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eisoft
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3 years ago

i can't get the refresh_token

my aceess token has expired 😞 and i can't get the refresh_token   I'm trying to backup to dropbox using access token via curl on linux. However, the access token automatically expires after ab...
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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

In order to get a refresh token, you need to request "offline" access when starting the app authorization flow, which you can do by setting 'token_access_type=offline' on /oauth2/authorize.

 

You can find more information in the OAuth Guide and authorization documentation. There's a basic outline of processing this flow in this blog post which may serve as a useful example.

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