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Saird_Kuipers
6 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Run API on internal server with http instead of https
Dear all,
I developed a webbased django app locally which works perfectly fine. No I'm stuggling to run the app on the internal server. The Redirect URIs returns:' Non-local OAuth 2 redirect URIs m...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
6 years agoAs a matter of security, Dropbox only allows "localhost" redirect URIs to use http://, and there isn't a setting to disable or workaround this. So, the only options would be:
- use a "localhost" server for your http:// redirect URI for development/testing
- use the "code" flow ("response_type=code") but omit the redirect URI entirely, so that the user has to copy/paste the authorization code manually
- switch to https://
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