How to get a refresh_token?

Question

How to get a refresh_token?

maelle opened this issue 4 years ago · 7 comments

My question might be related to #143 (i.e. maybe I chose the wrong setting somewhere?)

I have realized I can't use gmailr with gm_auth(cache = FALSE) because the token I get has no refresh token.

I have created my own app and use

gm_auth_configure(
  key = "blablabla.apps.googleusercontent.com",
  secret = "sEcReT",
  path = ""
)

Everything works fine i.e. I can send emails, but only if I don't try using a cached token.

Answer 1 · 2021-05-04T07:52:02.000Z

Note that if I run gargle::token_fetch(scopes = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email"), I obtain a refresh token so I'm pretty sure something in my app settings is wrong.

Answer 2 · 2021-05-04T07:55:10.000Z

I have tried removing access to the app after reading https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10827920/not-receiving-google-oauth-refresh-token, which didn't help.

Answer 3 · 2021-05-04T09:21:23.000Z

I'm wondering whether it has to do with the publication status, maybe one needs a public production app.

Answer 4 · 2021-05-04T16:17:06.000Z

What type of app did you create? You want "Desktop" and that is VERY IMPORTANT.

Answer 5 · 2021-05-04T16:18:13.000Z

No, getting a refresh token should work just fine for you, i.e. this has nothing to do with the app being verified.

Answer 6 · 2021-05-04T17:01:01.000Z

Aaah that must be it, I'll retry asap, thanks a ton!

Answer 7 · 2021-05-04T17:08:50.000Z

Thank you @jennybc, that was the problem!