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Steven_R
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4 years ago
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Unable to acquire refresh token

Our system already successfully acquires a short lived token, but I want to get a refresh token for Dropbox. We successfully use refresh tokens with systems like SharePoint so are familiar with the f...
  • Здравко's avatar
    4 years ago

    Hi Steven_R,

    As far as I can see, you are trying authorization by code and mix two different access points calls involved in the auth flow in use - /oauth2/authorize and /oauth2/token. "token_access_type" is valid and usable in the first call, not the second one! 😉 That's where resides your error. On possible results for the second call you can see:


    refresh_token String If the token_access_type was set to offline when calling /oauth2/authorize, then response will include a refresh token. This refresh token is long-lived and won't expire automatically. It can be stored and re-used multiple times.


    Make a note on meaning for "was" and "when" above. 🙂 Read more carefully documentation.

    Hope this helps.

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