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Hama1
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

Is there an API like Google Drive OAuth for Limited-Input Device Applications

Hello, I am a small printer engineer. I want to connect DropBox with my printer application. But my printer UI is so poor that I can't sign up for DropBox. GoogleDrive offers a sign-up method for ...
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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

No, Dropbox doesn't support this limited input OAuth flow, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

 

You could likely implement something to that effect on top of the Dropbox API OAuth 2 code flow though. That would require you to maintain your own server however.

  • diabolusss's avatar
    diabolusss
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    Hello! Are there any news about this feature?

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

      diabolusss No, I don't have news on this right now. I'll follow up here if/when I do.

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