Need some guidance on customizing oauth token refresh

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I’ve built a custom connector for a private API that we use, and it’s tested and working. The last step is to automate the generation of an access token. I have to provide a client_id and client_secret to an endpoint, and in return I get an access token (no refresh token) that expires in X amount of time.

How can I automate this into my connector such that it will provide the client_id and client_secret to generate an access_token? Right now, I’ve been adding a new access token every ~day as they expire and get refreshed, but that’s obviously not a sustainable solution. I played around with the OAuth2TokenAuthenticator component but wasn’t getting anywhere given my setup. Any guidance would be appreciated.

ETA: This is a python-based connector built using the CDK.

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This can be deleted … solved my issue.

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Great to hear! How did you manage to solve it?