# How to run twitchio bot forever without manually adding the new token **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [March 24, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-run-twitchio-bot-forever-without-manually-adding-the-new-token/44439 "2023-03-24T16:45:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![abdumhman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@abdumhman](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/abdumhman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-run-twitchio-bot-forever-without-manually-adding-the-new-token/44439/1 "2023-03-24T16:45:45Z")
I understand that if the bot access token expires we must get a new one from the refresh token and replace the token of my bot bot = commands.Bot( token=token, client\_id=os.environ[‘CLIENT\_ID’], nick = “mynick”, prefix=“!”, initial\_channels=[channel] ) bot.run() However I don’t understand how I can replace the token automatically when without stopping my server and manually changing the token every time the token expires. Any help would be extremely appreciated thanks. ---
**Author:** ![DevMcGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@DevMcGee](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/DevMcGee)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-run-twitchio-bot-forever-without-manually-adding-the-new-token/44439/2 "2023-03-25T17:54:29Z")
> **[Refreshing Access Tokens](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/authentication/refresh-tokens/)** > > Refreshing Access Tokens ---
**Author:** ![abdumhman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@abdumhman](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/abdumhman)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-run-twitchio-bot-forever-without-manually-adding-the-new-token/44439/3 "2023-03-25T21:36:09Z")
Hello, I know how to use the refresh token to get a access token and run the bot however I am running a full stack web application and in my backend so would need to run my bot at all times without stopping the changing the access token myself. Is there a way for the bot to detect when the access token has expired and replace it automatically? ---
**Author:** ![Dist](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/dist/32/7192_2.png) [@Dist](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Dist)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-run-twitchio-bot-forever-without-manually-adding-the-new-token/44439/4 "2023-03-25T21:52:21Z")
You could just have your backend make the requests to the Refresh Token endpoint, and then store the new access and refresh token, such as in a database, a file, whatever is suitable for your use case. Then whenever it needs to connect, such as after a disconnect or when the app first starts up, it just gets the token from where you’ve stored them. ---
**Author:** ![abdumhman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@abdumhman](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/abdumhman)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-run-twitchio-bot-forever-without-manually-adding-the-new-token/44439/5 "2023-03-26T13:54:10Z")
Apologies but im very new to twitchio could u give me an example of how you do this? How can I write the code for it to connect and use a new access token whenever there is a disconnection? ---
**Author:** ![DevMcGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@DevMcGee](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/DevMcGee)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-run-twitchio-bot-forever-without-manually-adding-the-new-token/44439/6 "2023-03-26T22:10:19Z")
I’m not understanding what the issue is. Can you better describe your situation? Am I understanding correctly that you have a web component and a chat connection? You said you understand how to use refresh tokens and your question is about running forever without having to manually add a new token. Where is the issue? > [@abdumhman](#): > > How can I write the code for it to connect and use a new access token whenever there is a disconnection? I recommend checking the token’s expiration before reconnecting and refreshing it if it has expired. ---
**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-run-twitchio-bot-forever-without-manually-adding-the-new-token/44439/8 "2023-03-28T20:37:26Z")
Post removed, you leaked your client secret and a refresh token, pleaes revoke and regenerate both ---
**Author:** ![DevMcGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@DevMcGee](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/DevMcGee)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-run-twitchio-bot-forever-without-manually-adding-the-new-token/44439/10 "2023-03-29T00:03:16Z")
> [@abdumhman](#): > > I am running the bot like this: > > ```auto > while True: > time.sleep(expires) > *over here get another token from refresh > ******** Now over here how do I replace the token of the bot and rerun it > > ``` I’m not familiar with twitchio, but a quick glance at the documentation suggests you should consider using [Client.event\_token\_expired](https://twitchio.dev/en/latest/twitchio.html#twitchio.Client.event_token_expired) instead. It doesn’t look like there is another way to do it without hacking into twitchio’s internals but 🤷. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d2spem0quai2ol.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-run-twitchio-bot-forever-without-manually-adding-the-new-token/44439/11 "2023-04-28T00:04:07Z")
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