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FrustratedUser3
Collaborator | Level 8
3 years ago
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Redirect URI documentation incomplete for code flow

Dropbox OAuth Guide - Dropbox The process of using the redirect URI is not fully explained. There is no mention of which method will be used to call the URI (POST, GET, etc.) and there is no explan...
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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
3 years ago

Hi FrustratedUser3,

If you mean callback query (redirect URI), after confirmation by user, ( it's NOT a call!!! ) GET method is in use. For code flow, there is mandatory 'code' parameter and optional 'state' parameter (appears when/if set in auth URL). Further you need to finish the flow with call to /oauth2/token where you get the flow' results (access token, optional refresh token, different IDs, etc.). 😉 That's it.

Hope this helps.

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    FrustratedUser3
    Collaborator | Level 8
    3 years ago

    I was pointing out that the documentation is incomplete. The state variable is mentioned, the code variable is implied, and the http VERB is not referenced. This needs to be added to the documentation:

     

    After the user presses allow during the code flow process, the browser sends a request to the redirect URI using the GET verb with the following query parameters:
* code: A code that ...
* state: An optional variable ...

     

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      Greg-DB
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      3 years ago

      FrustratedUser3 Thanks for the feedback!

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