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DropBox Auth flow issue

Would it be possible to have a web page where a user can select multiple files from our server and have the server send those files directly to that user's dropbox account?

I assume they would need to authenticate with dropbox somehow then the server uses that session to upload the files?

How would I be able to do this if at all possible?

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Greg-DB

Yes, this is possible. The easiest way would be to use the Dropbox Saver:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/saver

If you want a more automated or custom integration though, you can use the Dropbox API instead. You would need to send the user through the OAuth app authorization flow:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/oauth-guide
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#authorization

Then you can upload programmatically, e.g., using /2/files/upload:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload

gdev

Nice! Thanks for the quick response. Any chance you know of any PHP examples or Laravel examples?

Thanks in advance

Greg-DB

For the Dropbox Saver, the integration is done in JavaScript in the browser.

For the Dropbox API, we don't have any official PHP/Laravel SDK or examples, but there are some third party PHP libraries listed here:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/communitysdks

gdev

You the man, thanks Greg!