Basic question

Yannick_LANCHEC · February 25, 2016, 4:26pm

Hi,

How can i determine the values to enter for DropBoxAppkey, DropBoxAppSecret, etc....

I have an account, i know my email and password.

Thank you

Best regards.

tms_Nancy · February 25, 2016, 4:30pm

This is explained at http://www.tmssoftware.com/site/cloudkey.asp#DropBox

Yannick_LANCHEC · February 25, 2016, 4:57pm

Nancy,

Thank your for your help.

If i only want to connect a drive to an existing account, is it necessary to create an application for this ?

Best regards.

brunofierens · February 25, 2016, 5:00pm

Yes, for all REST API based access to a DropBox account, it is necessary to obtain an application key & secret.

Yannick_LANCHEC · February 25, 2016, 5:03pm

Ok bruno.

But if i install the Dropbox client (very heavy) , it can acces to the drive without creating anything.

Is it the same for all the others clouds ? is it possible to connect a drive without creating anything ?

Best regards

brunofierens · February 25, 2016, 5:38pm

All REST APIs rely on OAUTH and with OAUTH there is always an application key & secret involved. This is part of the OAUTH spec and our components implement this OAUTH spec. Again, this is a one-time step to get, as application developer who wants to use the DropBox service, this unique app & secret. After you got this app key & secret, you can build & deploy your app and your app can be used to access the DropBox account from users authenticating & authorizing in your app.