An authenticated connection to Dropbox is required in order to access files from Dropbox. This guide is a walk-through to establish an OAuth application connection, based up on the Dropbox interface in the year 2022.
The following prerequisites must be fulfilled for a successful connection to the Dropbox authentication service:
You are about to create a Dropbox login now. This login will provide the authentication credentials for the OAuth connection we want to add to INETAPP.
Create App
from the overview to start with a new App.Scoped Access
from the Choose an API
section. Choose the type of access you need
section.Name your app
section.Create App
button.
The OAuth application configuration is displayed and requires further custom settings, depending on your environment. You have to take note of the following settings in the overview:
App key
into the Client ID field of the OAuth Connection dialog in the INETAPP configurationApp secret
into the Secret ID field of the OAuth Connection dialog in the INETAPP configurationRedirect URL
from the OAuth Connection dialog into the OAuth 2 Redirect URIs
Note: The Secret ID is considered a password, so please keep it in a safe place.