Do twitter access token expire?

Question

I am building a web app from where the user can manage his twitter account. I\'ve created the twitter app and once the user authenticates himself the application gets the ac

Answer 1

From the Twitter API error codes it looks like it can expire:

API request contains invalid bearer token Using an incorrect or revoked bearer token to make API requests will result in:

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: 61 ...

{"errors":[{"message":"Invalid or expired token","code":89}]}

Source link: https://dev.twitter.com/oauth/application-only

Answer 2

Here is what they saying in there development page

Question: How long does an access token last?

Access tokens are not explicitly expired. An access token will be invalidated if a user explicitly revokes an application in the their Twitter account settings, or if Twitter suspends an application. If an application is suspended, there will be a note in the Twitter app dashboard stating that it has been suspended.

More details can be found here

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