I have a Python service which imports a library that talks to the PayPal API. There is a config file that is passed into the library __init__() which contains the PayPal API username and password. Calling the PayPal API token endpoint with the username and password will return a token used to authenticate during the pay call. However, this token lasts for 90 minutes and should be reused. There are multiple instances of this service running on different servers and they need to all share this one secret token. What would the best way of storing this 9 minute token be? Continue reading...
