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Astrofrans
2 years agoNew member | Level 2
Programatically generate auth token for nodejs server with javascript SDK
Hi! I've tried to read up on the doc/previous threads here, but couldn't quite figure this one out.. So, I'm building a web application in which I want an image gallery served from a specific D...
- 2 years ago
Astrofrans It's certainly possible to do so; you would just authorize the app for your own account only, and re-use the resulting refresh token for your account. The SDK works the same way regardless of how many accounts actually get connected. And while it's not the intended design pattern, as Здравко indicated, the security concerns are allayed when doing this in server-side apps, where you can keep the refresh token/access tokens secret and not exposed to end-users.
Astrofrans
New member | Level 2
Thanks again for the reply!
I'll probably mark this as the solution then. No reason to work against the design of the API, I guess.
Technically, though, if I may scope creep just a little bit on my original question. What I'm really trying to achieve here is a feed of images originating shared (though owned by my personal account) Dropbox folder that I can incorporate into a frontend app. Without going in to hairy stuff like scraping, is this something that there is support in any other way?
Best,
Greg-DB
2 years agoDropbox Staff
Astrofrans It's certainly possible to do so; you would just authorize the app for your own account only, and re-use the resulting refresh token for your account. The SDK works the same way regardless of how many accounts actually get connected. And while it's not the intended design pattern, as Здравко indicated, the security concerns are allayed when doing this in server-side apps, where you can keep the refresh token/access tokens secret and not exposed to end-users.
- Astrofrans2 years agoNew member | Level 2
Right! Thanks a lot for patience with me here, I think I follow now. I'll probably go down that route then. Thanks again 🙂
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