Scripted Authentication for Autodesk Forge TokenFlex API

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This question pertains to the Autodesk Forge TokenFlex Usage API. We would like to run an application that pulls data on a scheduled basis. Our understanding is that the Forge TokenFlex API requires 3 Legged authentication. We have successfully adapted the Autodesk GitHub code sample "A Forge Python Script Demonstrating new TokenFlex Usage API" to pull our data but this requires 3-Legged Authentication.

Is there a way to pull data using the TokenFlex Usage API without requiring user intervention for Authentication?

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Unfortunately TokenFlex requires 3 legged auth for enhanced security purposes.

However you can minimize user intervention but rotating the token periodically in your backend using the refresh_token that comes with the token to get refreshed tokens implicitly and store them securely (encryption recommended for security reasons) where your script can use them, see here for details