B Brad Henderson Member Licensed User Aug 1, 2024 #1 Hello Everyone, I am hoping someone has successfully tackled the Dropbox refresh token/access token maze (at least it is to me). I have been able to create a Refresh Token using THIS manual method using a Browser window and Windows Command Prompt (Terminal). It creates a long term Refresh Token that I can use to create a new temporary (4hr) access token using this in the Windows command prompt: B4X: Copy curl https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token -d grant_type=refresh_token -d refresh_token=<Refresh Token> -u <App key>:<App secret> My question is: Is there a way of executing this Curl command from within a B4A program? At the moment my app works with 4 hourly refresh requests from the user and would like this process to be invisible to the user. Your help is appreciated Brad
Hello Everyone, I am hoping someone has successfully tackled the Dropbox refresh token/access token maze (at least it is to me). I have been able to create a Refresh Token using THIS manual method using a Browser window and Windows Command Prompt (Terminal). It creates a long term Refresh Token that I can use to create a new temporary (4hr) access token using this in the Windows command prompt: B4X: Copy curl https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token -d grant_type=refresh_token -d refresh_token=<Refresh Token> -u <App key>:<App secret> My question is: Is there a way of executing this Curl command from within a B4A program? At the moment my app works with 4 hourly refresh requests from the user and would like this process to be invisible to the user. Your help is appreciated Brad
teddybear Well-Known Member Licensed User Aug 2, 2024 #2 2 solutions: 1. Directly run curl within phone shell 2. Use httpjob poststring to do that Upvote 0
B Brad Henderson Member Licensed User Aug 2, 2024 #3 Thank you teddybear, I am new to both these methods. Using the "httpjob" how would I provide the variables: <Refresh Token> -u <App key>:<App secret>? If I try to add them in the download command I get a 404 page not found, if I don't include them it hangs at "Wait For" JobDone. Thanks for your help Upvote 0
Thank you teddybear, I am new to both these methods. Using the "httpjob" how would I provide the variables: <Refresh Token> -u <App key>:<App secret>? If I try to add them in the download command I get a 404 page not found, if I don't include them it hangs at "Wait For" JobDone. Thanks for your help
teddybear Well-Known Member Licensed User Aug 2, 2024 #4 Download command is for GET, poststring is for POST method Read httpjob documentation first, and then search for poststring and basic auth on the forums. Upvote 0
Download command is for GET, poststring is for POST method Read httpjob documentation first, and then search for poststring and basic auth on the forums.
B Brad Henderson Member Licensed User Aug 3, 2024 #5 Thanks again teddybear I've looked at the documentation and can see that poststring requires requires a link and a text parameter. From this curl command: Code: Copy curl https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token -d grant_type=refresh_token -d refresh_token=<Refresh Token> -u <App key>:<App secret> I would guess that the link is "https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token" but where would I search to find the text component.? Upvote 0
Thanks again teddybear I've looked at the documentation and can see that poststring requires requires a link and a text parameter. From this curl command: Code: Copy curl https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token -d grant_type=refresh_token -d refresh_token=<Refresh Token> -u <App key>:<App secret> I would guess that the link is "https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token" but where would I search to find the text component.?
