(Android™) Dropbox Refresh OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to mint a new access token using the refresh token obtained when originally getting the OAuth2 access token.

For more information, see https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    boolean success;

    // Implements the following CURL command:

    // curl -X GET https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token \
    //     -d grant_type=refresh_token \
    //     -d refresh_token=<YOUR_REFRESH_TOKEN> \
    //     -u <YOUR_APP_KEY>:<YOUR_APP_SECRET>

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

    http.put_Login("DROPBOX_APP_KEY");
    http.put_Password("DROPBOX_APP_SECRET");

    // Get the refresh token from the JSON we saved when originally getting the access token.
    // (See Get Dropbox OAuth2 Access Token w/ Refresh Token
    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/dropbox.json");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, json.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkHttpRequest req = new CkHttpRequest();
    req.AddParam("grant_type","refresh_token");
    req.AddParam("refresh_token",json.stringOf("refresh_token"));

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostUrlEncoded("https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token",req);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);

    CkJsonObject jResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
    Log.i(TAG, jResp.emit());

    int respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(respStatusCode));
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, resp.header());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");

        return;
        }

    // Sample JSON response:
    // (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

    // {
    //   "access_token": "sl.AC75WPYRqOi0mxcRqlimbV9FKHu04biz5qHwatG3MTgzFK7kLrGVlM9EgP4603tE7bWw0s1rMbTKiHsf37TUshPYvq-3r0qeBr_PrZIAibN8XOQicvboiOnqx6JrDekq-w8D-tE",
    //   "token_type": "bearer",
    //   "expires_in": 14400
    // }

    String access_token = jResp.stringOf("access_token");
    Log.i(TAG, "New Access Token: " + access_token);

    // Perhaps update our Dropbox JSON file with the new access token.
    // (The existing refresh token does not change, and can be used over and over to mint new access tokens.)
    json.UpdateString("access_token",access_token);

    json.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/dropbox.json");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}