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API App Authentication Get List of files/folders from public link
Hi i'm looking for some advice on how to do the following and what best route of authentication / api end points I should use,
I need to be able to parse a dropbox business folder (can do this ...
If i use the access token generated in the app admin console is this sufficient? What lifespan does it have?
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorYou can use an access token generated from the app's page on the App Console to connect to your own account.
Note that depending on the app's configuration, the access token may be short-lived (expires after four hours) or long-lived (doesn't expire by itself). If you don't yet have the "Access token expiration" option on that page, your access token will be long-lived. You can also tell from the access token itself. If it starts with "sl.", it is short-lived. You can find more information in the OAuth Guide.
I understand that the auth code retrieved form manual user interaction can only be used once.
If at this stage I go and get a token anrefresh token. Is it expected to just keep these tokens and keep refreshing as and when I need to. long does the refresh token last?
Is there no way to get a bearer token from just the app key and secret, it seems that the api doesnt cater for background applications?
- Greg-DB
The Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to get an access token automatically, just from an app key and secret. If you need "background", sometimes called "offline", access like this, you should get and store the refresh token like you described. The refresh token doesn't expire by itself (though can be revoked on demand), so you can store and re-use that to get new access tokens as needed, without manual user interaction.
Is this achievable via the .NET client or only via straight http calls?
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