C++

Yahoo Mail Refresh OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to refresh an OAuth2 Yahoo Mail 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.

    //  It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.
    //  This example loads the JSON access token file 
    //  saved by this example: Get Yahoo Mail OAuth2 Access Token

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

    //  The access token JSON looks like this:

    //  {
    //    "access_token": "kCVQdnOdul...LHucA--",
    //    "refresh_token": "AIenVWETSo0jklFBVkPS8vVm8E.Dj9ToRG.xDbDYmZ55WIs5t6CZhDkD",
    //    "expires_in": 3600,
    //    "token_type": "bearer",
    //    "xoauth_yahoo_guid": "HGDQCVF6JB4YDOWHITPJFBHCWA"
    //  }

    CkOAuth2 oauth2;

    //  See Step 5 at https://developer.yahoo.com/oauth2/guide/flows_authcode/
    oauth2.put_TokenEndpoint("https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth2/get_token");

    //  Replace these with actual values.
    oauth2.put_ClientId("CLIENT_ID");
    oauth2.put_ClientSecret("CLIENT_SECRET");

    //  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 != true) {
        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.
    CkStringBuilder sbJson;
    jsonToken.put_EmitCompact(false);
    jsonToken.EmitSb(sbJson);
    sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/yahooMail.json","utf-8",false);

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