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ABDUL Salam
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2 years ago

Can we generate new access toke short lived before previous one expires using refresh_token?

Hi, Can we generate new access token short lived before previous one expires using refresh_token? As far as I know that a short lived token expires in 4 hrs so  Is it OK to generate new one using t...
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    Greg-DB
    2 years ago

    Yes, you can generate a new short-lived access token before a previous one expires.

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Yes, you can generate a new short-lived access token before a previous one expires.

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