Pinterest API Access token expire

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My question is does Pinterest access token expires?

I am obtaining access token following Pinterest official documentation:

For getting authorization code:

https://developers.pinterest.com/docs/api/overview/#getting-your-authorization-code

https://api.pinterest.com/oauth/?
    response_type=code&
    redirect_uri=https://mywebsite.com/connect/pinterest/&
    client_id=12345&
    scope=read_public,write_public&
    state=768uyFys

And for getting access token:

https://developers.pinterest.com/docs/api/overview/#getting-your-access-token

https://api.pinterest.com/v1/oauth/token?
    grant_type=authorization_code&
    client_id=12345&
    client_secret=6789abcd&
    code=xyz1010

The actual response is:

{
    "access_token": "AfISUq75NELGEECEurmvEcIwlQZDFFBOnAdsa", 
    "token_type": "bearer", 
    "scope": [
        "read_public", 
        "write_public", 
        "read_private", 
        "write_private", 
        "read_write_all"
        ]
}

Nothing I can find in Pinterest documentation about token expire, and expiration date is not returned in response.

As per this question Pinterest returns expired token

i can see that this guy is using API v3 endpoint: https://api.pinterest.com/v3/oauth/code_exchange/

and in response he is getting expires_at field

In pinterest documentation I cannot find anything about API versinos V2 or V3,

all their documentation Pinterest API is about API V1.

Any help about this?

Tim Biegeleisen Tim Biegeleisen · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-20T15:29:58

The Pinterest access token appears to have no expiry date, at least in the current version of the API. From the documentation:

Exchange for an access token. Your app will call the API to exchange the authorization code for an access token, which is a permanent credential (unless the user revokes your access). You'll use the access token to perform actions on Pinterest on your user's behalf.

I happen to know the Stack Overflow OAuth token also has no expiry date, in case you were wondering whether any other major sites use this workflow.

Pinterest API Access token expire

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