Support token flow
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Description
The Dropbox API supports both the token flow and the code flow.
AppAuth-iOS only supports the code flow.
However, when using the code flow, Dropbox imposes the use of a HTTPS URL for the code flow, and does not support custom schemes. They can only be used for the token flow.
AppAuth-iOS relies on SFAuthenticationSession, which only allows custom URL schemes.
This entirely prevents using AppAuth-iOS to do OAuth with Dropbox.
Supporting the token flow would help a lot in that regard.
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Research direction
The issue identifies AppAuth-iOS's code-flow support and SFAuthenticationSession as the relevant entry points. Compare the existing code flow with Dropbox's token-flow requirements, then define implementation and test coverage for token flow that works with custom URL schemes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios, objective-c
- Domain
- authentication, mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100