authorization from a java desktop application without the need to declare any redirect url (without the need for a server-side code to handle the access token)

[thanasis k.]

i have develop a JAVA desktop application and right now iam using a server-side code in apache-tomcat to make the authorization and get the access token, and everything is fine.  But my partner inform me, that we should not use any web server software, so is there a way to get the access token in my desktop application without the need for a server-side code in a web server that runs locally????

please give a hand of help, ASAP...

[Greg-DB]

For client-side apps like this, you should generally use the OAuth 2 "token" flow. You can find more information in the documentation for /oauth2/authorize:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation

For the redirect URI, you can either use a local address that your app will listen on, or if you're using an in-app browser, you can use https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/redirect_reciever, where you can pull the access token off of the URL fragment.