post__auth_github_refresh

Code Samples

Shell

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://backend.flashback.tech/auth/github/refresh \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

HTTP

POST https://backend.flashback.tech/auth/github/refresh HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:3000
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

JavaScript

const inputBody = '{
  "refresh_token": "gho_abc123..."
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://backend.flashback.tech/auth/github/refresh',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

Ruby

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://backend.flashback.tech/auth/github/refresh',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

Python

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://backend.flashback.tech/auth/github/refresh', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

PHP

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://backend.flashback.tech/auth/github/refresh', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

Java

URL obj = new URL("https://backend.flashback.tech/auth/github/refresh");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

Go

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://backend.flashback.tech/auth/github/refresh", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /auth/github/refresh

Refresh GitHub Token

Refresh GitHub OAuth access token using refresh token.

GitHub access tokens can expire or be revoked. Use this endpoint to get a new access token using the refresh token obtained during the initial OAuth flow.

When to use:

• GitHub access token has expired

• Need to continue using GitHub APIs

• Token was revoked and needs renewal

Body parameter

{
  "refresh_token": "gho_abc123..."
}

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
body	body	object	true	none
» refresh_token	body	string	true	GitHub refresh token from previous OAuth flow

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "success": true,
  "token": "string",
  "accessToken": "string",
  "refreshToken": "string",
  "expiresAt": 0
}

Responses

Status	Meaning	Description	Schema
200	OK	Token refresh successful	Inline

Response Schema

Status Code 200

Name	Type	Required	Restrictions	Description
» success	boolean	false	none	none
» token	string	false	none	New GitHub access token
» accessToken	string	false	none	Same as token (for compatibility)
» refreshToken	string	false	none	Updated refresh token (if provided by GitHub)
» expiresAt	integer	false	none	New token expiration timestamp