AWS | OAuth Dropbox API

For Dev

1. Create an app from 'https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps'

2. Set Redirect URI as 'http://localhost:9999/dropbox/callback'

3. Get ClientId , ClientSecret , CallbackUrl and paste it into /config/default.yml

   • Change profile in serverless.yml with your respective profile
   • run npm install
   • run npm run dev

4. Go To `http://localhost:9999/dropbox/'

5. Authenticate and Authorize

6. Copy the Access Token

7. Make the final request to dropbox api (To generate a temprory link of a file)

   curl -X POST \
   https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_temporary_link \
   -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token> ' \
   -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' \
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
   -d '{
       "path" : "/temp.rtf" 
   }'
   

P.S :- add your access token in Authorization header after Bearer eg :- [Bearer aklfbakbjkasbcbvkcjba] and make sure there exists the temp.rtf file in your dropbox root directory

For Dev Test

1. Go to default_test.yml
2. Change the EMAIL and PASSWORD with your own dropbox credentials
3. npm run test

For deploying on AWS

• Follow the same procedure for deploying it on AWS just make the necessary changes in the following files

  • config/stage.yml
  • config/stage_test.yml
  • test/test.js (link to stage_test.yml)