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Mobistudios A.'s avatar
Mobistudios A.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

Python error when setting up access for my App to Dropbox account

Hi, I'm new to this and need some help with setting up access with my Dropbox app to a Dropbox account using Python. When running the code I get the error shown below. I have inserted the app and ...
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Mobistudios A.'s avatar
Mobistudios A.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

 Thanks for the answer. we have made progress. Now when making any choice at the menu I get the following error.

  1. Go to: https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=qdrn1l679o14y86
  2. Click "Allow" (you might have to log in first)
  3. Copy the authorization code.
    Enter the authorization code here: 1
    /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/urllib3-1.11-py2.7.egg/urllib3/util/ssl_.py:97: InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available. This prevents urllib3 from configuring SSL appropriately and may cause certain SSL connections to fail. For more information, see https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html#insecureplatformwarning.
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "upload.py", line 18, in <module>
        access_token, user_id = flow.finish(code)
      File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/dropbox-2.2.0-py2.7.egg/dropbox/client.py", line 1398, in finish
        return self._finish(code, None)
      File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/dropbox-2.2.0-py2.7.egg/dropbox/client.py", line 1265, in _finish
        response = self.rest_client.POST(url, params=params)
      File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/dropbox-2.2.0-py2.7.egg/dropbox/rest.py", line 316, in POST
        return cls.IMPL.POST(*n, **kw)
      File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/dropbox-2.2.0-py2.7.egg/dropbox/rest.py", line 254, in POST
        post_params=params, headers=headers, raw_response=raw_response)
      File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/dropbox-2.2.0-py2.7.egg/dropbox/rest.py", line 227, in request
        raise ErrorResponse(r, r.read())
    dropbox.rest.ErrorResponse: [400] u'invalid_grant'

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