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ntnvrma
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Login into dropbox without redirect-uri

I am using "/oauth2/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=<clientid>&state=<randomstring>"  url and converted it into QR code and display to user. User then scan the QR Code from  smart phone and ...
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ntnvrma's avatar
ntnvrma
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

I understand your point, but in my current scenario: my authorization code is displayed on my smartphone and my desktop application needs access token.

manually entering the code ...works  fine.

Just wanted to know , if there's any other way to automate the OAuth without having the redirect_uri. 

 

Appreciate your response :)

 

 

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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

Thanks for the information. Unfortunately the redirect URI functionality is the only way Dropbox offers to automate this.

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