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Andrii M.
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10 years ago
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OAuth2 with IWebBrowser2

Hi. I am doing some app in C++ using IWebBrowser2 for authenticating user. The problem is that this browser component does not allow catching redirects so in the end of the either code or token flow ...
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    Andrii M.
    10 years ago

    Hi Stephen. Thank you for response.

    I read about this way but ideally my app would connect to Dropbox without need of user's copy-paste.

    Anyway, I managed to beat the IWebBrowser2 to work with Dropbox OAuth2 flow. Eventually, for some URIs it gives correct address and https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/redirect_receiver appeared to be one of them.

Andrii M.'s avatar
Andrii M.
Helpful | Level 5
10 years ago

Hi Stephen. Thank you for response.

I read about this way but ideally my app would connect to Dropbox without need of user's copy-paste.

Anyway, I managed to beat the IWebBrowser2 to work with Dropbox OAuth2 flow. Eventually, for some URIs it gives correct address and https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/redirect_receiver appeared to be one of them.

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