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Corner A.
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10 years ago

User setup of Token and Secret

Hi Im a bit stuck...I need to give my net app access to a drop box account...mainly want the app to create shared folders. Im using the dropNet API How do I manually set the Token and Secre...
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Corner A.'s avatar
Corner A.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Hi Greg, Thanks for the fast response.
Actually have had it working for quite some time. Have no problem at all creating shared folders
I'm embarrassed to say I have forgotten how to retrieve the user token/Secret but did see the following note in the dropnet api ref
"Best Practices: Dropbox’s Developer page states several times in bold red font that applications should not store a users Dropbox password and to help enforce this DropNet allows you to manually set a users Token and Secret on the client."

hence my question

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