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How to use username and password for upload files from web application using DropBox api
Hello, How to use username and password for upload files from web application using DropBox api instead of using access token,App key and App secret. Pls reply asap Regards, Aravind
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThe Dropbox API does not support uploading using the username and password.
Your app should implement the OAuth flow so that each user can choose to connect their Dropbox account to your app. This way, your users don't need to register their own apps, and your app never handles their usernames/passwords. You can find information on how the OAuth flow works here:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/oauth-guide
You can find the documentation for it here:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#authorization
Once your app has an access token for a user, it can use it to upload files, e.g., using /2/files/upload:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload
Those are links to the documentation for the HTTPS endpoints themselves, but we recommend using one of the official SDKs if possible:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation
Those have corresponding native methods for the HTTPS endpoints. They also do most of the work of implementing the OAuth flow for you.
Hi.
How can i get an oauth2 token in c# to call the new DropBoxClient with the token?
Thanks!
- Greg-DB
Testman It sounds like you're referring to using the official Dropbox API v2 .NET SDK. You can find information on how to implement the OAuth 2 app authorization flow to get an access token using that here:
https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/T_Dropbox_Api_DropboxOAuth2Helper.htm
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