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Dropbox access token keep revoke after some time
I have a personal account on dropbox for saving some data automatically through python script, the account working smoothly with the script except one issue, the access token keep changing every 2 days or like that (my script working daily automatically), because of this issue I have to every some time generate new access token and replace it with the one in script still I didn't find any reason for ,
I have the following python script to deal with dropbox :
access_token = 'bMDDDDggkS5jzV1_diCIGK6bZCzUp'
file_from = file_path
file_to = to_path
dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(access_token)
f = open(file_from, 'rb')
dbx.files_upload(f.read(), file_to)
as I said the script working fine, but how could I keep the access token without revoke ?
BTW I know the access token not get expired, why this happen ?
steps I did :
- create an app folder and make limited access for script
- only 1 user access to the dropbox account
- user linked
3 Replies
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58909301/dropbox-access-token-keep-revoke-after-some-time ]
Thx for your good reply
as you mention the access token couldn't revoke by it self, and there are some reasons, here as i'm the admin & account owner & only user use the account I will reply with actions token before based on your mention :
the Connected apps page : connected
the Security checkup page : connected
any client with the access token can revoke : there is no clients , there is one user, it's me
can revoke access tokens found publicly posted on GitHub : it's not uploaded to github
if the app uses the "app folder" permission, the access token can effectively be disabled by deleting the app folder : app folder still exist
the app can be disabled : app still enabled
the account that owns the app can be disabled : account still enabled
the connected account can be disabled : connected account still enabled
as you mention the access token wouldn't expire , may you explan with the wrong thing I did ?BTW, I change the access token ysterday, it was working fine yesterday , today it's got revoked !
- Greg-DB
I can't say offhand what may have happened, but if the API isn't working for you, please feel free to open an API ticket with details from the relevant account.
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