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minis
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

problems with access from app via token

in my android app project i need to send of files to be used later in dropbox and to automate this i registered it and used tokens. I have a free account. The app is still under development and tes...
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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
2 years ago
minis wrote:

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The problem that after I associate it and get the token that through specific api I go to use in my app everything works fine, after a few days (in which maybe I made changes to the app) the token is no longer recognized. ...

Hi minis,

You haven't mentioned explicitly, but most probably with "token" you mean access token, not refresh token. Right?

All new issued access tokens (doesn't matter exactly way) are short lived. Typically 4 hours. To gain long term access you need refresh token, that doesn't expire on its own. Such type of token results from requesting "offline" access type. Did you do it? If not give it a try. 😉 Do you have restricted access in time still?

Hope this helps.

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