You'll be brought to the Dropbox website to authorize your app, after which you'll be presented with the access code. To do that, first obtain an Access Code by visiting the URL noted below. This is the appropriate flow per the Dropbox team as described in their oAuth Guide and by a Dropbox dev in this community thread.
You should use this Refresh Token to fetch fresh Access Tokens (which are short-lived) as needed. Dropbox Refresh Tokens are long-lived, and do not expire unless explicitly revoked. You'll want to obtain a Refresh Token and store that securely as an environment variable on your server. Refresh Token - this is a long-lived token that allows you to fetch a fresh Access Token.Access Token - this is short-lived token that provides access to Dropbox API endpoints.Access Code - this is a one-time code that represents user-granted app access.It's important to understand three types of codes you'll encounter: This GIST generally describes how to authenticate requests to Dropbox API v2, for anyone working on a server-side PHP Dropbox implementation. You can get acquainted with the possibilities of Dropbox API using their API explorer.īTW, If you’d like us to create an automation workflow involving Dropbox for you, please drop us a line.Effective September 2021, Dropbox will be deprecating long-lived access tokens. You should now hand over this token to your developer. After the token is generated you’ll see a string of letters and numbers, which looks something like this:įkeqazcnlytdghf2hgfjh41hfghjhgk1jhk11fhyiko11ghkllre6ooo111fgheww.Scroll down to ‘OAuth 2’ block and hit ‘Generate’ button near ‘Generated access token’ text.You’ll be presented with your app’s settings. That name will become a folder in your Dropbox account. Choose Full Dropbox access on the second.If you ever want to do something similar, you’ll be asked to generate your Dropbox API access token. Use case: automatically create a dropbox folder and share it to the specified email every time someone submits a Wufoo form on their website. A client of ours asked us to incorporate Dropbox app into their workflow.
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