[Related to #25] Expired Token kills fbconsole (Original Title: "Problem posting status in facebook")

[el3ctron]

I use your amazing software but in the last days i have a problem posting status in facebook

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/mis_scripts/publicarenfacebook", line 103, in
fbconsole.post('/me/feed', {'message': cadena})
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/fbconsole.py", line 763, in post
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/fbconsole.py", line 667, in post
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/fbconsole.py", line 280, in _safe_json_load
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/fbconsole.py", line 277, in _safe_url_load
fbconsole.OAuthException: Error validating access token: Session has expired on Thursday, 07-May-15 03:00:00 PDT. The current time is Thursday, 07-May-15 04:30:19 PDT.

i actualize the token but appears the same message

when i try the other authentication it says

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "8txt2facebook2", line 19, in
redirect_uri
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/fbconsole.py", line 413, in automatically_authenticate
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/mechanize/_mechanize.py", line 524, in select_form
mechanize._mechanize.FormNotFoundError: no form matching nr 0

thanks for your answer!

[kchr]

How are you supplying your access token?

fbconsole automatically read and use the token found in a file called ".fb_access_token", if such file exists in the current directory. This is the recommended way to supply an access token without having to authenticate manually. Note that it reads from the environment's current directory, not the directory where fbconsole module is located.

Setting the global variable fbconsole.ACCESS_TOKEN works but will be overwritten by any token found in that file.

[psineur]

PREV COMMENT DELETED. Was wrong sorry.
Not 37-related. Auth, Mechanize & Expiring Tokens...

[psineur]

My current suggestion would be to delete .fb_access_token from directory.
But we want to do something with expiring tokens.

Graph Explorer has Refresh functionality for this, but if you using mechanize - simple re-auth with browser poping up again may be not a solution for you.

@el3ctron Could you please share the scenario, how you're using fbconsole, so we can come up with something that will work the best for your case?
Thanks!

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