Phase 10 · API Integration
TopicsRefresh Token
Part of the Frontend Developer Roadmap.
Summary
A longer-lived token used to silently obtain a new access token once the short-lived one expires, avoiding forcing the user to log in again.
How to Learn This
- 1Diagram the full flow: access token expires → refresh token exchanged → new access token issued.
- 2Learn why access tokens are kept short-lived and refresh tokens longer-lived.
- 3Trace through automatic token refresh via an Axios response interceptor.
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