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Brendan C.'s avatar
Brendan C.
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11 years ago

Hardcode authentication/api to a single Dropbox account?

Hello - new to the Dropbox API and wondering if it's possible to hardcode the Dropbox account that an app using the API would authenticate/connect to? In other words - when a user takes some actio...
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Jason C.'s avatar
Jason C.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

I would recommend you to have a server to automatically upload files to your dropbox, rather than hard-coding your keys and keys in your app which could potentially allow people to upload whatever they want (malware, executables) and how much they want.

If you really want hard code your keys, you can try using the OAuth API https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/docs to generate a key, and then hardcode that key for requests in your app.

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