API for testing OAuth2 with Dropbox
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API for testing OAuth2 with Dropbox
How to Build
You must have Python 2 >=2.7.9
or Python 3 >=3.4
installed on your system to install and run this SDK. This SDK package depends on other Python packages like nose, jsonpickle etc.
These dependencies are defined in the requirements.txt
file that comes with the SDK.
To resolve these dependencies, you can use the PIP Dependency manager. Install it by following steps at https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/.
Python and PIP executables should be defined in your PATH. Open command prompt and type pip --version
.
This should display the version of the PIP Dependency Manager installed if your installation was successful and the paths are properly defined.
- Using command line, navigate to the directory containing the generated files (including
requirements.txt
) for the SDK. - Run the command
pip install -r requirements.txt
. This should install all the required dependencies.
How to Use
The following section explains how to use the DropboxTestApi SDK package in a new project.
1. Open Project in an IDE
Open up a Python IDE like PyCharm. The basic workflow presented here is also applicable if you prefer using a different editor or IDE.
Click on Open
in PyCharm to browse to your generated SDK directory and then click OK
.
The project files will be displayed in the side bar as follows:
2. Add a new Test Project
Create a new directory by right clicking on the solution name as shown below:
Name the directory as "test"
Add a python file to this project with the name "testsdk"
Name it "testsdk"
In your python file you will be required to import the generated python library using the following code lines
from dropbox_test_api.dropbox_test_api_client import DropboxTestApiClient
After this you can write code to instantiate an API client object, get a controller object and make API calls. Sample code is given in the subsequent sections.
3. Run the Test Project
To run the file within your test project, right click on your Python file inside your Test project and click on Run
How to Test
You can test the generated SDK and the server with automatically generated test cases. unittest is used as the testing framework and nose is used as the test runner. You can run the tests as follows:
- From terminal/cmd navigate to the root directory of the SDK.
- Invoke
pip install -r test-requirements.txt
- Invoke
nosetests
Initialization
Authentication
In order to setup authentication and initialization of the API client, you need the following information.
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
o_auth_client_id | OAuth 2 Client ID |
o_auth_client_secret | OAuth 2 Client Secret |
o_auth_redirect_uri | OAuth 2 Redirection endpoint or Callback Uri |
API client can be initialized as following.
# Configuration parameters and credentials
o_auth_client_id = 'o_auth_client_id' # OAuth 2 Client ID
o_auth_client_secret = 'o_auth_client_secret' # OAuth 2 Client Secret
o_auth_redirect_uri = 'o_auth_redirect_uri' # OAuth 2 Redirection endpoint or Callback Uri
client = DropboxTestApiClient(o_auth_client_id, o_auth_client_secret, o_auth_redirect_uri)
You must now authorize the client.
Authorizing your client
Your application must obtain user authorization before it can execute an endpoint call. The SDK uses OAuth 2.0 authorization to obtain a user's consent to perform an API request on the user's behalf.
1. Obtain user consent
To obtain user's consent, you must redirect the user to the authorization page. The get_authorization_url()
method creates the URL to the authorization page.
auth_url = client.auth.get_authorization_url()
2. Handle the OAuth server response
Once the user responds to the consent request, the OAuth 2.0 server responds to your application's access request by redirecting the user to your redirect URI.
If the user approves the request, the authorization code will be sent as the code
query string:
https://example.com/oauth/callback?code=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
If the user does not approve the request, the response contains an error
query string:
https://example.com/oauth/callback?error=access_denied
3. Authorize the client using the code
After the server receives the code, it can exchange this for an access token. The access token is an object containing information for authorizing client requests and refreshing the token itself.
try:
client.auth.authorize('code')
except OAuthProviderException as ex:
# handle exception
Refreshing token
An access token may expire after some time. To extend its lifetime, you must refresh the token.
if client.auth.token_expired():
try:
client.auth.refresh_token()
except OAuthProviderException as ex:
# handle exception
If a token expires, the SDK will attempt to automatically refresh the token before the next endpoint call requiring authentication.
Storing an access token for reuse
It is recommended that you store the access token for reuse.
You can store the access token in a file or a database.
# store token
save_token_to_database(client.config.o_auth_token)
However, since the the SDK will attempt to automatically refresh the token when it expires, it is recommended that you register a token update callback to detect any change to the access token.
client.config.o_auth_callback = save_token_to_database
The token update callback will be fired upon authorization as well as token refresh.
Creating a client from a stored token
To authorize a client from a stored access token, just set the access token after creating the client:
client = DropboxTestApiClient()
client.config.o_auth_token = load_token_from_database()
Class Reference
List of Controllers
FilesController
Get controller instance
An instance of the FilesController
class can be accessed from the API Client.
files_controller = client.files
get_file_count
TODO: Add a method description
def get_file_count(self)
Example Usage
result = files_controller.get_file_count()
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