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Salesforce OAuth2 Refresh Access Token

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Demonstrates how to refresh a Salesforce Access Token.

Note: Use Chilkat v10.1.2 or later for this example.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    -- It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.
    -- This example loads the JSON access token file 
    -- saved by this example: Get SalesForce OAuth2 Access Token via Authorization Flow

    DECLARE @jsonToken int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonToken OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/_salesforce.json'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Failed to load _salesforce.json'
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        RETURN
      END

    -- This is an example of a Salesforce OAuth2 access token to be refreshed:

    -- {
    --   "access_token": "00D41000....uLZBpT6",
    --   "refresh_token": "5Aep....25xdGgkrV",
    --   "signature": "cjTbSc5DvcKpaMoRTzuQTJLb1tcMw8LEO01flq4aMD4=",
    --   "scope": "refresh_token id",
    --   "instance_url": "https://d41000000f8a0eak-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com",
    --   "id": "https://login.salesforce.com/id/00D41000000F8A0EAK/005410000....xAAE",
    --   "token_type": "Bearer",
    --   "issued_at": "1738348388166"
    -- }

    DECLARE @oauth2 int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.OAuth2', @oauth2 OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'TokenEndpoint', 'https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token'

    -- Replace this with your actual client ID (Consumer Key)
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'ClientId', 'CLIENT_ID'

    -- Note: The client secret is not required because we configured our Connected App
    -- to not require it for the refresh flow.  See the screenshot below.

    -- Get the "refresh_token"
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'refresh_token'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'RefreshToken', @sTmp0

    -- Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @oauth2, 'RefreshAccessToken', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth2
        RETURN
      END

    -- The response contains a new access token, but we must keep
    -- our existing refresh token for when we need to refresh again in the future.
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'AccessToken', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'access_token', @sTmp0

    -- Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
    DECLARE @sbJson int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbJson OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @jsonToken, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'EmitSb', @success OUT, @sbJson
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJson, 'WriteFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/_salesforce.json', 'utf-8', 0


    PRINT 'OAuth2 authorization granted!'

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'AccessToken', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT 'New Access Token = ' + @sTmp0

    -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Here's a screenshot of a Salesforce Connected App 
    -- which does not requires the secret for the authorization or refresh flow.
    -- image

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth2
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJson


END
GO