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SharePoint OAuth2 Client Credentials Authentication

Demonstrates how to authenticate with OAuth 2.0 using the client credentials grant type. This is for SharePoint Online which is the cloud-based service provided by Microsoft as part of Office 365. (Users access SharePoint Online through a web browser, and the service is hosted on Microsoft's servers.)

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

http = chilkat2.Http()

# Provide the information needed for Chilkat to automatically fetch the OAuth2.0 
# access token as needed.
jsonOAuthCC = chilkat2.JsonObject()

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# You'll need to have registered an app in Azure beforehand.
# See How to Create SharePoint App Registration for OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Use the values from your App Registration in Azure.
jsonOAuthCC.UpdateString("client_id","CLIENT_ID")
jsonOAuthCC.UpdateString("client_secret","SECRET_VALUE")

# You'll always use this scope for client credentials, because the allowed actions
# are determined by the App Permissions defined when you registered the app in Azure.
jsonOAuthCC.UpdateString("scope","https://graph.microsoft.com/.default")

# The token endpoint includes your tenant ID. 
jsonOAuthCC.UpdateString("token_endpoint","https://login.microsoftonline.com/TENANT_ID/oauth2/v2.0/token")

# Provide the OAuth2 information. Chilkat will use this information to automatically fetch the OAuth2 access token as needed,
http.AuthToken = jsonOAuthCC.Emit()

# Get information about all SharePoint sites.
sbJson = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/getAllSites",sbJson)
if (success == False):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

statusCode = http.LastStatus

print("Response status code = " + str(statusCode))

if (statusCode != 200):
    print(sbJson.GetAsString())
    print("Failed.")
    sys.exit()

jsonResp = chilkat2.JsonObject()
jsonResp.LoadSb(sbJson)
jsonResp.EmitCompact = False

print(jsonResp.Emit())
print("Success.")

# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON