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Pathirny
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3 months ago

Long life Access token or access token refresh

Hi there,   I am currently working on a Next.js project where I am fetching photos from a folder in Dropbox. The photo's render fine but the issue is that after 4 hours the access token expires. I ...
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Rich
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3 months ago
Pathirny wrote:

I know that these are short life tokens but I was wondering if I can get a token which has a longer life? Or if there is a call I can make to refresh the access token every 4 hours?

Long-lived access tokens are no longer available. You need to use short-lived tokens along with a refresh token.

 

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    Pathirny
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 months ago

    Hi Rich,

     

    Thanks for the response! I'll look into this.

     

    I'm currently creating a website for a client who wants a gallery of photos and trying to find an easy way for them to add photos to a folder which then get rendered on the page in Next.js.

     

    Any idea if Dropbox is the best option for such functionality?

     

    Thanks!

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