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Cloak F.'s avatar
Cloak F.
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

How to get #access_token= ?!?!

Hi,

We're trying to integrate Dropbox within our service.

Right now, we're hung op on how to access the GET access_token after a user authenticated. Dropbox places a # before the GET variables so we can't access it the normal way and REQUEST_URI won't work either.
How can we get that access_token?!

Thank you in advance.

- Ralph

API

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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    9 years ago

    Hi Ralph, when using the "token" flow, the access token is placed in the "fragment" of the redirect URI (the portion after the "#"), per the OAuth specification. 

    Browsers don't send that portion up to the server though, so if you are building a web app, using the "code" flow instead is the right way to go.

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