Refresh access token
Refresh an Access Token using its client ID, secret, and refresh token.
Request
application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Request Body
stringin bodyrequired
"ly1nj6n11vionaie65emwzk575hnnmrk"The client ID of the application requesting to refresh the token.
stringin bodyrequired
"hOzsTeFlT6ko0dme22uGbQal04SBPYc1"The client secret of the application requesting to refresh the token.
string (urn)in bodyrequired
"refresh_token"The type of request being made, in this case a refresh request.
Value is always refresh_token
string (token)in bodyrequired
"c3FIOG9vSGV4VHo4QzAyg5T1JvNnJoZ3ExaVNyQWw6WjRsanRKZG5lQk9qUE1BVQ"The refresh token to refresh.
Response
application/jsonAccess token
Returns a new Access Token that can be used to make authenticated
API calls by passing along the token in a authorization header as
follows Authorization: Bearer <Token>.
application/jsonOAuth 2.0 error
An authentication error.
application/jsonOAuth 2.0 error
An authentication error.
Request Example
cURL
curl -i -X POST "https://api.box.com/oauth2/token" \
-H "content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-d "client_id=[CLIENT_ID]" \
-d "client_secret=[CLIENT_SECRET]" \
-d "refresh_token=[REFRESH_TOKEN]" \
-d "grant_type=refresh_token"Response Example
{
"access_token": "c3FIOG9vSGV4VHo4QzAyg5T1JvNnJoZ3ExaVNyQWw6WjRsanRKZG5lQk9qUE1BVQ",
"expires_in": 3600,
"issued_token_type": "urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:access_token",
"refresh_token": "c3FIOG9vSGV4VHo4QzAyg5T1JvNnJoZ3ExaVNyQWw6WjRsanRKZG5lQk9qUE1BVQ",
"restricted_to": [
{
"scope": "item_download",
"object": {
"id": "12345",
"etag": "1",
"type": "folder",
"sequence_id": "3",
"name": "Contracts"
}
}
],
"token_type": "bearer"
}