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Need help generating a pkce refresh token in a javascript PWA
Hi folks, I'm running into some trouble with the new authentication flow. I've got a single page, severless JS PWA and I want to use Dropbox to store the user's data without forcing them to authen...
Yes, if you need long-term access without having the user re-authorize, you should request "offline" access to get and use a refresh token to get new short-lived access tokens as needed.
There's a "PKCE-backend" example that shows how you can request this kind of access, and then set the resulting refresh token using setRefreshToken. The SDK will then automatically handle the refresh process for you when needed.
Thanks so much! That solved it!
Message for future PWA developers: the solution is a mash-up of the browser frontend example (https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-js/blob/main/examples/javascript/pkce-browser/index.html) and the node backend example. (https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-js/blob/main/examples/javascript/PKCE-backend/code_flow_example.js). Once you store the refresh token, the api will take care of all the short-lived tokens automatically.
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