Error: Dropbox OAuth Credentials

shrey-42 · December 9, 2020, 11:05am

Hi, i’m receiving an error when trying to add Dropbox OAuth credentials.

I have followed the procedure of OAuth as described here:

The dropbox app has been given all the permissions.

Error:

Kindly advise how to rectify this.
Thanks.

harshil1712 · December 9, 2020, 11:11am

I encountered a similar issue a few days back, but I wasn’t sure if it was me. For now, you can use the Access Token credentials to authenticate. If you still want to use OAuth, let me know. I have found a workaround that might work, but I refrain from using it.

shrey-42 · December 9, 2020, 11:16am

Hi @harshil1712, yeah, for now i’ll keep using the Token based auth.
Do let me know if a permanent fix for OAuth comes around.
Thanks.

harshil1712 · December 9, 2020, 11:17am

Definitely. I have informed the team and hopefully it will get fixed soon. I will post here once it is fixed

RicardoE105 · December 9, 2020, 9:01pm

mmm seems like an update on the dropbox side, now we have to update the scopes we are asking the users for.

jan · December 24, 2020, 8:30am

Got fixed with [email protected]

shrey-42 · December 30, 2020, 5:42am

@jan, unfortunately, this is still not working. I am receiving the exact same error as earlier.

my n8n version: 0.99.1

harshil1712 · December 30, 2020, 5:48am

Hey @shrey-42!

Can you try re-creating the credentials and configure them with n8n? It is working fine for me.

shrey-42 · December 30, 2020, 5:49am

I did. I even tried creating a new app in Dropbox.
This is the latest error:

harshil1712 · December 30, 2020, 5:51am

Can you tell me how are you running n8n? This however seems to be an issue with Dropbox, and not n8n.

shrey-42 · December 30, 2020, 5:55am

Docker container with PostgresDB, hosted in a DO Droplet

harshil1712 · December 30, 2020, 6:02am

This seems be an issue with your Dropbox app. I would suggest you to reach out to the Dropbox folks.

jan · December 30, 2020, 6:40am

@shrey-42 can also confirm that. Did test it 1-2 days ago. All working perfectly now.

And looking at the error you are getting is actually not exactly the same at all. More a totally different one. So would really Google the error or contact Dropbox. This is one page I found which talks about what could cause this issue:

shrey-42 · December 30, 2020, 6:47am

@harshil1712 @jan

Thanks for the feedback.

Could you also confirm if the case where it’s working for you guys is with a Dropbox app that’s in Development stage or Production stage?

harshil1712 · December 30, 2020, 7:24am

I have tested with the apps of both the kind. As mentioned earlier, this is not an issue with n8n. This is an issue with Dropbox, and I don’t have enough knowledge on that

If you can reach out to the Dropbox team, they should be able to help you