can i pass the email and password in the url of dropbox to automatically login to the dropbox

[santosh111]

can I pass the email and password to the url of dropbox to login automatically.

Please help me regarding this.

Thanks.

[Jay]

Hi there, this isn’t possible I’m afraid, due to obvious security concerns.

[santosh111]

ok.

Thanks.

[Jay]

If you're referring to API usage, then I'll move this thread to the API forum to see if our specialist can help out!

[chirstius]

Hello @santosh111,

Can you clarify what you mean by logging in automatically?

If you are referring to access to the Dropbox website, then there is no direct way to automatically login if you have not been previously authenticated on a given browser instance.

If you are looking for a way to take action on a Dropbox account programmatically, then yes, the API can be used and does not require a user to directly login - however it still requires authorization against the Dropbox account in question, and if the user is not logged in, it will require a login first and then an authorization.

What exactly is it you are looking to do?

Thanks,

-Chuck

[santosh111]

I mean to say that through REST service can i directly login & upload a file and get  uploaded file into the visualforce page using apex code (REST API).

Thnks.

[Greg-DB]

@santosh111 Dropbox does offer an API you can use for programmatically uploading and downloading files. You can find everything you need to get started with the Dropbox API, including documentation, tutorials, and SDKs here:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers

For example, to download files:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-download

And to upload files:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload

These API calls require an access token for the account(s) that you want to connect to. You can't use the username and password directly.

Users use their account username and password to log in to the Dropbox web site to authorize access to your app. This way, your app never has to handle the user credentials directly. This is done via the OAuth flow:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/oauth-guide

The result is an access token that your app can store and re-use without further manual user intervention.

[santosh111]

I Got Solution .

Thanks all of You for reply.

Regards.

-Santosh111