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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.
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
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffYes, 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.
So ...
DbxRequestConfig config = DbxRequestConfig.newBuilder("dropbox-samplel").build();
DbxClientV2 client = new DbxClientV2(config, ACCESS_TOKEN);
client.refreshAccessToken(); // not necessary once you get a "refresh token" the first time.- Greg-DB
In this snippet, it looks like you're just passing in an access token string as that ACCESS_TOKEN variable. That constructor is for supplying just an access token. To use a refresh token, you would use the DbxClientV2(DbxRequestConfig requestConfig, DbxCredential credential) constructor (where the refresh token is in the DbxCredential), like in this example.
OK. If it's automated after the first time, I suppose I don't need to worry about that code and specifically calling it. I've noted all the great replies you've helped me with for future changes. 🙂
Thanks!
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