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Vineeth1
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Is it possible to automate getting the access code?

I tried using selenium to automate but I keep getting captcha which I cant get past it Is there any way of getting past that
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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
3 years ago
Vineeth1 wrote:

... I keep getting captcha ...

Vineeth1, that's the reason of captcha to be there. 😀

If you want long term access, you can rely on refresh token instead of access token only. 😉

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    Vineeth1
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago
    curl https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token \
    -d code=AUTHORIZATIONCODEHERE \
    -d grant_type=authorization_code \
    -u APPKEYHERE:APPSECRETHERE​

    I tried using this to getting refresh token using this. The json doesnt contain refresh code in it. Is there any settings I need to change

    • Здравко's avatar
      Здравко
      Legendary | Level 20
      3 years ago
      Vineeth1 wrote:

      ... The json doesnt contain refresh code in it. Is there any settings I need to change

      Hi Vineeth1,

      Did you denote offline access in your authorization URL? 🧐 If I have to bet, No. 👈

      Take a look on this example. You don't need the last step there, just get the refresh token.

      Hope this helps.

    • DB-Des's avatar
      DB-Des
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      3 years ago

      Vineeth1 

       

      As Здравко mentioned, you'll need to make sure that token_access_type=offline is included in your request to /oauth2/authorize

      https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=<APP_KEY>&token_access_type=offline&response_type=code

       

      Once that is successful, you should see a refresh_token in the response.

       

      Feel free to reference our OAuth guide for details on refresh tokens.

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