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Constant Contact (v3) OAuth2 Access Token

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Gets an OAuth2 access token for ConstantContact.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim oauth2 As ChilkatOAuth2
oauth2.Initialize("oauth2")

'  This should be the port in the localhost callback URL for your app.  
'  The callback URL would look like "http://localhost:3017/" if the port number is 3017.
'  Make sure when defining your application (i.e. "My Applications" at  https://app.constantcontact.com/pages/dma/portal/)
'  that the Redirect URI is exactly this:  "http://localhost:3017/".   You may use any port number as long as it agrees
'  with the ListenPort here.  It is important to use "http" and not "https" in the callback URI.  The trailing "/" is also important.
oauth2.ListenPort = 3017

oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://api.cc.email/v3/idfed"
oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://idfed.constantcontact.com/as/token.oauth2"

'  Replace these with actual values.
oauth2.ClientId = "CLIENT_KEY"
oauth2.ClientSecret = "CLIENT_SECRET"

'  Add one or more SPACE separated scopes
oauth2.Scope = "account_read account_update contact_data campaign_data"

'  Begin the OAuth2 three-legged flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
Dim url As String = oauth2.StartAuth
If oauth2.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
    Log(oauth2.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log(url)

'  Launch the system's default browser navigated to the URL.
success = oauth2.LaunchBrowser(url)
If success = False Then
    Log(oauth2.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Now wait for the authorization.
'  We'll wait for a max of 30 seconds.
Dim numMsWaited As Int = 0
Do While (numMsWaited < 30000) And (oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3)
    oauth2.SleepMs(100)
    numMsWaited = numMsWaited + 100
Loop

'  If there was no response from the browser within 30 seconds, then 
'  the AuthFlowState will be equal to 1 or 2.
'  1: Waiting for Redirect. The OAuth2 background thread is waiting to receive the redirect HTTP request from the browser.
'  2: Waiting for Final Response. The OAuth2 background thread is waiting for the final access token response.
'  In that case, cancel the background task started in the call to StartAuth.
If oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3 Then
    oauth2.Cancel
    Log("No response from the browser!")
    Return
End If


'  Check the AuthFlowState to see if authorization was granted, denied, or if some error occurred
'  The possible AuthFlowState values are:
'  3: Completed with Success. The OAuth2 flow has completed, the background thread exited, and the successful JSON response is available in AccessTokenResponse property.
'  4: Completed with Access Denied. The OAuth2 flow has completed, the background thread exited, and the error JSON is available in AccessTokenResponse property.
'  5: Failed Prior to Completion. The OAuth2 flow failed to complete, the background thread exited, and the error information is available in the FailureInfo property.
If oauth2.AuthFlowState = 5 Then
    Log("OAuth2 failed to complete.")
    Log(oauth2.FailureInfo)
    Return
End If


If oauth2.AuthFlowState = 4 Then
    Log("OAuth2 authorization was denied.")
    Log(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
    Return
End If


If oauth2.AuthFlowState <> 3 Then
    Log("Unexpected AuthFlowState:" & oauth2.AuthFlowState)
    Return
End If


Log("OAuth2 authorization granted!")
Log("Access Token = " & oauth2.AccessToken)

'  Get the full JSON response:
Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
json.Load(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
json.EmitCompact = False

'  The JSON response looks like this:

'  {
'    "access_token": "aEr4czHReESHUGcc2LRknzsMxUbW",
'    "refresh_token": "s2qH27ikM7r3Ia0LrZGDOIgKw0bubUotBdJ7fTtc7y",
'    "token_type": "Bearer"
'  }

Log(json.Emit)

'  Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
Dim fac As ChilkatFileAccess
fac.Initialize
fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/constantContact.json", json.Emit, "utf-8", False)