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Polas
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

the easiest way for users to access data on one (joint) account via API - access token

I'm a beginner and I'm lost when working with authorization token. I have a desktop application that users will use to access my files (occasional access to small dials). The software is written in D...
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Polas
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

I still can't, I've only progressed a bit:

1.  I asked for a code 

https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?token_access_type=offline&response_type=code&client_id=ka23ob52ucbnj2u

and I got <received code>

the next step failed

2.  https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token -d code=<CODE_FROM_THE_IMAGE> -d grant_type=authorization_code -u <KEY_APP> : <SECR_KEY_APP>

What am I doing wrong? is the syntax ok?

I'm sure both the app key and the secret key are fine. Please advise, thanks!

 

 

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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

Polas As Здравко noted, it appears you are attempting to use /oauth2/token in your browser, which won't work. Note that while /oauth2/authorize is a web page that the user would access in their browser, /oauth2/token is not; /oauth2/token is an OAuth endpoint that you would call programmatically.

 

For instance, the examples in the /oauth2/token documentation use curl to peform that call, but you can use any HTTPS client of your choosing.

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