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Switching users in app
Hi All is it possible (in a test app) to login as user 1, view files etc, then log out and log in as user 2, view their files etc? My app is using an OAuth2 flow in .net, its a windows forms ...
Greg-DB wrote:
If instead you want to avoid this behavior and make sure the user has a chance to switch accounts, you can set the forceReapprove parameter to true on DropboxOAuth2Helper.GetAuthorizeUri:
Note that the user will still need to manually log out and back in to the desired account on the Dropbox web site itself though, when they're presented with the choice to authorize the app.
This thread is now quite old but isn't better to set
forceReauthentication = true
in the API call so that the app presents the login screen and a different user has the chance to login? Semantically, forceReapprove only asks the user to re-approve the app's Dropbox access permissions.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community Moderatorxtremebytes It depends on the use case, so it's up to the developer to decide what makes sense for their app. The newer `forceReauthentication` can be more inconvenient than `forceReapprove` though, since the user is forcibly signed out and has to sign in again. With `forceReapprove`, the user can still choose to switch accounts if they want/need. That being the case, I would generally recommend `forceReapprove` over `forceReauthentication`.
@Grek K. thanks, I see your point about inconvenience. I am probably looking at it from a use-case where the user wants to disable the Dropbox integration and be presented with a user login screen when re-enabled again because it is likely to be disabled with the intent to switch users. There is a slight chance that the user may accidentally overlook the small sign-out link on the re-approval page, and still re-approve as the previously signed-in user. So, perhaps, it does make more sense in my app to set 'forceReauthentication'.
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