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victorTm90
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Getting shared Link: Problem with permissions.
Hello everyone!
I have developed an API for uploading files and generating links for downloading them. However, I am encountering an issue when trying to obtain a shared link.
The problem is that...
victorTm90
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi Greg,
You were right, I hadnât restarted the access token after changing the scope. Like you said, the required scope was âsharing.readâ. However, the error persists, and I donât know how to proceed in order to solve it. Do you have any idea what I can do? Thank you, and sorry about the late reply.
Best,
VĂctor
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
2 years agoIf you're still getting a 'missing_scope' error, that means that the particular access token you're using to call that endpoint is not authorized with the scope needed for that particular endpoint.
Note that enabling the scope on the app itself does not grant that scope to preexisting access tokens (or refresh tokens). Likewise, if you have a preexisting refresh token, using that to get another access token will still not produce an access token with that additional scope granted; it can only produce access tokens with scopes originally granted to that refresh token.
To get an access token with that scope, you'll need to authorize the app again, with that scope enabled. That is, you'll need to process the OAuth app authorization flow again (or use the "Generate" button again if you just need a short-lived access token for your own account).
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