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Pradeep-Jaiswal
Pradeep-Jaiswal
February 21, 2025
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refresh_token for AEP API

  • February 21, 2025
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I have used postman to get Oath tokens, that expired after every 24hr. if we need to use refresh token to get new Oath token, how do we do that ?

 

https: // {{IMS}}/ims/token/v2 ? grant_type=client_credentials&client_id={{API_KEY}}&client_secret={{CLIENT_SECRET}}&scope={{SCOPES}}

 

I have tried including offline_access in the scope variable, but still it doesnt return any refresh token

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    DavidRoss91
    Community Advisor
    DavidRoss91Community Advisor
    Community Advisor
    February 22, 2025

    Hi @pradeep-jaiswal 

    That is the same POST call I would make to retrieve a new token. Do you have your post script set as this below?

    var data = JSON.parse(responseBody);

    if (data.access_token) {
        pm.environment.set("ACCESS_TOKEN", data.access_token);
    } else {
        console.log("Unable to acquire ACCESS_TOKEN from Adobe IMS to make further calls to Adobe I/O APIs.")
    }
      Pradeep-Jaiswal
      Pradeep-JaiswalAuthor
      February 22, 2025

      I do the same thing when using postman, but refresh_token is not part of the response. it only has access_token and expiry. this page talks about refresh_token https://developer.adobe.com/developer-console/docs/guides/authentication/UserAuthentication/IMS/#fetching-access-tokens

        DavidRoss91
        Community Advisor
        DavidRoss91Community Advisor
        Community Advisor
        February 22, 2025

        Sorry @pradeep-jaiswal I’m not very familiar with this then I’m afraid. I do see here that the refresh token will not always be provided.

         

        Once you have fetched the access tokens for a user you may also be provided a refresh token in the response. A refresh token is only presented when the offline_access scope is requested in the authorize step. Please note that not all APIs and Services support the offline_access scope for security reasons.

          kautuk_sahni
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          kautuk_sahniCommunity Manager
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          March 7, 2025

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