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Unable to get long lived access tokens.
Hello there!
I'm trying to get an access token that doesn't expire. A long-lived access token. For now, when I generated an access token from the App Console, the session will expire after x ho...
Take a look on https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Discuss-Dropbox-Developer-API/Need-Permanant-Access-token-for-drop-box/td-p/583956 😉
In short - there is no more long lived access token and you should add refresh token in your code.
Hope this helps.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community Moderatormarksmithhfx Thanks for following up with the additional information. The "GET" and "POST" are referring to the HTTP "method" for the HTTP request. Every HTTP request uses one of a number of methods, for various different use cases, with GET and POST being two of the most commonly used ones.
The Dropbox /oauth2/token endpoint in particular does require the use of the POST method. Using GET could cause the issue you're seeing.
Unfortunately I can't offer support for the "OAuth2" package you're using itself, as that's not made by Dropbox. You may need to refer to its documentation for information on configuring and debugging it. For instance, there may be a way to enable more verbose debugging output. Likewise, check how you might configure the appropriate HTTP method to use to make sure it uses POST for the request to /oauth2/token.
Thanks Greg, you have confirmed what I was suspecting. In order to covert the refresh token to a new sl.access token a new kind of method needs to be used (POST) which does not appear to be supported in the current version of the OAuth2 package I am using. I will prepare something to pass along to LiveCode so they can update their OAuth2 (if they want). Using sl.access tokens that require frequent re-authorization is not ideal, but given no other alternative, I'll hobble along for awhile and see what develops down the road.
Cheers and thanks.
Mark
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