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Victor C.17's avatar
Victor C.17
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9 years ago

Getting "invalid_token './' " after copying User Token

I'm making a program in VB.Net and I have a form to paste the user Token but when I click "Ok" an error is displayed. It says: "invalid_token './'". This is my code: Private Async Function GetUse...
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Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
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9 years ago

I'm not sure I understand your question. Your app should use your "app key", also known as "client ID", to get the authorization URL, and send the user there. The user then gets an "authorization code" from Dropbox, and gives it back to your app. Your app should then exchange that authorization code for the access token for that user. (The authorization code is not the same as the access token.)

I recommend following the documentation here that shows how to process this using the Dropbox .NET SDK:

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/T_Dropbox_Api_DropboxOAuth2Helper.htm

 

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