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Test Salesforce OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to make a simple Salesforce REST API call to test a previously obtained access token.

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<%
success = 0

'  This example does the following:

'  curl -X GET https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/userinfo \
'       -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

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

'  This example assumes the OAuth2 access token was previously fetched 
'  and saved to a file.  See Get SalesForce OAuth2 Access Token via Authorization Flow

set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/_salesforce.json")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed to load OAuth2 access token.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Here's an example of the JSON:

'  {
'    "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"
'  }

'  Adds the "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" header.
http.AuthToken = json.StringOf("access_token")

'  We want to build the following URL:  https://<instance_id>.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/userinfo
set sbUrl = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbUrl.Append(json.StringOf("instance_url"))
success = sbUrl.Append("/services/oauth2/userinfo")

set sbResponseBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = http.QuickGetSb(sbUrl.GetAsString(),sbResponseBody)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response status code = " & http.LastStatus) & "</pre>"

set jsonResponse = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jsonResponse.Emit()) & "</pre>"

'  The expected JSON response is something like this:

'  {
'    "sub": "005xxxxxxxxxxxx",
'    "name": "John Doe",
'    "preferred_username": "johndoe@example.com",
'    "email": "johndoe@example.com",
'    "profile": "https://na85.salesforce.com/005xxxxxxxxxxxx"
'  ...
'  ...
'  }

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