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Programatically generate auth token for nodejs server with javascript SDK
Hi! I've tried to read up on the doc/previous threads here, but couldn't quite figure this one out.. So, I'm building a web application in which I want an image gallery served from a specific D...
Astrofrans It's certainly possible to do so; you would just authorize the app for your own account only, and re-use the resulting refresh token for your account. The SDK works the same way regardless of how many accounts actually get connected. And while it's not the intended design pattern, as Здравко indicated, the security concerns are allayed when doing this in server-side apps, where you can keep the refresh token/access tokens secret and not exposed to end-users.
Thanks for the reply!
I understand. So, in turn, this means that all users of my app will need to connect their Dropbox accounts to my Dropbox app? Which would also imply, then, that they need to have a Dropbox account as well?
My theory was that I could use my Dropbox and then just proxy frontend requests to it through my backend service, but I take it this is not what the API is intended for?
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Astrofrans wrote:...
My theory was that I could use my Dropbox and then just proxy frontend requests to it through my backend service, but I take it this is not what the API is intended for?
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Dropbox API is used to establish connection in whatever context (either users context or your own only). When you're using Dropbox as server-side service you can safely use your own account only as well as user's accounts. On client side (web browser) it's not advisable single account (i.e. your own or any other) sharing - matter of security. In such cases only user's account should be used.
Greg-DB wrote:... the Dropbox API is meant for use by end-users to each connect their own Dropbox accounts. You could technically connect to your own account only for everyone, but it's not recommended.
Oh... 🤔 Why?! 🧐 Here server side is on focus - nodejs! 🤷
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