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Daniel J.18
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11 years ago

Access Token Changes Every time I use it

Hi, I'm working on a DIY motion detection project with a raspberry pi and I was able to save image files to my dropbox by using the generated access token (which is ridiculously long btw). My issue...
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Greg-DB
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11 years ago

What do you mean when you say the access token changes after every use? Do you mean you're clicking the Generate button each time you need an access token? 

Access tokens don't expire by themselves (though they can be manually revoked), so once you generate one for your account, you can store and re-use it programmatically in the future, without generating a new one.

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