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by tiles 5191 days ago
Is /copy_ref usable across API keys? Your API keys can easily be revoked, but you could instead just cache copy_ref links, and script the ability for a user to create their own dummy Dropbox app, then start downloading files.
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I think that the /copy_ref links are scoped to the API key.

But anyway, why would Dropbox revoked the API? I would be using the official API, the user had to explicitly share the files and I would have no access to the Root directory of the user (assuming I'm using an Application API Key).

I think that's no different that me generating a share URL from any file of my Dropbox account and posting on reddit for everyone to download :) But I'm no TOS expert :P