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Twinfield OAuth2 for Desktop App or Script

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Demonstrates how to get a Twinfield OAuth2 access token from a desktop application or script.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# For more information about the OAuth2, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

oauth2 = chilkat2.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.
oauth2.ListenPort = 3017

oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://login.twinfield.com/auth/authentication/connect/authorize"
oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://login.twinfield.com/auth/authentication/connect/token"

# Replace these with actual values.
oauth2.ClientId = "CLIENT_ID"
oauth2.ClientSecret = "CLIENT_SECRET"

oauth2.Scope = "openid twf.user twf.organisation twf.organisationUser offline_access"

oauth2.CodeChallenge = True
oauth2.CodeChallengeMethod = "S256"

# Twinfield requires that the request to exchange the authorization code for a token must be a GET.
# (In most cases, OAuth2 is implemented where the exchange for token HTTP request is a POST.)
# Note: The exchange-for-token happens within Chilkat in a background thread.  After the user interactively 
# accepts or denies authorization, the browser receives the response and redirects to localhost:<port>,
# where Chilkat is waiting on a background thread to receive the redirect, process it, and then send the HTTP request
# to exchange the code for a token.  This happens internally while your code below is waiting for the authorization..)
oauth2.UncommonOptions = "EXCHANGE_CODE_FOR_TOKEN_USING_GET"

# 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:

print(json.Emit())

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