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Invalid client error while calling refresh token api

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Hi All,

I am calling refresh token api to refresh token. But when I call, It throws error "Invalid client: ".

I am calling using node js.Below is calling function.

request.post( { url : ringCentralUrl,

form: {

refresh_token : myRefreshToken,

grant_type : "refresh_token",

endpoint_id: endpointId

},

headers:{

"Authorization" : "Basic MyaccessToken",

'Accept':'application/json',

'Content-Type':'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

}

},function(err,responce, responceData) {

});

Can anyone please help me out.

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Thanks,

Mahesh More

T

Tyler850957020

Employee

It probably means your appKey or appSecret is wrong.

In your code there is "MyaccessToken", how did you generate it?

M

mahesh-more

Author

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Hello Tyler,

MyaccessToken I have generated using RingCentral OAuth 2.0 Authentication.

Do you mean I am using wrong appKey or appSecret while generating access token ?

Thanks,
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Regards,
Mahesh More

B

benjamin-dean

Found Your Voice

Could you please provide the following:

1. Are you using the RingCentral JS SDK? If yes, which version?
2. Description of the 'endpointId' variable's assigned value
3. The complete error response with headers/body from this request

This will help in figuring out what is happening here.

M

mahesh-more

Author

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I am not using SDK.
I have entered endpointId value which I got it with access token.

Below is the error I am facing.

{
"error" : "invalid_client",
"error_description" : "Authentication header value is malformed"
}

Please do let me know if you need more information.

B

benjamin-dean

Found Your Voice

You will need to view the documentation, because Tyler is correct, you are using the incorrect Authorization Header key:value. https://developers.ringcentral.com/api-docs/latest/index.html#!#RefRefreshTokenFlow

What this means is in your example you set the "Authorization: Basic {{myAccessToken}}", but this is incorrect because you SHOULD NOT be using your "access_token" as this value, you should instead be using the result of Base64 encoding your {{appKey}}:{{appSecret}} (which is the same value you used to obtain the 'access_token' initially).

Also, please pay special attention to the description for endpointId...

If not specified, the previously specified or auto-generated value is used by default

S

sahiba-singh

New Participant

Mahesh More,have you get the solution.Have you get the solution to refresh the access token?
If yes please share code.Thanks

A

Anirban2396911020

The First Step

Yes, you don't need to use access_token in Authorization header after Basic tag.. it is meant for base64 format of clientId: clientSecret

Remaining parameters are just fine.. the format should be

username=<account phone number>&password=<account password>&extension=<your extension>&grant_type=refresh_token&refresh_token=<Your refresh token>

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Anirban2396911020

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Yes you don't need to put access_token in Authorization header. All you need to put is Base64 format of clientId and client secret as follow:

Authorization Basic <clientId:clientSecret in Base64>

Access_token are need to pass to the actual main APIs as type Bearer to get the response

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