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Non-existing character in App Tokens

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale

Research direction

The issue points to token generation on the App Console Page rather than a file in this SDK. First confirm whether that generation flow is implemented in this repository and reproduce the displayed lowercase-L character in the reported Pop!_OS/VirtualBox and macOS contexts. Done means determining where the token is generated and whether filtering that character is an actionable change.

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Description

bug

On the App Console Page there is a button to generate a token for developer working on Dropbox apps. I am working on MacBook Pro Ventura using Pop!_OS in a Virtual Box 7 environment. The lowercase L which are generated have no equivalent symbol. It looks like a slightly shortened form of |, but it’s not a lowercase L. I believe it might solve a bunch of problems if all of the lowercase L were filtered out for everyone. Then the token generated would be compatible for both Linux and Mac Virtual Box users.

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