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App Code and App Secret Input php curl

App Code and App Secret Input php curl

FSUInnovation
Explorer | Level 4
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When I add the required app code and app secret for the 0auth2/token curl, should it be placed in the http header, or in the curlopt_postfields setopt? If it goes in the http header, should it be a seperate item in the array, or in my json encoded array with the other 3 parameters?

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Greg-DB
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When calling /oauth2/token, you can actually pass the app key and secret either as 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' (not JSON) POST parameters, or in the place of the username and password, respectively, in "HTTP basic authentication", that is, in the "Authorization" header. You can find more information on that in the /oauth2/token documentation:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#oauth2-token

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Здравко
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Take a look here: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#authorization :wink: This is normal GET request, where all parameters are in the query.

Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
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When calling /oauth2/token, you can actually pass the app key and secret either as 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' (not JSON) POST parameters, or in the place of the username and password, respectively, in "HTTP basic authentication", that is, in the "Authorization" header. You can find more information on that in the /oauth2/token documentation:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#oauth2-token

FSUInnovation
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So, I would have a element in my httpheader array that looks like "Authorization: " . $appkey . ":" . $appsecret where the appkey colon appsecret are base 64 encoded? The element I have now is a utf8 encoded $appkey . ":" . $appsecret without "Authorization:" to the left of the string.

Greg-DB
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I see you opened a new thread for this with more information so I'll follow up with you there.

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