Generated Tokens not lasting

Question

Hello,

I keep generating tokens here 'https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/generateToken?' without any problems.  I then use the token to load Feature Services hosted from ArcGIS Online in my web app.  The problem is that the tokens never seem to last the length I specify in the url, ie.expiration=1440.

It doesn't seem to matter what I put down, 365 days, 6 months or 10 days the token works only once it seems.  Am I not understanding how tokens work?  I thought that by setting the expiration to 1440 the token would be good for 10 days?

Thanks

ThomasGagne · Answer

Interesting, but I don't get how I /use/ a token.  I have one, and now need to access a layer via HTTPS.

Adding &token=crazylongstringwithlotsofcharacters to the URL doesn't seem to cut it, but I haven't found in the documentation where else to put it.

For instance, I believe that once I have a token, I should be able to to into an anonymous/incognito browser window and enter the layer URL I would like to fetch and supply the token somewhere to fetch it.

DanikBourdeau2 · Answer

@Matt Thanks for the link

I've had much better luck lately; been using the same token now for quite a few days.  Judging from the expiration time stamp that is returned it looks like the maximum length for a token from ArcGIS Online is two weeks.

I think the problem that I was having was because I was constantly generating new tokens rendering the old ones void.  I would generate a token and use it one app then generating a new token using it in a different app.  When I would go try the first app the token wouldn't work anymore.

I guess you can only have one valid token per user at one time?

MattLane · Answer

The default maximum length is 1 day (1440). https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/admin/www/doc/tokenManager.html

The longTimeout (up to 1 year, 525600) property can be configured and so each server you access may have a different max age.