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TStack
2 months agoNew member | Level 1
App Script & Dropbox: Expired Access Token Issue - Need Help with Long-Lived Token
Hi Dropbox Community, I've created a Google Apps Script to automatically send copies of modified Excel files as CSV files to my Dropbox. The script uses a Dropbox App Folder (created in the App Cons...
iNeil
Dropbox Engineer
2 months agoHello TStack,
Dropbox is no longer offering the option for creating new long-lived access tokens. Dropbox is now issuing short-lived access tokens (and optional refresh tokens) instead of long-lived access tokens. You can find more information on this migration here.
Apps can still get long-term access by requesting "offline" access though, in which case the app receives a "refresh token" that can be used to retrieve new short-lived access tokens as needed, without further manual user intervention. Refresh tokens do not expire automatically and can be used repeatedly. You can find more information in the OAuth Guide and authorization documentation. There's a basic outline of processing this flow in this blog post which may serve as a useful example.
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