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Generate Access Token Automatically using Code

shinestar9101987

HI Friends

i am using Dropbox API in webapi which needs access token which have the validity only few hours so that i have to on console and generate again the token.

So is this possible to use same token again or Generate new token using api without going to browser?

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Здравко

Hi @shinestar9101987,

You need refresh token for long term access since long lived access token was dropped. Currently all new access token are short lived. Here you can see an example how refresh token bahaves. Once you get to a refresh token, you can use it to initialize SDK client object. Take a look on the corresponding SDK's examples.

Hope this helps.

Greg-DB

@shinestar9101987 Здравко is correct, Dropbox is no longer offering the option for creating new long-lived access tokens. Dropbox is 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. There's a basic outline of processing this flow in this blog post which may serve as a useful example.