# post\_\_auth\_google\_refresh

`POST /auth/google/refresh`

*Refresh Google Token*

Refresh Google OAuth access token using refresh token.

Google access tokens expire after a short period. Use this endpoint to get a new access token using the refresh token obtained during the initial OAuth flow.

**When to use:**

* Access token has expired
* Need to continue using Google APIs
* Before calling `/auth/google` with an expired token

#### TypeScript Client Library

```typescript
private refreshGoogleToken = async (refreshToken: string): Promise<RefreshTokenResponse> => {
  return this.makeRequest<RefreshTokenResponse>('auth/google/refresh', 'POST', {
    refresh_token: refreshToken,
  });
};
```

#### Code Samples

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Shell" %}

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

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="HTTP" %}

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

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript" %}

```javascript
const inputBody = '{
  "refresh_token": "1//04dX..."
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

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

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}

```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/google/refresh',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

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

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

print(r.json())
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```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/google/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());
 }

 // ...
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
URL obj = new URL("https://backend.flashback.tech/auth/google/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());
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Go" %}

```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/google/refresh", data)
    req.Header = headers

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

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

> Body parameter

```json
{
  "refresh_token": "1//04dX..."
}
```

**Parameters**

| Name             | In   | Type   | Required | Description                                   |
| ---------------- | ---- | ------ | -------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| body             | body | object | true     | none                                          |
| » refresh\_token | body | string | true     | Google refresh token from previous OAuth flow |

> Example responses

> 200 Response

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

**Responses**

| Status | Meaning                                                 | Description              | Schema |
| ------ | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------ |
| 200    | [OK](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.3.1) | Token refresh successful | Inline |

**Response Schema**

Status Code **200**

| Name           | Type    | Required | Restrictions | Description                                   |
| -------------- | ------- | -------- | ------------ | --------------------------------------------- |
| » success      | boolean | false    | none         | none                                          |
| » token        | string  | false    | none         | New Google access token                       |
| » refreshToken | string  | false    | none         | Updated refresh token (if provided by Google) |
| » expiresAt    | integer | false    | none         | New token expiration timestamp                |