request token error

"TokenException: Token is invalid or has expired."

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Nope, You need a Kite Connect app to create a session. You might have created a Kite Publisher app.

this is the basic structure of what I'm using

from kiteconnect import KiteConnect
import webbrowser

api_key = " "
api_secret = " "

# Initialize KiteConnect
kite = KiteConnect(api_key=api_key)

# Generate login URL and open it in a browser
login_url = kite.login_url()
print(f"Login URL: {login_url}")

# Open the login URL in the browser
webbrowser.open(login_url)

# Prompt the user to enter the request token
request_token = input("Enter the request token: ").strip()

# Debugging: print the request token to ensure it's correct
print(f"Request Token: {request_token}")

try:
# Generate access token using the request token and API secret
data = kite.generate_session(request_token, api_secret)
access_token = data["access_token"]
print(f"Access Token: {access_token}")

# Initialize the KiteConnect object with the access token
kite.set_access_token(access_token)

# Make API calls
profile = kite.profile()
print(profile)
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")