Adopt HTTPS for Dropbox Synchronization

[Deleted User]

Hi devs,

Right now the country I live in blocks access to Dropbox. However, if you could adopt https instead of standard http in the domain name while syncing with Dropbox (i.e., write "https://.dropbox.com"), I would be able to bypass such censorship easily without the use of a VPN. It seems to me that right now you are writing it simply as "dropbox.com." However, I could be wrong :)

Thank you!

Adam

P.S. The version number is 5.2.

Ben

Hi @axis1egend,

We use the Dropbox API which requires all requests be made over SSL:

• https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/docs

We require that all requests are done over SSL.

Thanks!

Ben

[Deleted User]

Hi @bwoodruff ,

Could you please tell me the specific URLs used for syncing with Dropbox? That way, I would be able to import them into my private DNS's cache to resolve them into working IPs.

Thanks.

Adam

littlebobbytables

Hi @axis1egend,

I don't know if it's complete or not but I was browsing a couple of pages that Ben's link linked to and I found the following on their https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/docs#oa2-authorize page.

Note: This is the only step that requires an endpoint on www.dropbox.com. All other API requests are done via api.dropbox.com, api-content.dropbox.com, or api-notify.dropbox.com.

Hopefully that helps.