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Migrating existing long term tokens to new short term tokens with Java SDK + Android
I have an existing app in production that authorizes with Dropbox using
Auth.startOAuth2Authentication
From my understanding this gives me a long term token, but after Septembe...
On September 30th, we will stop issuing new long lived tokens. Existing long lived tokens will not be invalidated; this will not break for existing users. You can re-auth existing users to get them on to refresh tokens.
tahsini
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffPKCE is a different method that has its own unique steps. For you scenario you can continue using the standard OAuth method, and if you are already handling 401s, then no need to make code changes.
If you want to start testing short-lived access tokens, you will want to create a new OAuth URL and pass in token-access type to 'online'. Alternatively if you set it to 'offline' you will be returned a refresh token and a short-lived token. You can read more about how to work with this in our guide here.
I'm not manually handling 401s, I'm using the java sdk to make the network requests.
I know I can support short term tokens for all my future users, I'm asking what will happen to my existing users that have long lasting tokens.
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