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Durable or Offline OAth Token for RPA Use? (accessing own account only)
I am building a robotic process automation (RPA) using ZeroWork and JavaScript. I successfully programmed the RPA to upload a file to Dropbox via the API, but I cannot find a way to get a durable OA...
RileyL wrote:...
I get the reason for the short expirations and I am fine with coding in token refreshes, if I could just get the offline token I need to do it. We are only accessing our own Dropbox account and files, so we don't need other users to do any authorization of their accounts.
...Hi RileyL,
Whenever you need long term to access an account (doesn't matter only your own or for multiple user accounts), you need to perform offline OAuth flow. By now, Dropbox provide only access token (that's short lived) on the applications panel, but no way you get refresh token (the long lived one) in the same way. There are different ways to do so. One possible way to get by hand a refresh token and how you could automatic refresh your access token could be seen here. Only the last step there need to be coded and used repeatably, all other steps are one time only.
Hope this helps.
RileyL wrote:...
I get the reason for the short expirations and I am fine with coding in token refreshes, if I could just get the offline token I need to do it. We are only accessing our own Dropbox account and files, so we don't need other users to do any authorization of their accounts.
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Hi RileyL,
Whenever you need long term to access an account (doesn't matter only your own or for multiple user accounts), you need to perform offline OAuth flow. By now, Dropbox provide only access token (that's short lived) on the applications panel, but no way you get refresh token (the long lived one) in the same way. There are different ways to do so. One possible way to get by hand a refresh token and how you could automatic refresh your access token could be seen here. Only the last step there need to be coded and used repeatably, all other steps are one time only.
Hope this helps.
This is FANTASTIC! Thank you! One time hurdles are no problem if they produce a durable solution. You are a life saver!
I am off to try this method now and will report back.
