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How do i integrate Dropbox chooser with Angular app?

How do i integrate Dropbox chooser with Angular app?

gauravsc
Explorer | Level 3
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I am using angular v 7 which is currently stable angular version. I would like to use angular chooser in my application. I have used it with JavaScript/AngularJS . There i can import script with my app key. Here in angular 7, i need it to work with typescript. How do i do that? If chooser is not available in this scenario, how can i mimic it's functionality?

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Greg-DB
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The Dropbox Chooser isn't officially supported in Angular unfortunately, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. 

If you wanted to replicate the functionality using the Dropbox API, you could do so using the following endpoints (or corresponding methods in an SDK/library), but it would be substantially more work:

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Greg-DB
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The Dropbox Chooser isn't officially supported in Angular unfortunately, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. 

If you wanted to replicate the functionality using the Dropbox API, you could do so using the following endpoints (or corresponding methods in an SDK/library), but it would be substantially more work:

gauravsc
Explorer | Level 3
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Thanks @Greg-DB for quick reply.

What i need is link of users file, which is returned by chooser. i will try to find alternative way to do it. 

Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
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If you use the Dropbox API, the /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings and /2/files/get_temporary_link endpoints can be used to retrieve links equivalent to "preview" or "direct" links from the Chooser, respectively.

gauravsc
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Hi Greg, 

Thanks for reverting.

I would like to share more info for my usecase. May be you can suggest the best way to achive what i need. 

Is there any way i can send private message?So i can share more details.

Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
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Yes, if you would like to request API support privately, you can do so here.

dbrw
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this works... somewhere in your component.ts: (remember the script tag in index.html or wherever)

const options = {

  success: (files) => {

    // do something

  },

};

const dropbox = (window as any).Dropbox;

const dropboxBtn = dropbox.createChooseButton(options);

document.getElementById('<your div id>').appendChild(dropboxBtn);

 

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