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Sufiyanashraf
3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Access Token Can't be refreshed without refresh token and app key in Python
I am building an app in python to automatically update a file using dropbox API, but it shows an error after 4 hours however I can't find any mistake can you point out my mistake? My code Link: https...
Sufiyanashraf
3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Remove this line?
oauth2_access_token_expiration=14400,
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
3 years agoYes, either remove it or supply the correct type (datetime).
- Sufiyanashraf3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
For now this code is perfectly working but I still want to open this topic 4 hours more to confirm if program doesn't die after that!
import sys import dropbox from dropbox import DropboxOAuth2FlowNoRedirect from dropbox.files import WriteMode import time while True: with dropbox.Dropbox(oauth2_access_token='<access token>', oauth2_refresh_token='<refresh token>', app_key='<app key>', app_secret='<app secret>') as dbx: try: with open('rtk.txt', 'rb') as f: file_contents = f.read() dbx.files_upload(file_contents, '/rtk.txt', mode=dropbox.files.WriteMode('overwrite')) except Exception as e: print(f"An error occurred: {e}") time.sleep(60)
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