How to replace a non-existent permanent token? Any auto-refresh alternative for automation?

Ondy27

Hi,
I’m building an automated workflow in n8n and ran into a big limitation with Dropbox authentication. Dropbox only provides short-lived access tokens and does not offer a permanent token or a refresh token that renews automatically.

For n8n automation, I need a way to authenticate continuously without manually generating a new token every few hours.

Is there any recommended alternative or method official or unofficial to achieve:

an automatically renewing authentication,

usable for long-term automation

and is compatible with API calls from n8n?

Or is Dropbox simply not suitable for fully automated workflows like this?

Any advice or official clarification would be appreciated. Thanks!

Rich

Ondy27 wrote:

Dropbox only provides short-lived access tokens and does not offer a permanent token or a refresh token that renews automatically.

Apps can still get long-term access by requesting "offline" access, 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.