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saharin
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

why the token is becoming obsolete?

I use the dropbox api. But after a few hours, my token is no longer working. How do I make the token work forever?
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saharin
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Thanks, and how long is a regular short-term token valid?

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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

Dropbox API short-lived access tokens are valid for several hours. You can have your app get the actual expiration information from the 'expires_in' value returned with the short-lived access token from /oauth2/token.

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