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aston
6 years agoExplorer | Level 4
OAuth 2.0 for native apps
Hi, How a native app (a desktop application) can implement and use the Authorization flow without having to know/use the app's secret? Quoting from here: "The current industry best practice is to ...
- 6 years ago
Yes, for client-side apps, you should use the "implicit" a.k.a. "token" flow. This is the version of the Dropbox OAuth app authorization flow that does not require use of the app secret.
The DbxWebAuth class in the official Dropbox API v2 Java SDK is only built for web apps though, and does not support the implicit flow. I'll pass this along as a feature request, but I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
There is a special flow built for Android though, in case you're running on Android. Otherwise, you'll need to implement the implicit flow directly.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Yes, for client-side apps, you should use the "implicit" a.k.a. "token" flow. This is the version of the Dropbox OAuth app authorization flow that does not require use of the app secret.
The DbxWebAuth class in the official Dropbox API v2 Java SDK is only built for web apps though, and does not support the implicit flow. I'll pass this along as a feature request, but I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
There is a special flow built for Android though, in case you're running on Android. Otherwise, you'll need to implement the implicit flow directly.
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