Client and transfer access tokens

[Ioannis Paraskevakos]

Hello all,

 

I want to create an app that supports globus transfers without any user intervention. The app will be in a secure system and can save secrets. As a result, using the client and transfer authentication tokens make a lot of sense. Towards that purpose I’m trying to follow the examples here:

 

https://globus-sdk-python.readthedocs.io/en/stable/examples/authorization.html

 

Can someone please point me how to create the necessary tokens? I cannot find anything in the documentation.

 

Thank you,

Giannis

[Josh Bryan]

Ioannis,

The example you linked to shows how to use the authentication tokens once you get them, but the examples that will show how to get authentication tokens are:

• https://globus-sdk-python.readthedocs.io/en/stable/examples/native_app.html If you want an app that authenticates as you.
  
• https://globus-sdk-python.readthedocs.io/en/stable/examples/client_credentials.html if you want an app that can authenticate as a service account.

Regards,

Josh

[Giannis Paraskevakos]

Josh,

 

Thank you, those really helped. Can you also point me to the example to get a refresh token?

 

Best,

Ioannis

[Josh Bryan]

Ioannis,

The sdk docs have an index with quite a few useful examples, including one on getting refresh tokens with a native app and using that refresh token with an authorizer.  Additionally, I'd recommend working through the tutorial that has a full section dedicated to using refresh tokens.

Regards,

Josh