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nathanreidgo2 asked zgreathouse Deactivated edited

Do API tokens expire?

According to the note in Step 4 of the OAuth documentation, API tokens expire after 1 year. However, according to the FAQ API tokens only expire when the merchant uninstalls the app.

Which is correct?
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Thank you very much for pointing this out! We have updated the FAQ. The answer is that both are true. API tokens expire after one year, although if the merchant uninstalls the app the API tokens will expire regardless of the amount of time since the tokens were received.
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