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Gert-Jan K.'s avatar
Gert-Jan K.
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11 years ago

Using API from Excel VBA

Hello, I'm trying to figure out how the API exactly works to download files from Dropbox from Excel VBA (2010, 2013). The main issue for now is how to get past the authorization part. I'v setup ...
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Greg-DB
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11 years ago

The /oauth2/authorize URL is not an API endpoint, but rather a page on the Dropbox web site, where the user can choose whether or not to authorize your app to their Dropbox account. You should be directing the user to it in a browser, and not programmatically requesting it. 

The following pages have more information about implementing the OAuth 2 app authorization flow:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/oauth-guide
https://blogs.dropbox.com/developers/2013/07/using-oauth-2-0-with-the-core-api/

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