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pritesh12
2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
About DropBox Developer API Access Token
Hello Developers! I am new to Dropbox API and I am facing issues with Access Tokens. I am building a MERN application where I have to store the access token in environmental variables. Here as Access...
- 2 years ago
pritesh12 wrote:
... I have to do it by hand each time🥲"Have to"??? Why? 🤔 Is there something that prevent using refresh token in your scenario? If you use official SDK refreshing is done automatically, so you don't need to change much in your code. 😉 If you use your own implementation, depending of your design skills (if you have organized you credentials dynamically), may be easy to add automatic refresh too (similar as done in Dropbox SDKs).
Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
pritesh12 wrote:... Here as Access Token is short-lived, I must refresh it each time I work with it. ...
Hi pritesh12,
You must refresh it each time and there is no other way. Do you use refresh token for this purpose or do it by hand?
- Здравко2 years agoLegendary | Level 20
pritesh12 wrote:
... I have to do it by hand each time🥲"Have to"??? Why? 🤔 Is there something that prevent using refresh token in your scenario? If you use official SDK refreshing is done automatically, so you don't need to change much in your code. 😉 If you use your own implementation, depending of your design skills (if you have organized you credentials dynamically), may be easy to add automatic refresh too (similar as done in Dropbox SDKs).
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