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Paul R.17
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Short lived tokens - node-RED community help needed

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Paul R.17
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Thanks for replying.

I have already looked at that, but could not understand how/where it would be added to the existing code.

Unfortunately, most of us in the node-RED community are at a lower technical level, and are struggling.

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Scott-DB
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4 years ago

Hi Paul,

 

Thanks for bearing with us as we've been migrating to short-lived tokens!

 

One thing that might help, you mentioned you've made some attempts at updating your code to use short-lived tokens. If you have a pull-request or some work done you can post here, we can take a look and might be able to provide more specific guidance.

  • Paul R.17's avatar
    Paul R.17
    Explorer | Level 4
    4 years ago

    Thanks for the kind offer Scott-DB 

    However, not quite at that stage yet, but probably (very likely!) I'll take you up on that offer.

     

    Meanwhile, most of the example SDK's relate to browser based apps. Is there a javascript SDK/example that is suitable for back-end applications that I could use to obtain the token?

    • Paul R.17's avatar
      Paul R.17
      Explorer | Level 4
      4 years ago

      Здравко I tried your demo link to create a token which worked fine, and produced a valid (short life) token which enabled the node-RED node to work OK.

      But could you clarify this link which you posted earlier as it appears to be an example for use with browser apps, and not for a back-end app which run without user intervention. Is this the correct example for me to follow?

       

       

      • Здравко's avatar
        Здравко
        Legendary | Level 20
        4 years ago
        Paul R.17 wrote:

        Здравко I tried your demo link to create a token which worked fine, and produced a valid (short life) token which enabled the node-RED node to work OK.

        ...

        Hi Paul R.17,

        Not only short lived token, but all needed to use refresh process.

         

        Paul R.17 wrote:

        ...

        But could you clarify this link which you posted earlier as it appears to be an example for use with browser apps, and not for a back-end app which run without user intervention. Is this the correct example for me to follow?

        I have no idea how you can run the pointed code in browser! 🤔 Did you try? 🧐 To be honest, I can't. Share your experience how you did it. That code is a simple backend application actually. Of course, you can see the application output in a browser, but the application doesn't run in the browser (as far as I know). 😉

        Hope this cast additional light.

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