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OAuth2 using a SOCKS Proxy (for a Desktop Application)

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Explains how to use a SOCKS proxy to send OAuth2 communications for a desktop application, using Microsoft Graph as an example. This method applies to all OAuth2 applications.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

# To use a SOCKS proxy with OAuth2, create a Chilkat socket object and specify the details for the
# SOCKS proxy server (SOCKS4 or SOCKS5).
socket = chilkat2.Socket()
# Use your SOCKS proxy server domain or IP address.
socket.SocksHostname = "mysocksproxyserver.com"
# Change this to the listening port of your SOCKS proxy server (if necessary)
socket.SocksPort = 1080
socket.SocksUsername = "myProxyLogin"
socket.SocksPassword = "myProxyPassword"
# Set the SOCKS version to 4 or 5 based on the version
# of the SOCKS proxy server:
socket.SocksVersion = 5
# Note: SOCKS4 servers only support usernames without passwords.
# SOCKS5 servers support full login/password authentication.

oauth2 = chilkat2.OAuth2()

# We don't need to connect the socket beforehand.
# Just tell oauth2 to use the socket which has the SOCKS proxy properties.
success = oauth2.UseConnection(socket)

# 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.
oauth2.ListenPort = 3017

oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize"
oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token"

# Replace these with actual values.
oauth2.ClientId = "MICROSOFT-GRAPH-CLIENT-ID"
# This is your app password:
oauth2.ClientSecret = "MICROSOFT-GRAPH-CLIENT-SECRET"

oauth2.CodeChallenge = False
# Provide a SPACE separated list of scopes.
# See https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/docs/authorization/permission_scopes 

# Important: To get a refresh token in the final response, you have to ask for "offline_access" scope
oauth2.Scope = "openid profile offline_access user.readwrite mail.readwrite mail.send files.readwrite"

# Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
url = oauth2.StartAuth()
if (oauth2.LastMethodSuccess != True):
    print(oauth2.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("url = " + url)

# Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
# The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
success = oauth2.LaunchBrowser(url)
if (success == False):
    print(oauth2.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
numMsWaited = 0
while (numMsWaited < 90000) and (oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3) :
    oauth2.SleepMs(100)
    numMsWaited = numMsWaited + 100

# If the browser does not respond within the specified time, AuthFlowState will be:
# 
# 1: Waiting for Redirect - The OAuth2 background thread is waiting for the browser's redirect request.
# 2: Waiting for Final Response - The thread is awaiting the final access token response.
# In either case, cancel the background task initiated by StartAuth.

if (oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3):
    oauth2.Cancel()
    print("No response from the browser!")
    sys.exit()

# Check AuthFlowState to determine if authorization was granted, denied, or failed:
# 
# 3: Success - OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the successful response is in AccessTokenResponse.
# 4: Access Denied - OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the error response is in AccessTokenResponse.
# 5: Failure - OAuth2 flow failed before completion, the background thread exited, and error details are in FailureInfo.

if (oauth2.AuthFlowState == 5):
    print("OAuth2 failed to complete.")
    print(oauth2.FailureInfo)
    sys.exit()

if (oauth2.AuthFlowState == 4):
    print("OAuth2 authorization was denied.")
    print(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
    sys.exit()

if (oauth2.AuthFlowState != 3):
    print("Unexpected AuthFlowState:" + str(oauth2.AuthFlowState))
    sys.exit()

print("OAuth2 authorization granted!")
print("Access Token = " + oauth2.AccessToken)

# Get the full JSON response:
json = chilkat2.JsonObject()
json.Load(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
json.EmitCompact = False

# The JSON response looks like this:

# {
#   "token_type": "Bearer",
#   "scope": "User.Read Mail.ReadWrite Mail.Send",
#   "expires_in": 3600,
#   "ext_expires_in": 0,
#   "access_token": "EwBAA8l6B...",
#   "refresh_token": "MCRMdbe...",
#   "id_token": "eyJ0eXA..."
# }

# If an "expires_on" member does not exist, then add the JSON member by
# getting the current system date/time and adding the "expires_in" seconds.
# This way we'll know when the token expires.
if (json.HasMember("expires_on") != True):
    dtExpire = chilkat2.CkDateTime()
    dtExpire.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
    dtExpire.AddSeconds(json.IntOf("expires_in"))
    json.AppendString("expires_on",dtExpire.GetAsUnixTimeStr(False))

print(json.Emit())

# Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
fac = chilkat2.FileAccess()
fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/microsoftGraph.json",json.Emit(),"utf-8",False)