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Humza A.'s avatar
Humza A.
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11 years ago

Open Dropbox API Authorization request in a new Tab

I have a web application running on my local host and I am using Dropbox Core API in the web app to upload files. However, the Dropbox authentication page opens in the same tab in the browser as my w...
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Greg-DB
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11 years ago

The API itself doesn't offer an option for this, as the Dropbox API app authorization page is just a normal web page on the Dropbox web site, so this would be more of a browser behavior. That is, you can instruct the browser to open a link in a new tab/window (e.g., see these StackOverflow posts: Open link in new tab, How can I open a link in new tab (and not new window)?).

Or, you can open the page in a popup window, like the dropbox.js library does.

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