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Regarding the automatic refreshing of the access token
def initialize_dropbox_client(): access_token = "my access token" dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(access_token) dbx._oauth2_access_token_expiration = time.time() + 14400 # Assume token expi...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffI see you're using the Dropbox Python SDK and are trying to implement the refresh process yourself. Please note that the SDK can handle the refresh functionality for you automatically, so you don't need to implement that yourself.
As long as you provide all of the relevant credentials to the 'Dropbox' object like in the example here, it will automatically handle the refresh process for you whenever needed.
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