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Generating Refresh Token using example code
Hi,
I am trying to generate a refresh token following the example code (https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python/blob/main/example/oauth/commandline-oauth-pkce.py) (but with my app key et...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffCan you elaborate on what you mean when you say "python just shuts down"? Is there any error/output?
After line 19, you should either get an error printed via line 22, or execution should continue and perform the users_get_current_account call (though this minimal example doesn't actually do anything with the result) and then print "Successfully set up client!".
Hi Greg,
Thanks for your response. I have taken a screenshot (below). When I click return at this point (so that I can then run the next section of code) the python window closes immediately. I presume this is something to do with the exit(1) command? Many thanks.
- Greg-DB
It looks like you're running your python3.10.exe directly, and the window is closing automatically when the program completes (such as from the exit call, as you mentioned). I can't really offer support for your development environment itself as that's not made by Dropbox, but there are other ways to set this up so that you get to see the output even once execution completes, e.g., you may want to save the code as a file and run that from the command line.
Hi Greg,
I see! I have now run the file from the command line and output "successfully set up client!"
What is the next step to actually generating a refresh token?
Many thanks,
Laura
- Greg-DB
If you've reached "Successfully set up client!" in that sample, you've already successfully processed the app authorization flow and retrieved a refresh token. The refresh token is in 'oauth_result.refresh_token' in that sample, e.g., as used in line 25. For your actual app, you can store and re-use that.
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