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Refresh eBay Application Access Token

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This example shows how to get a new eBay REST API access token when the original is close to expiration.

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    HCkOAuth2 oauth2;

    success = FALSE;

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

    //  The previously fetched eBay access token looks like this:

    //  {
    //    "access_token": "v^1.1#i^1# ... HwSAAA=",
    //    "expires_in": 7200,
    //    "refresh_token": "v^1.1#i^1# ... FXjEyODQ=",
    //    "refresh_token_expires_in": 47304000,
    //    "token_type": "User Access Token"
    //  }

    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    success = CkJsonObject_LoadFile(json,"qa_data/tokens/ebay-access-token.json");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("Failed to load the existing ebay access token JSON.\n");
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    oauth2 = CkOAuth2_Create();

    CkOAuth2_putTokenEndpoint(oauth2,"https://api.sandbox.ebay.com/identity/v1/oauth2/token");

    //  Replace these with actual values.
    CkOAuth2_putClientId(oauth2,"EBAY_CLIENT_ID");
    CkOAuth2_putClientSecret(oauth2,"EBAY_CLIENT_SECRET");

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

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

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

    //  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.
    CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(json,FALSE);
    CkJsonObject_WriteFile(json,"qa_data/tokens/ebay-access-token.json");

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


    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
    CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);

    }