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Karmo
9 months agoNew member | Level 2
DropBox Auth for backend
I am developing an app that requires to read metadata from dropbox files. This backend has no interraction with the user directly. I am having difficulties finding a way to get backend authenticated ...
- 9 months agoHello Karmo,
While retrieving the access token and refresh token for the Dropbox API, you would usually need the client_id (app key), and client_secret (app secret). However you could implement PKCE with the Dropbox API without the client_secret (app secret). For further information, please review the following below:
iNeil
Dropbox Engineer
9 months agoHello Karmo,
While retrieving the access token and refresh token for the Dropbox API, you would usually need the client_id (app key), and client_secret (app secret). However you could implement PKCE with the Dropbox API without the client_secret (app secret). For further information, please review the following below:
While retrieving the access token and refresh token for the Dropbox API, you would usually need the client_id (app key), and client_secret (app secret). However you could implement PKCE with the Dropbox API without the client_secret (app secret). For further information, please review the following below:
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