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Mark R.43
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4 years ago
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Seamless migration from non-expiring access token to refresh token?

Hello,   We have an existing application that integrates with Dropbox via the .NET SDK. The application currently acquires user consent once and then stores a non-expiring access token for future u...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    4 years ago

    It's not possible to exchange a long-lived access token for a refresh token, however it is not necessary to make existing connected users switch anyway. Existing long-lived access tokens can continue to be used, as we don't currently have a plan to disable existing long-lived access tokens. (If that changes, we will of course announce that ahead of time.)

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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

It's not possible to exchange a long-lived access token for a refresh token, however it is not necessary to make existing connected users switch anyway. Existing long-lived access tokens can continue to be used, as we don't currently have a plan to disable existing long-lived access tokens. (If that changes, we will of course announce that ahead of time.)

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    Mark R.43
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    4 years ago

    Hi Greg,

     

    Thanks for your reply.

     

    >  Existing long-lived access tokens can continue to be used, as we don't currently have a plan to disable...

     

    If I hover over the access token expiration icon in the dev console, it states that "long-lived tokens are less secure and will be deprecated in the future". I interpreted this to mean that long-lived tokens would be deprecated for *existing* applications (at some point) and we wanted to get ahead of that change.

     

    Good to hear that we can leave it alone for the time being, and thanks again!

     

    - Mark

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