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msyk/dropbox-api-shortlivedtoken
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Sample implementation of generating access token from refresh token.

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dropbox-api-shortlivedtoken
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[](#dropbox-api-shortlivedtoken)

Sample implementation of generating access token from refresh token with spatie/dropbox-api.

by Masayuki Nii ()

The ['spatie/dropbox-api'](https://github.com/spatie/dropbox-api) is one of the PHP library for Dropbox API. The access token for authentication was just simple, but at mid-2021 it was changed. The access token terns to deactivate in short-lived period, and we have to regenerate it from the refresh token periodically. The refreshing feature is not implemented on 'spatie/dropbox-api' because it's not scope of the library from the descriptions on discussion board. This repository is the sample implementation of refreshing access tokens. In the readme page of 'spatie/dropbox-api' describes about AutoRefreshingDropBoxTokenService class, and here is the example of AutoRefreshingDropBoxTokenService class.

How to try here
---------------

[](#how-to-try-here)

- Create Dropbox App on the Dropbox App Console. ()
- Generate refresh token. (ex. )
- `composer update`
- Copy the credential\_must\_exists.php to credentials.php and fill it. You require to set the AppKey, AppSecret, Refresh Token, and file path to store the access token.
- Do the index.php. (ex. `php -S localhost:9000` and open that url with any browser)

Integrate your solutions
------------------------

[](#integrate-your-solutions)

You can install the package via composer:

`composer require msyk/dropbox-api-shortlivedtoken`

Or you can describe in the 'require' section of the composer.json file

The operations for your Dropbox area is the same way of 'spatie/dropbox-api', as like below. The Clinet class is coming from 'spatie/dropbox-api'. The AutoRefreshingDropBoxTokenService class has 4 parameter constructor. The cached access token is going to store the path in $tokenFilePath, so it must be a writable directory and file.

```
use Spatie\Dropbox\Client;
use msyk\DropboxAPIShortLivedToken\AutoRefreshingDropBoxTokenService;
try {
    $tokenProvider = new AutoRefreshingDropBoxTokenService($refreshToken, $appKey, $appSecret, $tokenFilePath);
    $client = new Client($tokenProvider);
    $list = $client->listFolder("/");
} catch (\Exception $ex) {
    var_export($ex->getMessage()); // Very simple output.
}
var_export($list); // Very simple output.

```

Acknowledgements
----------------

[](#acknowledgements)

Thanks for the creators and committers of ['spatie/dropbox-api'](https://github.com/spatie/dropbox-api).

###  Health Score

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