app using CURL C++ but I am just getting error 404 from the buffer.   Here is my code:   void get_refresh_token() { CURL* cur...
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Greg-DB
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2 years ago

Based on this code, it looks like you're not formatting this HTTP request correctly:

  • Make sure you're using the POST method (i.e., not GET)
  • Send the parameters as application/x-www-form-urlencoded data in the request body, not as JSON in a Dropbox-API-Arg header
  • When sending the app key/secret in the Authorization header, be sure to encode them with base64 encoding

Please refer to the /oauth2/token documentation here for information on how to configure this request.

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