From 9515640d5e0ef51e075a0635ebd8261888e04501 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Wagner-Hall Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:41:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about no specific 'token expired' error --- specification/10_client_server_api.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/specification/10_client_server_api.rst b/specification/10_client_server_api.rst index 6b8ffbcc..5dd215d4 100644 --- a/specification/10_client_server_api.rst +++ b/specification/10_client_server_api.rst @@ -1114,6 +1114,11 @@ access_token refresh_token (optional) A refresh token, as is returned from login. +There is no specific error message to indicate that a request has failed because +an access token has expired; instead, if a client has reason to believe its +access token is valid, and it receives an auth error, they should attempt to +refresh for a new token on failure, and re-try the request with the new token. + Changing Password ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section refers to API Version 2. These API calls currently use the prefix