Please Help ...
In the figure of no display long-live token tab in my dropbox app settings .
Why ?
Please ...Help Me
We Need long-live token.
@msmoe Здравко is correct, Dropbox is no longer offering the option for creating new long-lived access tokens. Dropbox is switching to only issuing short-lived access tokens (and optional refresh tokens) instead of long-lived access tokens. You can find more information on this migration here.Apps can still get long-term access by requesting "offline" access though, in which case the app receives a "refresh token" that can be used to retrieve new short-lived access tokens as needed, without further manual user intervention. You can find more information in the OAuth Guide and authorization documentation.For reference, while the creation of new long-lived access tokens is now deprecated, we don't currently have a plan to disable existing long-lived access tokens. (If that changes, we will of course announce that ahead of time.) That being the case, you can continue using existing long-lived access token(s) without interruption, if you have any. Also, note though that after the change you won't be able to create new long-lived access tokens.While the change began on September 30th 2021, we released it gradually, so you may not have seen your app(s) affected until more recently. Once it applies to your app, it would apply regardless of the "Access token expiration" setting for your app, and that setting may no longer be available for your app.Note that this is something that would need to be implemented by the programmer of the app though, so if you are not the programmer responsible for this integration, you may need to get an update from them to support this.
@msmoe wrote: ...We Need long-live token.
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Hi @msmoe,
The only long-lived token is refresh token. Time ago was possible to get long-lived access token, but it's obsolete and dropped already (in spite an existing can still be used, but new can't be issued anymore). Access token can be "refreshed" (i.e. ensuring valid) using refresh token.
Hope this clarifies matter.
Thank So much Sir.
But How to create refresh token .
I read http documentation, but I no understand.
I am junior php Laravel developer Sir.
please help me example tutorial or codes .
please .
As a example you can take a look here. It's not a PHP code, but a command line curl execution. I believe you haven't problem to convert it. The most important is HOW it's gonna work (as idea).
Have a nice day.
Hi @Здравко ,
Thant You so much sir. I got it
But include expires. Why?
And access token is Do you have to take it every time you request it?
Can't you take it once and use it all the time?
Please explain Sir.
Hi @Здравко
I don't understand this step.
We developed mobile app now. So How to do this step?
I don't understand.
Please explain Sir Please.
Hi again @msmoe,
As I have mentioned in referred thread, you need to do refresh every time you need to use access token and previous one already expired! Access token does always expire (no more long lived access token), as mentioned too, so don't ask why. You can't take it once, but whenever needed. You can calculate expiration moment as sum of current moment in seconds plus the value in "expires_in" and keep it. Every time you need access token a comparison can be performed and if current moment is NOT before the kept expiration moment, refresh should follows before you continue further since the token is already expired. That's it.
To be honest I'm not sure what actually you can't understand about your mobile application. By the way, you can use some of Dropbox SDKs to do this. Select one of available SDKs based on target platform and used development tools. Many things there are pre-built and ready to use. Use the examples available for every SDK as something like template to start. 😉
Good luck.
Thank You So much Sir. I got access token using refresh token. My http request header's adding refresh-token. And return response access-token. Me used that access-token. And The request file is returned. It's okay, sir.
Is the above method correct? Sir.
But the response (.mp4) file is 0kb. I can't open it. Why?
Thank
Response Type is here !
size is 0. why sir?
@msmoe wrote: ...size is 0. why sir?
This means the file has been uploaded incorrectly. Do you able see the same file using the web interface of your account? Is there some content? How have you uploaded it; using web interface, locally installed Dropbox application, or API (in your application)?
I used dropbox http method in laravel. And The file goes into the app.
The response I got is the same as the response in the Documentation.
In Here
Me uploaded Code below!
below my app figure
Its OK,sir.
But
When I click on the link in the response and download, the resulting file cannot be opened.
And Size is 0 . Why?
Thank.
Seems you haven't read your tooling documentation. What is:
@msmoe wrote:... $res = $client->request("POST", "https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload", [ 'headers' => [ 'authorization' => "Bearer {$this->getToken()}", 'Content-Type'=> 'application/octet-stream', 'Dropbox-API-Arg' => json_encode($args) ], 'data-binary'=>$filename, ]);...
... this 'data-binary'?! 🤔 Can you point out to the place where this is described? After that, you need to post your file content, not the file name!!! Even if your call would successful, the resulted file's gonna contain only the file name; nothing more. Since the request body is completely empty now, the file is empty too. 🙂 Take a bit more care; rely on check and error only when you don't have any documentation.
Hope this gives direction.
Thank You Sir.
If so, how to do it? Sir. Please Help.
Because I've tried and I can't.
Because it's important to me Sir.
Please Help Me Sir.
@msmoe wrote: ...If so, how to do it? Sir. Please Help.Because I've tried and I can't....
🤔 I'm not sure what actually you ask me. Do you ask me how you can do a post HTTP request? 🧐 If so, you have already done one successful - take a look on your call to /2/files/get_temporary_link (the result of which is last post of you on previous page). There you have posted calls parameters in the body. That's exactly what you need to do here - post in the same body, but the file content instead of the parameters. The parameters (for such a call - upload call) are passed as 'Dropbox-API-Arg' header (something you have done properly). 😉 That's it - exactly how explained in the call description.
If I have something misinterpreted in your question, clarify what you mean more precisely.
Thank You for reply.Please help me Sir.When uploading succeeded, But in the dropbox app the file size is 0 why?As Sir said The requested file is the body.It is shown below. Where is it wrong?And Sir said above Is it because data-binary is wrong?
Please help me Sir.
I hope it will help you sir.
If possible, could you show me the code as an example?
I used php/laravel Sir.I'm a junior so it's hard to explain in writing.
Thank Sir.
@msmoe I see that the file you have uploaded has a size of 0 bytes, meaning it doesn't contain any data. When uploading files, you'll need to make sure you send the data you want uploaded for that file.
For instance, if you're using /2/files/upload, you'll need to send the file data in HTTPS request body, as that endpoint is a "content-upload" style endpoint. You should refer to the documentation for whatever HTTPS client you're using to perform that call for information on how to supply the file data in the request body. (Note that "data-binary" is the name of a parameter used by "curl" on the command line, but that may not necessarily also be the name of the parameter you should be using for your HTTPS client.)
Hi @Greg-DB
Thank You for reply.
Sir, I don't understand what you are saying.
I am refer to the documentation.
My Code is below Sir.
Where is it wrong? And Where is it needed?
Please
@Здравко wrote: ... this 'data-binary'?! 🤔 Can you point out to the place where this is described? ...
... this 'data-binary'?! 🤔 Can you point out to the place where this is described? ...
@msmoe wrote: ...I am refer to the documentation....
Hmm... really... Where is this documentation? Read it and probably you won't need somebody to tell you what you have to do. Again your main issue is the empty request body - leading to empty file (not only wrong parameter)! Where are you filling the request body in your code? As Greg correctly told you 'data-binary' is command line curl parameter. What is the equivalent parameter in your environment?
For easier debugging redirect the request to http://httpbin.org/post and upload some text file for easier reading (instead of binary one - like media file). Dump the result and see what you are sending actually, including the request body. Is it correct? Read the "big books" and try correct the request until correct one (matching to /2/files/upload).
One thing you can do is to create a text file with content something like "My body is Hello World" and name "test.txt". Next make a post request like:
curl -X POST http://httpbin.org/post \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' \ -H 'Dropbox-API-Arg: {"autorename":false,"mode":"overwrite","mute":false,"path":"/video/test.txt"}' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/octet-stream' \ --data-binary @test.txt
As a response you will get description of what you have sent. It's easy to see what you have sent as a body (the file content). After that, replace the URL in your code and see what's there. While reading your documentation, try to make your request in code to be similar to what curl does (least the body, labeled as "data", has to be the same).
@msmoe In the latest code snippet you shared, I don't see where you're attempting to set the request body to contain the file data to upload, so you would get an empty file uploaded.
I see you're using "GuzzleHttp" as your network client. That's not made by Dropbox, so I can't offer help with that, but it looks like the documentation can be found here.
