It generates token with life duration = 1 hour

[kay4444]

I've created "Credentials.json" file as per instructions.
Then I am running the command to generate Token:
node ..\..\node_modules\gmail-tester\init.js .\credentials.json gmail_token.json [email protected]
It successfully creates Token, BUT it's life time is just 1 hour.

{
  "access_token": "ya29.a0AfH6SMDwy2 ... xMze5YfDMru-CYaM",
  "refresh_token": "1//09boFIYyEL0w3Cg ... UKq7eNZHeSKxIv3MyZqI",
  "scope": "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly",
  "token_type": "Bearer",
  "expiry_date": 1610372897000
}

How extend token life time (to at least half of the year)?

[levz0r]

According to this, it looks like the access token is now expiring after one hour. I'll expose a function to refresh the access token in the coming days.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

[kay4444]

@levz0r
Are there any updates?

[levz0r]

Yes. I've just pushed a function refresh_access_token(credentials_json, token_path) to feature/refresh_token branch. Please check it out.
When you call the function, it will refresh the access token and save it back to token.json. Later this function might become part of get_messages function.
Let me know if it helps.

[kay4444]

@levz0r
Could you please clarify how can I call this function?
I use the following command to generate token:
node ....\node_modules\gmail-tester\init.js .\credentials.json gmail_token.json [email protected]
Should I update this command somehow to force your fix to work (generate token with correct duration time)?

[levz0r]

After creating token.json with init function you get an access token which is valid for one hour. You should basically check how old is your token (there is a field in token.json which has timestamp) and if it is older than one hour, you should call the refresh_access_token function which will extend it's validity by one more hour.

[C-E-Rios]

Hey @levz0r , thanks for the branch. Will you be merging this any time soon?

[levz0r]

Can you guys please confirm the new method solves the issue?

[NikolaLohinski]

Hi @levz0r and thanks for the tool, it works perfectly fine with Cypress

The refresh_token seems to be working for me. I would love to see that in master