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Musa2
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4 years ago

upload file on dropbox by java

Hi all I am working on creating a simple desktop program in Java, and I want to upload files via this program to Dropbox, but the problem is that the access token has a short life (temporary), how ...
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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

Musa2 As shown in the example Здравко linked to, you should use a DbxCredential if you need long-term access. The DbxCredential should contain a refresh token, which the SDK will use to automatically retrieve new short-lived access tokens whenever needed, without manual user interaction. Refer to the authorize examples to see how the authorization flow works to retrieve a refresh token.

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