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ShaundGrey
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How do I download files using a User Token instead of an Application Token?

Hello. I sometimes write scripts that manipulate QuickBase record attachments from outside of quickbase. Usually just like a "curl" request from the command line. In the past the instructions outline...
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ShaundGrey
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9 years ago
I have tried that - when I run this:

https://mysite.quickbase.com/up/XXXXXXXXX/a/rXXXXX/eXX/v0?apptoken=my_apptoken

It just takes me to a quickbase sign-in page. When I try to get an application ticket using an apptoken, like so:

https://mysite.quickbase.com/db/main?a=API_Authenticate&apptoken=my_apptoken

I get an error message telling me that I "must specify a valid username and password or a valid ticket to use API_Authenticate