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Gilles219
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4 years ago
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Refresh token without using oauth

Dear all   I am developing a web platform for managing a company file. It will mainly allow certain employees or external users to upload files on the company's dropbox account. Every actions lik...
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    Greg-DB
    4 years ago

    It's not possible to get a refresh token without using the OAuth flow, but refresh tokens don't expire, so you only need to process the OAuth flow once per Dropbox account. You can find more information in the OAuth Guide and authorization documentation. There's also an example here that may be helpful.

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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

It's not possible to get a refresh token without using the OAuth flow, but refresh tokens don't expire, so you only need to process the OAuth flow once per Dropbox account. You can find more information in the OAuth Guide and authorization documentation. There's also an example here that may be helpful.

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