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psray47
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5 years ago
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SimpleTest waits on GetContextAsync() call

I am attempting to retrieve the access token via the Dropbox SDK and I am using the SimpleTest program.  The browser keeps going to an error page after log in and the progress in HandleOAuth2Redirect...
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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

Thanks! The LoopbackHost in the sample code as provided is "http://127.0.0.1:52475/", not "https://localhost/", so it does sound like that was a change you made. 

 

I would not expect "https://localhost/" to work, as you wouldn't normally have an SSL/TLS certificate for localhost. Please trying switching that back to the original value and try again.

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psray47
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5 years ago

Thank you very much Greg.  Adding the ipaddress and the port number with authorization in the console worked.

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