diff --git a/data/get_user_details_extended.json b/data/get_user_details_extended.json
index cbe4b84..598c3bb 100644
--- a/data/get_user_details_extended.json
+++ b/data/get_user_details_extended.json
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
+    "access_token": "bftc1ostvp3fucj9sxzkdgonnhcoi9uuqq2da93m",
     "date_joined": "2022-10-04 00:46:37",
     "email": "lpm0073@gmail.com",
+    "expires_in": 3600,
     "first_name": "Lawrence",
     "fullname": "Lawrence McDaniel",
     "id": 6,
diff --git a/data/tests.py b/data/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b423ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import json
+  
+# Opening JSON file
+f = open('get_user_details_extended.json')
+  
+# returns JSON object as 
+# a dictionary
+response = json.load(f)
+
+def is_valid_user_details(response) -> bool:
+    """
+    validate that the object passed is a dict containing at least the keys
+    in qc_keys.
+    """
+    qc_keys = [
+        "id",
+        "date_joined",
+        "email",
+        "first_name",
+        "fullname",
+        "is_staff",
+        "is_superuser",
+        "last_name",
+        "username",
+    ]
+    if all(key in response for key in qc_keys):
+        return True
+    return False
+
+def is_wp_oauth_refresh_token_response(response) -> bool:
+    """
+    validate that the structure of the response contains the keys of
+    a refresh token dict.
+    """
+    if not is_valid_user_details(response):
+        return False
+    qc_keys = ["access_token", "expires_in", "refresh_token", "scope", "token_type"]
+    if all(key in response for key in qc_keys):
+        return True
+    return False
+
+print('is_valid_user_details')
+print(is_valid_user_details(response))
+
+print('is_wp_oauth_refresh_token_response')
+print(is_wp_oauth_refresh_token_response(response))
+
+
diff --git a/wp_oauth_backend/wp_oauth.py b/wp_oauth_backend/wp_oauth.py
index b8d048e..d158618 100644
--- a/wp_oauth_backend/wp_oauth.py
+++ b/wp_oauth_backend/wp_oauth.py
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ class StepwiseMathWPOAuth2(BaseOAuth2):
 
     def is_valid_user_details(self, response) -> bool:
         """
-        validate that the object passed is a dict containing at least the keys
-        in qc_keys.
+        validate that the object passed is a json dict containing at least
+        the keys in qc_keys. These are the dict keys created in get_user_details()
+        default return object.
         """
         if not type(response) == dict:
             logger.warning(
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ class StepwiseMathWPOAuth2(BaseOAuth2):
         """
         if not self.is_valid_user_details(response):
             return False
-        qc_keys = ["access_token" "expires_in", "refresh_token", "scope", "token_type"]
+        qc_keys = ["access_token", "expires_in", "refresh_token", "scope", "token_type"]
         if all(key in response for key in qc_keys):
             return True
         return False
@@ -205,7 +206,17 @@ class StepwiseMathWPOAuth2(BaseOAuth2):
             return True
         return False
 
-    def get_response_type(self, response):
+    def is_valid_get_user_details_response(self, response) -> bool:
+        """
+        True if the response object can be processed by get_user_details()
+        """
+        if self.is_valid_user_details(response):
+            return True
+        if self.is_wp_oauth_response(response):
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def get_response_type(self, response) -> str:
         if type(response) != dict:
             return "unknown response of type {t}".format(t=type(response))
         if self.is_wp_oauth_error(response):
@@ -270,11 +281,9 @@ class StepwiseMathWPOAuth2(BaseOAuth2):
     # see https://python-social-auth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/implementation.html
     # Return user details from the Wordpress user account
     def get_user_details(self, response) -> dict:
-        if not (
-            self.is_valid_user_details(response) or self.is_wp_oauth_response(response)
-        ):
+        if not self.is_valid_get_user_details_response(response):
             logger.error(
-                "get_user_details() -  received an unrecognized response of {t}. Cannot continue: {response}".format(
+                "get_user_details() -  received an invalid response object of {t}. Cannot continue: {response}".format(
                     t=self.get_response_type(response),
                     response=json.dumps(response, sort_keys=True, indent=4),
                 )
@@ -284,7 +293,8 @@ class StepwiseMathWPOAuth2(BaseOAuth2):
 
         if VERBOSE_LOGGING:
             logger.info(
-                "get_user_details() begin with response: {response}".format(
+                "get_user_details() received {t}: {response}".format(
+                    t=self.get_response_type(response),
                     response=json.dumps(response, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
                 )
             )
@@ -303,7 +313,7 @@ class StepwiseMathWPOAuth2(BaseOAuth2):
             # -------------------------------------------------------------
             if VERBOSE_LOGGING:
                 logger.info(
-                    "get_user_details() -  detected an enhanced get_user_details() dict in the response: {response}".format(
+                    "get_user_details() -  detected an extended get_user_details() dict in the response: {response}".format(
                         response=json.dumps(response, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
                     )
                 )
@@ -388,20 +398,6 @@ class StepwiseMathWPOAuth2(BaseOAuth2):
 
             user_details = self.get_user_details(response)
 
-            if VERBOSE_LOGGING:
-                logger.info(
-                    "user_data() local variable user_details: {user_details}".format(
-                        user_details=json.dumps(user_details, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
-                    )
-                )
-            if VERBOSE_LOGGING:
-                logger.info(
-                    "user_data() class property value of self.user_details: {user_details}".format(
-                        user_details=json.dumps(
-                            self.user_details, sort_keys=True, indent=4
-                        )
-                    )
-                )
         except ValueError as e:
             logger.error("user_data() {err}".format(err=e))
             return None