(C) X.com OAuth 2.0 Refresh Access Token

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or greater.

For more information, see https://docs.x.com/resources/fundamentals/authentication/oauth-2-0/authorization-code

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#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkOAuth2.h>
#include <C_CkDateTime.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkJsonObject jsonToken;
    BOOL success;
    HCkOAuth2 oauth2;
    HCkDateTime dtExpire;
    HCkStringBuilder sbJson;

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

    jsonToken = CkJsonObject_Create();
    success = CkJsonObject_LoadFile(jsonToken,"qa_data/tokens/x.json");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("Failed to load x.json\n");
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
        return;
    }

    // The access token JSON looks something like this:

    // {
    //   "token_type": "bearer",
    //   "expires_in": 7200,
    //   "access_token": "VmNDLVZiYUZwejY5Mkx3RblFTmo3ek1leTRGclMuZFVOUTVUTWpNbVZKb1N5OjE3NDAxNjk4MDVxNTE6MToxOaF0OjE",
    //   "scope": "block.read follows.read offline.access tweet.write block.write like.write like.read users.read tweet.read follows.write",
    //   "refresh_token": "eThOWVVFSTRqdVp3QTFndGsxM2ZGZmFyNWVrU0phM1JKbGdrbGNWRGJzb1loOjE3NDAwMjk4MDUxNTI6MTowOnJ0OjE"
    // }

    oauth2 = CkOAuth2_Create();

    CkOAuth2_putTokenEndpoint(oauth2,"https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token");

    // Replace this with your actual X.com OAuth2 Client ID and Client Secret
    CkOAuth2_putClientId(oauth2,"OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID");
    CkOAuth2_putClientSecret(oauth2,"OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET");

    // Get the "refresh_token"
    CkOAuth2_putRefreshToken(oauth2,CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonToken,"refresh_token"));

    // Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
    success = CkOAuth2_RefreshAccessToken(oauth2);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkOAuth2_lastErrorText(oauth2));
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
        CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);
        return;
    }

    // Load the access token response into the json object 
    CkJsonObject_Load(jsonToken,CkOAuth2_accessTokenResponse(oauth2));

    // If an "expires_on" member does not exist, then add the JSON member by
    // getting the current system date/time and adding the "expires_in" seconds.
    // This way we'll know when the token expires.
    if (CkJsonObject_HasMember(jsonToken,"expires_on") == FALSE) {
        dtExpire = CkDateTime_Create();
        CkDateTime_SetFromCurrentSystemTime(dtExpire);
        CkDateTime_AddSeconds(dtExpire,CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonToken,"expires_in"));
        CkJsonObject_AppendString(jsonToken,"expires_on",CkDateTime_getAsUnixTimeStr(dtExpire,FALSE));
    }

    // Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
    // The access + refresh tokens contained in this JSON will be needed for the next refresh.
    sbJson = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(jsonToken,FALSE);
    CkJsonObject_EmitSb(jsonToken,sbJson);
    CkStringBuilder_WriteFile(sbJson,"qa_data/tokens/x.json","utf-8",FALSE);

    printf("OAuth2 authorization granted!\n");
    printf("New Access Token = %s\n",CkOAuth2_accessToken(oauth2));


    CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
    CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);
    CkDateTime_Dispose(dtExpire);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbJson);

    }