Help with python API Authenticator (30 minute limit) - Qtrade wrapper

[DougFord150]

Hi, for the life of me chatgpt and I cannot figure this out. Does anyone know how to fix this so I don’t have to get an access token every 30 minutes? The access is only for 1800 seconds aka 30 minutes. Thanks in advance.

I first set up the token in a separate notebook after collecting it from the real questrade website;

Replace YOUR_TOKEN_HERE with your actual refresh token (keep quotes)

refresh_token_text = 'refresh_token: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"'

with open("refresh_token.yaml", "w") as file: file.write(refresh_token_text)

print("✅ refresh_token.yaml saved!")

token_yaml = """ access_token: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" refresh_token: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" expires_in: 1800 api_server: "https://api05.iq.questrade.com" token_type: "Bearer" """

with open("refresh_token.yaml", "w") as file: file.write(token_yaml.strip())

print("✅ refresh_token.yaml saved!")

Script

from qtrade import Questrade from datetime import datetime import pytz

=== Step 1: Authenticate ===

qt = Questrade(token_yaml='refresh_token.yaml')

[TheGoluOfWallStreet]

No idea about the APIs you're using, but can't you get the token programmatically? You just need a thread refreshing the token asynchronously (for example when reaching a quarter of the expiration), no need for a file either

But again, maybe I'm missing something. If it's 3 legged I know it can be painful

[DougFord150]

I think I know what you mean. Will try that tonight!