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The design of Dropbox's AUTH CODE page.
I'm creating an Android app that accesses to Dropbox API.
To access Dropbox, users have to get access token using OAuth 2.0.
In this process, before getting the access token, users have to copy...
Thanks for the additional information! I'll send this along as a request to optimize this page, but I can't make any promises.
We do still highly recommend trying a redirect URI though. The /oauth2/authorize, which is still used even if you use a redirect URI, does also allow the user to switch Dropbox accounts. (In fact, switching accounts after hitting "Allow" would be too late to change what account is linked to the app anyway.)
It sounds like you may not want to use a redirect URI because it sometimes doesn't give the user a chance to switch though, since it may automatically redirect the user if they've already authorized the app. If that's the case, you should set force_reapprove=true to disable that behavior.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThanks for the additional information! I'll send this along as a request to optimize this page, but I can't make any promises.
We do still highly recommend trying a redirect URI though. The /oauth2/authorize, which is still used even if you use a redirect URI, does also allow the user to switch Dropbox accounts. (In fact, switching accounts after hitting "Allow" would be too late to change what account is linked to the app anyway.)
It sounds like you may not want to use a redirect URI because it sometimes doesn't give the user a chance to switch though, since it may automatically redirect the user if they've already authorized the app. If that's the case, you should set force_reapprove=true to disable that behavior.
Hello Greg, Thank you for the kind advice.
"force_reapprove=true" is truly nice!
I'll try redirect-page with it readily.
I really appreciate your support. <(_ _)> :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Hi Greg,
Finally I used "force_reauthentication=true" to force users to choice their accounts before they are lead to the redirect-page.
Anyway, thank you for your advice. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Please anybody tell me how to set the force_reauthentication as true in authorization url.
DbxWebAuth.Request webAuthRequest = DbxWebAuth.newRequestBuilder().withForceReapprove(true).withRedirectUri(finalUrl, getSessionStore(httpServletRequest)).build();
in the above code, there is method for setting force_reapprove as true but no method for force_reauthentication as true.
- Greg-DB
Radhika Girigalla I'll follow up with you on your GitHub issue.
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