Also, note though that after the change you won't be able to create new long-lived access tokens. (If that changes, we will of course announce that ahead of time.) That being the case, you can continue using existing long-lived access token(s) without interruption, if you have any. You can find an example of using a refresh token to get a new short-lived access token, without manual interaction, here, under 'Example: refresh token request'.įor reference, while the creation of new long-lived access tokens is now deprecated, we don't currently have a plan to disable existing long-lived access tokens. The service operates a chatbot for basic information. You can find more information in the OAuth Guide and authorization documentation. Dropbox, on the other hand, is nothing to write home about. You can find more information on this migration here.Īpps 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. Dropbox is in the process of switching to only issuing short-lived access tokens (and optional refresh tokens) instead of long-lived access tokens.

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