Token expire after 7 days

[muhammadmubeen12345]

How to automatically update the token in gmail API.

[damasofc]

I'm with the same issue, of course I know about the function refresh-token that @levz0r created, but even using that function returns me an error "invalid_grant", if you could give us a complete example on how to use refresh-token would be great @levz0r

thank you in advanced

[pakhilov]

I have the same problem and API for the refresh token doesn't work

[LordA98]

Yeah I have the same problem. Not sure how long it's lasting exactly but the refresh_access_token function is not working.

[LordA98]

@muhammadmubeen12345 @damasofc @pakhilov

Did any of you find a solution / workaround in the end?

[muhammadmubeen12345]

@LordA98 I have not found any solution about update of token automatically. Every Monday I update the token manually...

[riccardogiorato]

Hey @LordA98 and @muhammadmubeen12345 have you both tried "refresh_access_token"?

I just added to my cypress project easily with this file: refreshGmailToken.ts.

I then call this script on each CI run uploading the new token to S3 here: github workflow!

This will be downloaded by the following runs!

I hope I was able to help you and if you need more help just let me know!
If I helped you can star my repository here where I test all sort of stuff with cypress, gmail and more: https://github.com/riccardogiorato/cypress-for-everything

[the-bmc-dev]

Hey @LordA98 and @muhammadmubeen12345 have you both tried "refresh_access_token"?

I just added to my cypress project easily with this file: refreshGmailToken.ts.

I then call this script on each CI run uploading the new token to S3 here: github workflow!

This will be downloaded by the following runs!

I hope I was able to help you and if you need more help just let me know! If I helped you can star my repository here where I test all sort of stuff with cypress, gmail and more: https://github.com/riccardogiorato/cypress-for-everything

Yes, even after using the refresh_access_token function, the 'invalid_grant' error will eventually show up.

[levz0r]

@the-bmc-dev can it be because you are scanning the inbox too frequently of using broad filters?

[the-bmc-dev]

@levz0r I did not think about that, are there such restrictions on Gmail API?
Edit: I've checked the quotas and none of them were reached.

[omersomuncu]

Hi,
I created this in plugins/index.js
on("task", { "gmail:refresh_access_token": async () => { const token = await gmail_tester.refresh_access_token( path.resolve(__dirname, "credentials.json"), path.resolve(__dirname, "token.json") ); console.log("Refreshed the gmail token!"); return token; }, });

and I call it like this in my test:
cy.task("gmail:refresh_access_token");

I am getting this error:

`cy.task('gmail:refresh_access_token') failed with the following error:

> No refresh token is set.`

Any idea where do I make mistake?

[dkoudrinhc]

Hi, I created this in plugins/index.js on("task", { "gmail:refresh_access_token": async () => { const token = await gmail_tester.refresh_access_token( path.resolve(__dirname, "credentials.json"), path.resolve(__dirname, "token.json") ); console.log("Refreshed the gmail token!"); return token; }, });

and I call it like this in my test: cy.task("gmail:refresh_access_token");

I am getting this error:

`cy.task('gmail:refresh_access_token') failed with the following error:

> No refresh token is set.`

Any idea where do I make mistake?

Thanks for the code example. I too would love to hear how others are using it, otherwise without a fully working refresh token they expire every two days so the whole plugin becomes not very useful.

[omersomuncu]

Hey folks,

I find the solution.

First of all, do not forget to add "refresh_token":"Your token" to your token.json!!!
After that index.js:

It's ready to test: cy.task("gmail:refresh_access_token", {});

Have fun!

[dkoudrinhc]

Hey folks,

I find the solution.

First of all, do not forget to add "refresh_token":"Your token" to your token.json!!! After that index.js:

It's ready to test: cy.task("gmail:refresh_access_token", {});

Have fun!

Unfortunately this didn't seem to help at all, it just says 'invalid_grant' when running the refresh_token task now. e.g. CypressError: cy.task('gmail:refresh_access_token') failed with the following error:

invalid_grant

[josego1984]

Hi,
I'm using the refress_access_token function but it requires to open a url and the copy again the code. Is there any way to avoid this?

[digitalgopnik]

Hey folks,

I find the solution.

First of all, do not forget to add "refresh_token":"Your token" to your token.json!!! After that index.js:

It's ready to test: cy.task("gmail:refresh_access_token", {});

Have fun!

@omersomuncu Check this issue. The key refresh_token should be set, check your applicationtype-setting for the client -> should be Desktop app

[taninnazar]

@levz0r could you please help to resolve this issue?

[Revadike]

would be nice to have this done automatically
also, the above solutions only work if you save token.json file to disk

[mariamaslam]

Hi @omersomuncu im trying to solution i don't have a CI/CD pipeline. I am just executing the test from terminal. How can i automatically refresh the token?
Please can anyone support ?
@Revadike @taninnazar @levz0r

[taninnazar]

@mariamaslam there is nothing to do with a code. To have a stable token you need to change the Publishing status of your Google app from "In testing" to "In production". You can do it here - https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials/consent

[mariamaslam]

Hi @taninnazar thank you quick response, so once changed to "in production" the token will not expire right?

[taninnazar]

Hi @mariamaslam , the token will expire but more rarely - like once a year or once a half year

[mariamaslam]

Amazinggg @taninnazar do i just need to change the permission n that would be it or do i need to re- generate the token with gmail-tester?

[harishdhande01]

aany solution @mariamaslam