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Need Permanant Access token for drop box
Hi All,
Good day...!!!
I'm Nitish Kumar from India. I'm a software engineer. Currently, I'm working on one of the projects using node js where I'm using dropbox API with the access token. ev...
Dropbox is in the process of switching to only issuing short-lived access tokens (and optional refresh tokens) instead of long-lived access tokens. You can find more information on this migration here.
Apps can still get long-term access by requesting "offline" access though, in which case the app receives a "refresh token" that can be used to retrieve new short-lived access tokens as needed, without further manual user intervention. You can find more information in the OAuth Guide and authorization documentation. You can find an example of using refresh tokens with the JavaScript SDK here.
For reference, while the creation of new long-lived access tokens is now deprecated, we don't currently have a plan to disable existing long-lived access tokens. (If that changes, we will of course announce that ahead of time.) That being the case, you can continue using existing long-lived access token(s) without interruption, if you have any. Also, note though that after the change you won't be able to create new long-lived access tokens.
While the change began on September 30th 2021, we're releasing it gradually, so you may not have seen your app(s) affected until now. Once it applies to your app, it would apply regardless of the "Access token expiration" setting for your app, and that setting may no longer be available for your app.
Hi
I just encountered the new authentication way issue with the official node SDK.
I need a long life token to run on my backend server that requests regularly my files on dropbox.
I understand the need to refresh the short live token, but I don't understand how to perform that.
The provided example https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-js/blob/b5631e4b5b0e9eb6d3297e1ee57ad29a63d49898/examples/javascript/PKCE-backend/code_flow_example.js doesn't help because this is not my use case (my app is a backend app, not a frontend one). I can't use getAuthenticationUrl because I don't have to use a redirect url
Here is a sample of my dropbox service https://gist.github.com/tangb/f749af0f95a1db03cc1c0abf5a8ed03d
As you can see I instanciate my dropbox SDK in my constructor using my token (which is now always a short-lived token). All this code worked before I update my token.
Anyway, I have some questions:
- why the sdk does not automatically handle refresh token (it should have all necessary to perform this itself no ?)
- how to refresh my token by myself using my code ? I understand I need to handle 401 http status and request a new short-lived token using a refresh token, but where can I find it ? In my app console panel, I only find a token, not the refresh token ? Do I use the clientId/clientSecret ?... is there and example to illustrate the process ?
Thank you very much for your help 😉
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