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Is it possible to use the dropbox chooser on a desktop app? (node-webkit)
Hi,
I'm developing a node-webkit application which integrates with dropbox. I would love to be able to use the dropbox chooser which is available for web-apps. However, because it's a desktop app, it doesn't have a host/domain name, so I can't register it with dropbox to grant it permission. Hence, when I try to access the dropbox-chooser, I get the "Invalid Origin" error.
Does anyone know of any workaround for this situation? I would love to be able to seamlessly integrate dropbox into my app like how I could do it with dropbox chooser.
Thanks!
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Steve M.Dropbox Staff
nwjs (formerly node-webkit) lets you set the domain of your app to whatever you want. See http://docs.nwjs.io/en/latest/References/Manifest%20Format/#domain.
In short, add "domain": "domain-you-want" to your manifest.json, and then add "domain-you-want" as an allowed domain with your Chooser app. I did this and then found the Chooser worked fine.
Thanks so much for the fast response. That worked perfectly, thank you!
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