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helloBichya
2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
refresh token is malformed
I am trying to generate new access token using app_key, app_secret and refresh_token obtained using the following url.
https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=<APP_KEY>&token_access_...
- 2 years ago
Thanks for following up and sharing your code. I'm glad to hear you got this sorted out.
To confirm, the refresh token is not the value returned by www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize... itself. Using www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize with 'response_type=code' gives an 'authorization code' (sometimes also called 'access code').
The refreshToken value should be the 'refresh_token' returned by /oauth2/token when you called /oauth2/token with 'grant_type=authorization_code'. That's different from the 'access token' as well as the 'authorization code'; the three are not interchangeable.
For anyone looking for more information, refer to the following resources for information on how to use the app authorization flow:
Здравко
2 years agoLegendary | Level 20
Hi helloBichya,
Ok, but how/where did you get your refresh token from? 🧐 You haven't shown that in your post. 🤔.
... or maybe you're trying use the code as a refresh token? 😁 They are different things. 😉 Take a look once again in documentation.
Hope this helps.
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