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Hello, I am currently working on app (full permission) where I would like to choose a folder and then display the content on a webpage. It is important that it should be constantly looking for cha...
- I see, thanks for elaborating. No, unfortunately I don't have a better solution to offer. The API and the Chooser aren't designed to be used closely together like this, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.
That being the case, you'll need to implement them both separately, or make your own file browser, as you mentioned.
Hey Greg, thanks for your answer.
I was hoping there is a Dropbox Chooser from the SDK that also includes the Authorization part. (as Google Picker works - select something after you authorize the app)[1].
The complete story of my project consist in two apps. The user story is being able to display the photos you have from a dropbox folder, but this app does not have any user interaction. So in order to read the files from a folder, I need the access_token and the folderId.
There is a different app for that where user logs with getAuthenticationUrl and selects a folder with Dropbox Chooser and then, I pass this config object to the other app.
I was hoping I could launch both flows (authorization and file picking) together, not separately.
I started my own pseudo-file picker by 'navigating' dynamically with filesListFolder but maybe I am missing something and there is a better solution.
Have a wonderful day,
Bogdan
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffI see, thanks for elaborating. No, unfortunately I don't have a better solution to offer. The API and the Chooser aren't designed to be used closely together like this, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.
That being the case, you'll need to implement them both separately, or make your own file browser, as you mentioned.
That being the case, you'll need to implement them both separately, or make your own file browser, as you mentioned.
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