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Dane E.'s avatar
Dane E.
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9 years ago

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, ...
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Steve M.'s avatar
Steve M.
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9 years ago

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.

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