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Gcleanwood
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3 years ago

Maui app to upload to dropbox

Hi,   I want to develop an app with .net maui for just five people. One function of this app is to upload files (mostly photos) to one Dropbox. Can this be done without forcing them to enter the Dr...
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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

Gcleanwood The API was designed with the intention that each user would link their own Dropbox account, in order to interact with their own files. As Здравко mentioned, while it is technically possible to always connect to just one account for all users, we do not officially support this, for various technical and security reasons.

 

You may be interested in using the GetTemporaryUploadLinkAsync method, as long as you don't expose the actual access/refresh tokens for your account to other users.

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
3 years ago
Greg-DB wrote:

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You may be interested in using the GetTemporaryUploadLinkAsync method, as long as you don't expose the actual access/refresh tokens for your account to other users.

How will be such method in use without exposing any token? 🤔 Maui is designed and usable for local applications (no server side)!

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    Greg-DB
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    3 years ago

    Здравко Thanks for the note. Yes, that would require the use of some server-side component.

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