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Gert-Jan K.'s avatar
Gert-Jan K.
New member | Level 1
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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Gert-Jan K.'s avatar
Gert-Jan K.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

My request is not about an app requesting access to the user's Dropbox-account, but rather the other way around.
Users that will be using my Excel-file will need access to a folder in MY Dropbox-account.

From there they will be granted access to a specific folder and the Excel-file will read file-listings and file-contents from Dropbox.

It's a bit like sharing a Dropbox-folder with someone.
I already used the provided link (from sharing a folder), but that returns a complete HTML-page with a lot of clutter I don't need.
I only need a file-listing first and then in a second step I will need to download one of those files.

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