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Token & URL Expiration

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Token & URL Expiration

Across the Box API there are a few tokens, codes, and URLs that automatically expire. The following is a quick overview of their respective expiration times.

Authorization CodesExpires after 30 seconds
Access Tokensexpires after 60 minutes
Refresh TokensExpires after 60 days or 1 use
Download URLsExpires after 15 minutes

See each respective guide for more details.