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How to automate getting a new token using Java?
Now that DB uses "short-lived" tokens, I am having trouble "automating" token refresh within an application.
Using the Java code examples, I can get the DB URL where I manually have to log into...
Yes, that's correct. The SDK client knows how to use the credentials (refresh token, app key, and for the non-PKCE case, app secret) to automatically perform the refresh process whenever needed, so that calls continue to work.
Thank you!
I used the top Java program you listed to do the manual approach.
If I understood your reply correctly (a show-stopper), I'm disappointed that there's no total programmatic way to get a new token when expired. We can't expect our users to go to the DB website click here and there, get a new access key, and paste it into the client-side application.
Thanks
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
To clarify, once you have a refresh token, the process to get a new short-lived access token when the previous short-lived access token is expired is entirely programmatic and does not require manual user interaction. In fact, the SDK will do it for you automatically in the background. (You can call DbxClientV2.refreshAccessToken on demand if desired, but it's not necessary.)
So, are you saying that once I've gotten (but not done anything with it) a "refresh token", subsequent calls to DB will just ... work?
If so, that is fine since I can get the refresh token once and the user(s) would never be bothered with any timeouts.
Please clarify if correct.
Thanks!
- Greg-DB
Yes, that's correct. The SDK client knows how to use the credentials (refresh token, app key, and for the non-PKCE case, app secret) to automatically perform the refresh process whenever needed, so that calls continue to work.
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