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bt619
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3 years ago

Issues with server side process authentication

I have a server side process that generates documents and then needs to send them to a folder in Dropbox. There is an app created to with access to the folder. I was able to generate a token for the ...
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bt619's avatar
bt619
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Can I get a refresh token with the expired short lived token I have already?

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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

No, it is not possible to get a refresh token by using an expired short-lived access token. You can only get a refresh token by processing the OAuth app authorization flow and requesting "offline" access. This only needs to be done once per account though, as the refresh token itself does not expire and can be re-used repeatedly.

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