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Implementing the reauthentication flow

  • December 13, 2016
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We are trying to implement the reauthentication flow.



I am attempting to use the Refresh Token Flow documented here - https://developer.ringcentral.com/api-docs/latest/index.html#!#RefRefreshTokenFlow


I am hitting the following endpoint to refresh my access token - POST /restapi/oauth/token HTTP/1.1



My headers are the following - headers={"User-Agent"=>"Faraday v0.9.2", "Content-Type"=>"application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "Authorization"=>"Basic {{API_KEYS_HIDDEN_FOR_SECURITY_CONCERNS}}", "Application"=>"application/json"}



My body is the following -body={:client_id=>"{{CLIENT_ID_HIDDEN_FOR_SECURITY_CONCERNS}}", :client_secret=>"{{CLIENT_SECRET_HIDDEN_FOR_SECURITY_CONCERNS}}", :grant_type=>"refresh_token", :refresh_token=>"{{REFRESH_TOKEN_HIDDEN_FOR_SECURITY_CONCERNS}}"}

However when I make a request I receive the following error -


API Error: invalid_client: Invalid client: { "error" : "invalid_client", "errors" : [ { "errorCode" : "OAU-153", "message" : "Invalid client: ", "parameters" : [ { "parameterName" : "client_id", "parameterValue" : "" } ] } ], "error_description" : "Invalid client: "}



Can you please advise as to what the error code "OAU-153" means and what the issue might be? The client_id is not blank, and the headers appear to be correct per the documentation linked to above.

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Looking at the documentation and your request information, it appears your request is malformed, the request body must contain the following x-www-form-urlencoded properties and values:

refresh_token: "{{YOUR_PREVIOUS_REFRESH_TOKEN}}"
grant_type: "refresh_token"
endpoint_id: "{{UNIQUE_CLIENT_ID}}" /** NOTE: Defaults to previously specified or auto-generated value if not provided **/

Make sure the Authorization: Basic {{BASE_64_ENCODED_API_KEYS_SEPARATED_BY_COLON}}

Try the above and see if this resolves your issues.

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  • December 13, 2016
Ah, thank you Benjamin. We tried those solutions previously but will give it another shot and reply if we get stuck again.