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API Token Expired
Hi,
I am creating an App to automatically backup some files on my servers to Dropbox. Unfortuntely I can't see the button shown in this docu https://developers.dropbox.com/de-de/oauth-guide to set the expiration, so I can only get sl tokens that expire after a day.
How can I get long lived tokens for my app?
Regards,
Michael
Dropbox is no longer offering the option for creating new long-lived access tokens, so that "Access token expiration" setting is no longer available. Dropbox is switching to only issuing short-lived access tokens (and optional refresh tokens) instead of long-lived access tokens. You can find more information on this migration here.
Apps can still get long-term access by requesting "offline" access though, in which case the app receives a "refresh token" that can be used to retrieve new short-lived access tokens as needed, without further manual user intervention. You can find more information in the OAuth Guide and authorization documentation. There's a basic outline of processing this flow in this blog post which may serve as a useful example.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox is no longer offering the option for creating new long-lived access tokens, so that "Access token expiration" setting is no longer available. Dropbox is switching to only issuing short-lived access tokens (and optional refresh tokens) instead of long-lived access tokens. You can find more information on this migration here.
Apps can still get long-term access by requesting "offline" access though, in which case the app receives a "refresh token" that can be used to retrieve new short-lived access tokens as needed, without further manual user intervention. You can find more information in the OAuth Guide and authorization documentation. There's a basic outline of processing this flow in this blog post which may serve as a useful example.
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