# OAuth 2.0 Token Refresh with Python

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**Created:** [February 22, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/oauth-2-0-token-refresh-with-python/83594 "2023-02-22T20:55:12Z")\
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Okay, I see. The first thing I’d recommend is that the OAuth flow is handled in your application. That way you can implement the logic for:

1. Retrieving the access token

2. Storing/caching it for the duration of its lifetime (60 mins)

3. Refreshing the token

Here is a post with instructions on handling OAuth flow with a Python application. Take a look and let us know if you have any questions:

> [@Zoom Oauth python example](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-oauth-python-example/78181/2):
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> Hi, @asanford, Welcome to the Zoom Developer Platform – happy to help. Please see the below OAuth2 Python example script smiley #!/usr/bin/env python from flask import Flask, abort, request from uuid import uuid4 import requests import requests.auth import urllib CLIENT\_ID = "YOUR\_ZOOM\_CLIENT\_ID" # Fill this in with your client ID CLIENT\_SECRET = "YOUR\_ZOOM\_SECRET" # Fill this in with your client secret REDIRECT\_URI = "http://localhost:65010/zoom\_callback" app = Flask(\_\_name\_\_) @app.route…

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