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priyeshm-convex
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
Dropbox Token API Updates
We currently are developing applications that use long-lived tokens to access Dropbox, given the email sent out on 20th Jan. Is there any timeline on when you may be deprecating generating such tokens yet?
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox is currently in the process of switching to only issuing short-lived access tokens (and optional refresh tokens) instead of long-lived access tokens. The creation of new long-lived access tokens is already considered deprecated, but has not been fully retired yet. 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.
Also, 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, 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.
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