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karikalan
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11 years ago

Windows 8 store app Dropbox get access token and upload issue

I am able to successfully login and get the request token using rest apin in Windows 8 store app. But I am getting '401 Unauthorized' error while retrieving the access token as well as trying to upl...
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Steve M.
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11 years ago

Please share your code: specifically the part where you make the call to exchange the request token for an access token.

From the terminology "request token," it sounds like maybe you're using OAuth 1? Are you using a library for OAuth, or are you writing your own code? Which signing method are you using? (HMAC-SHA1 or PLAINTEXT?)

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