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Python sdk error DropboxAuth2Flow
I am using python sdk to list and download files but getting stuck at authetication. Using this code to authenticate user to allow access.
from dropbox import DropboxOAuth2Flow, oauth import h...
Okay, so I tried importing all the modules required to run this script as below and there are no errors.
from dropbox import DropboxOAuth2Flow, oauth
import http_status
from flask import flash
APP_KEY = 'mykey'
APP_SECRET = 'mysecretkey'
def get_dropbox_auth_flow(web_app_session):
redirect_uri = "https://my-web-server.org/dropbox-auth-finish"
return DropboxOAuth2Flow(
APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, redirect_uri, web_app_session,
"dropbox-auth-csrf-token")
# URL handler for /dropbox-auth-start
def dropbox_auth_start(web_app_session, request):
authorize_url = get_dropbox_auth_flow(web_app_session).start()
redirect_to(authorize_url)
# URL handler for /dropbox-auth-finish
def dropbox_auth_finish(web_app_session, request):
try:
oauth_result = \
get_dropbox_auth_flow(web_app_session).finish(
request.query_params)
except oauth.BadRequestException as e:
http_status(400)
except oauth.BadStateException as e:
# Start the auth flow again.
redirect_to("/dropbox-auth-start")
except oauth.CsrfException as e:
http_status(403)
except oauth.NotApprovedException as e:
flash('Not approved? Why not?')
return redirect_to("/home")
except oauth.ProviderException as e:
logger.log("Auth error: %s" % (e,))
http_status(403)
But it doesn't seem to open up the browser for authentication from the user. Am I missing something?
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorIt looks like you're referring to the example code in the DropboxOAuth2Flow documentation. That example code isn't a complete sample, so it won't work on its own. For instance, it doesn't include definitions for `redirect_to` or `http_status`. It's just meant as an outline of how you would implement this in a web app using a web framework.
First, to clarify, are you building a web app using a web framework? You don't need to use Flask in particular, but the expectation for that sample is that you would be using some framework that provides the functionality for `redirect_to` or `http_status` (or that you would build your own). In that case, the line `redirect_to(authorize_url)` would send the user to the Dropbox OAuth app authorization page.
You said that you're "trying to build a simple python script that will let user authenticate using browser", so it sounds like you may not be building a web app, but rather a local app. In that case, you would still need to have the use the browser to have the user authorize the app, but you're not in a context where you can just redirect them there. In that case, DropboxOAuth2FlowNoRedirect may make more sense for your use case. There's a small sample in the documentation for that too that may be helpful.
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