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Julian Li
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Re: How to get refresh token without User interaction

As a regular automation task, we have a cronjob that uploads files to dropbox as a backup. This cronjob is not a web app and only talks to dropbox directly via API. Thus, in this case, how could we o...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    2 years ago

    Julian Li Dropbox refresh tokens do not expire, so you can re-use them for long-term access without repeated manual operation.

Julian Li's avatar
Julian Li
Explorer | Level 4

2 questions in regard to the refresh token.

1. Will the refresh token have no expiration?

2. If the answer to 1 is No. Then will dropbox have any plan to offer another OAuth flow to get the auth code directly via API call? From the current of the Oauth flow documents,  users must manually approve from a web browser for the auth code, but a cronjob doesn't need any manual operation.

 

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Greg-DB
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2 years ago

Julian Li Dropbox refresh tokens do not expire, so you can re-use them for long-term access without repeated manual operation.

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    Julian Li
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Thanks for the clarification, that's all I need. 😊

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