OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow using the Dropbox API and Postman

In this tutorial, I will show you how to make the requests needed for an OAuth 2.0 authorization flow using Postman.

Postman callback URL:

Authorize Endpoint:

Token Endpoint:

Postman collection:

Useful links:

OAuth 2.0 Spec

Register Dropbox App

Dropbox OAuth Guide

Dropbox API v2

#oauth2 #dropbox #postman
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[vdespa]

👉 Want to learn more about Postman? Check my complete Postman online course.

[mehanovicmahir]

I have not seen tutorials this good in awhile, thanks a lot!

[dawnabbott]

Thank you Valentin for these great postman tutorials! I have watched almost all of your postman videos and they have really helped me out.

[simpleedge]

You saved me...I was stuck for a couple of hours...thank you so much! It was the 'send client credentials in body' that I didn't think of trying. Thank you! 🙏🏼

[krishnavadak]

Excellent explanation. Never seen such a practical demonstration of oauth in other sites

[nitinzagade]

Super Info .

Its first time that somebody has explained OAuth 2.0 precisely .
Thanks a lot again.

[ferdinandsteenkamp]

Wish I had this tutorial when I started learning OAuth2 :D

[naveenkumarc]

Great Tutorial, was really helpful to understand OAuth 2.0 using postman

[rishijain]

Awesome tutorial. Helped me a lot to get started with DropBox API!!

[dilip]

You have so soo nicely explained each and every step.Thankyou.

[zaaboulla]

Thanks for the explanation, it is very useful

[franksteinjan]

Good Video Valentin. Learned a lot from this Video. Hope to see more like this in the future, e.g. a second part maybe picking up some of the questions raised here. I would be also interesting how the refresh token process will work in your example scenario with Dropbox. Is this somehow an automated process in PM or does it need manual steps as well? Thanks!

[anutoshghosh]

Hey this was an indepth analysis of Oauth2 and authorization, very good content, thanks a lot for this kind of content, would be helful if you can show the code how to achieve this in javascript.

[karangupta_DE]

Hi Valentin, great video. I recently completed a oauth 2.0 authentication for box api. The first step they mention in their documentation is to generate an authorization URL <combination of response_type, redirect_uri and client_id>. This url, when hit using a browser generates an alpha numeric code, which is then used as a key value pair in the body of x-www-form-urlencoded, which would then generate an access-token and a refresh-token.
Is it possible to automate the redirect_url step in airflow or python? or this needs to be done manually, only one time?

[mahboobsiddiqui]

Thank you So much ! @Valentin Despa Loved your session you are Fab! sir, requesting you to create new series of UI-Path/Automation AnyWhere...

[praveensaravanan]

Hey Valentin..Do you know how to connect Drop box with Dell Boomi?

[SunnyDeep]

How to get token for implicit grant type in oauth2 authorization using a javascript code in postman

[madiharehman]

I am not able to do the last step where you clicked open postman. I am using MacBook and using Chrome browser. It gives error as 403 and doesn’t redirect to postman desktop APP. Where exactly I need to give permission so chrome can open Postman?

[PeterTrapasso]

Hi Valentin! Thank you for doing this video. It looks like Dropbox has changed their scoping which breaks your app demo. When you click Request Token in Postman the browser returns Error (400) No scope requested can be granted for this app. Do you have an update we can follow to fix this? Thank you!

[noahfatah]

how long is the authorization access token valid for ?