CkPython

Amazon SP-API Request an LWA access token

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Request an LWA access token, make a secure HTTP POST to the LWA authentication server (https://api.amazon.com/auth/o2/token) CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

# Implements the following CURL command:

# curl -X POST https://example.com/auth/o2/token \
#   -H "Host: api.amazon.com" \
#   -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8" \
#   -d "grant_type=refresh_token" \
#   -d "refresh_token=Aztr|..." \
#   -d "client_id=foodev" \
#   -d "client_secret=Y76SDl2F"

# Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
# Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

req = chilkat.CkHttpRequest()
req.AddParam("grant_type","refresh_token")
req.AddParam("refresh_token","Aztr|...")
req.AddParam("client_id","foodev")
req.AddParam("client_secret","Y76SDl2F")

req.AddHeader("Host","api.amazon.com")

req.put_HttpVerb("POST")
req.put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

resp = chilkat.CkHttpResponse()
success = http.HttpReq("https://api.amazon.com/auth/o2/token",req,resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

statusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print("Status Code = " + str(statusCode))

json = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
json.Load(resp.bodyStr())

json.put_EmitCompact(False)
print(json.emit())

if (statusCode != 200):
    print("Failed.")
    sys.exit()

# Success returns this JSON:

# {
#   "access_token": "Atza|...",
#   "refresh_token": "Atzr|...",
#   "token_type": "bearer",
#   "expires_in": 3600
# }

# Save the JSON token to a file for use in subsequent calls.
# (this example is passing a relative file path.  You don't need to save to a file
# if, for example, you keep the access token in-memory for subsequent use...)
success = json.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/sp_api_lwa_token.json")

print("access_token: " + json.stringOf("access_token"))
print("Success.")