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SugarCRM Authenticate

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Demonstrates how to authenticate to the SugarCRM REST v10 API. This is how an OAuth2 access token is obtained.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

rest = chilkat2.Rest()

success = rest.Connect("your.site.domain",443,True,True)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

rest.AddHeader("Cache-Control","no-cache")

# The following code creates the JSON request body.
# The JSON created by this code is shown below.
jsonReq = chilkat2.JsonObject()
jsonReq.UpdateString("grant_type","password")
jsonReq.UpdateString("client_id","sugar")
jsonReq.UpdateString("client_secret","CLIENT_SECRET")
jsonReq.UpdateString("username","admin")
jsonReq.UpdateString("password","password")
jsonReq.UpdateString("platform","custom_api")

# The JSON request body created by the above code:

# {
#   "grant_type": "password",
#   "client_id": "sugar",
#   "client_secret": "CLIENT_SECRET",
#   "username": "admin",
#   "password": "password",
#   "platform": "custom_api"
# }

sbReq = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq)

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

sbJson = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/rest/v10/oauth2/token",sbReq,sbJson)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200):
    print("Received error response code: " + str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    print("Response body:")
    print(sbJson.GetAsString())
    sys.exit()

json = chilkat2.JsonObject()
json.LoadSb(sbJson)

# The following code parses the JSON response.
# A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.

access_token = json.StringOf("access_token")
expires_in = json.IntOf("expires_in")
token_type = json.StringOf("token_type")
scope = json.IsNullOf("scope")
refresh_token = json.StringOf("refresh_token")
refresh_expires_in = json.IntOf("refresh_expires_in")
download_token = json.StringOf("download_token")

# A sample JSON response body that is parsed by the above code:

# {
#   "access_token": "c6d495c9-bb25-81d2-5f81-533ef6479f9b",
#   "expires_in": 3600,
#   "token_type": "bearer",
#   "scope": null,
#   "refresh_token": "cbc40e67-12bc-4b56-a1d9-533ef62f2601",
#   "refresh_expires_in": 1209600,
#   "download_token": "cc5d1a9f-6627-3349-96e5-533ef6b1a493"
# }

print("Example Completed.")