Skip to main content

How do you get and use a Refresh Token for the Dropbox API (Python 3.x)

Replace <APP_KEY> with your dropbox app key in the below Authorization URL

https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=<APP_KEY>&token_access_type=offline&response_type=code

Complete the code flow on the Authorization URL. You will receive an AUTHORIZATION_CODE at the end.
Go to Postman and create a new POST request with below configuration
- Request URL- https://api.dropboxapi.com/oauth2/token
- Authorization
  - Type = Basic Auth
  - _Username_ = <APP_KEY>
  - _Password_ = <APP_SECRET> (Refer this answer for cURL -u option)
- Body -> Select "x-www-form-urlencoded"

Key	Value
code	`<AUTHORIZATION_CODE>`
grant_type	authorization_code

After you send the request, you will receive JSON payload containing refresh_token.

{
    "access_token": "sl.****************",
    "token_type": "bearer",
    "expires_in": 14400,
    "refresh_token": "*********************",
    "scope": <SCOPES>,
    "uid": "**********",
    "account_id": "***********************"
}

In your python application

import dropbox

dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(
            app_key = <APP_KEY>,
            app_secret = <APP_SECRET>,
            oauth2_refresh_token = <REFRESH_TOKEN>
        )

REF

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70641660/how-do-you-get-and-use-a-refresh-token-for-the-dropbox-api-python-3-x/71794390#71794390

REF