Classic ASP
Classic ASP
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.Chilkat Classic ASP Downloads
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success = 0
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
' 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.Login = "DROPBOX_APP_KEY"
http.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
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/dropbox.json")
If (success = 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
set req = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpRequest")
req.AddParam "grant_type","refresh_token"
req.AddParam "refresh_token",json.StringOf("refresh_token")
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
set resp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpReq("https://api.dropbox.com/oauth2/token",req,resp)
If (success = 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
set sbResponseBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
set jResp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Body:") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jResp.Emit()) & "</pre>"
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Header:") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.Header) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed.") & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
' 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
' }
access_token = jResp.StringOf("access_token")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "New Access Token: " & access_token) & "</pre>"
' 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.)
success = json.UpdateString("access_token",access_token)
success = json.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/dropbox.json")
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