C++

Refresh Schwab OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to refresh a Schwab OAuth2 access token. C++

#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkOAuth2.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    // See Get Schwab OAuth2 Access Token 
    // for sample code showing how to obtain a Schwab access token for desktop apps.

    // This example assumes we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token for Schwab.

    CkJsonObject jsonToken;
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/schwab-access-token.json");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << "Failed to load schwab-access-token.json" << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // The access token JSON looks something like this:

    // {
    //   "expires_in": 3600,
    //   "x_refresh_token_expires_in": 8726400,
    //   "refresh_token": "L011546037639r ... 3vR2DrbOmg0Sdagw",
    //   "access_token": "eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0 ... oETJEMbeggg",
    //   "token_type": "bearer"
    // }

    CkOAuth2 oauth2;

    oauth2.put_TokenEndpoint("https://api.schwabapi.com/v1/oauth/token");

    // Replace these with actual values.
    oauth2.put_ClientId("APP_KEY");
    oauth2.put_ClientSecret("APP_SECRET");
    oauth2.put_UseBasicAuth(true);

    // Get the "refresh_token"
    oauth2.put_RefreshToken(jsonToken.stringOf("refresh_token"));

    // Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
    success = oauth2.RefreshAccessToken();
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << oauth2.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // The response contains a new access token, but we must keep
    // our existing refresh token for when we need to refresh again in the future.
    jsonToken.UpdateString("access_token",oauth2.accessToken());

    // Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
    // The access + refresh tokens contained in this JSON will be needed for the next refresh.
    CkStringBuilder sbJson;
    jsonToken.put_EmitCompact(false);

    jsonToken.EmitSb(sbJson);
    sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/schwab-access-token.json","utf-8",false);

    std::cout << "OAuth2 token refreshed!" << "\r\n";
    std::cout << "New Access Token = " << oauth2.accessToken() << "\r\n";
    }