(C#) Slack OAuth2

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or greater.

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

Chilkat.OAuth2 oauth2 = new Chilkat.OAuth2();

// This example is for desktop applicatons (it is not for code that runs on a web server).

// Your applicaton must use your own public web server as an intermediate
// to receive and forward the redirect to localhost.
// See Using Your Web Server as an Intermediary for OAuth2 Redirect to localhost

// This is the Redirect URL defined for your Slack App in the Slack developer portal, and contains the above PHP.
oauth2.AppCallbackUrl = "https://yourwebserver.com/oauth2_redirect";
oauth2.ListenPort = 3017;

oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://slack.com/oauth/authorize";
oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://slack.com/api/oauth.access";

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

oauth2.Scope = "team:read users:read";

// Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
string url = oauth2.StartAuth();
if (oauth2.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(oauth2.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("url = " + url);

// Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
// The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
bool success = oauth2.LaunchBrowser(url);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(oauth2.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
int numMsWaited = 0;
while ((numMsWaited < 90000) && (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();
    Debug.WriteLine("No response from the browser!");
    return;
}

// 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) {
    Debug.WriteLine("OAuth2 failed to complete.");
    Debug.WriteLine(oauth2.FailureInfo);
    return;
}

if (oauth2.AuthFlowState == 4) {
    Debug.WriteLine("OAuth2 authorization was denied.");
    Debug.WriteLine(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse);
    return;
}

if (oauth2.AuthFlowState != 3) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Unexpected AuthFlowState:" + Convert.ToString(oauth2.AuthFlowState));
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("OAuth2 authorization granted!");
Debug.WriteLine("Access Token = " + oauth2.AccessToken);

// Get the full JSON response:
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.Load(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse);
json.EmitCompact = false;

// The JSON response looks like this:

// {
//   "ok": true,
//   "access_token": "xoxp-348475395242-348621810805-4768936228341-9f512b295124e7c9846ce63cb1464c4d",
//   "scope": "identify,team:read,users:read",
//   "user_id": "UA8HZRUPP",
//   "team_id": "TA3DZBN74",
//   "enterprise_id": null,
//   "team_name": "Chilkat Testing"
// }

Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit());

// Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
Chilkat.FileAccess fac = new Chilkat.FileAccess();
fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/slack.json",json.Emit(),"utf-8",false);