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OAuth2 Token using IdentityServer4 with Client Credentials

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Demonstrates how to get an OAuth2 access token using the client credential flow with IdentityServer4.

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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoHttp
    Variant vResp
    Handle hoResp
    Handle hoJson
    String sTokenEndpoint
    Variant vGrantTypes
    Handle hoGrantTypes
    Integer iClientCredentialsIdx
    Variant vReq
    Handle hoReq
    String sAccessToken
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End

    // The first step is to fetch your IdentityServer4's discovery document
    // (OpenID Connect defines a discovery mechanism, called OpenID Connect Discovery, where an OpenID server publishes its metadata at a well-known URL, 
    // typically https://server.com/.well-known/openid-configuration

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoResp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoResp
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoResp to vResp
    Get ComHttpNoBody Of hoHttp "GET" "https://localhost:5000/.well-known/openid-configuration" vResp To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
    If (iTemp1 <> 200) Begin
        Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
        Showln "Received response status code " iTemp1
        Showln "Response body containing error text or JSON:"
        Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJson
    End
    Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
    Get ComLoad Of hoJson sTemp1 To iSuccess

    // We have the discovery document, which contains something like this:

    // You can use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    // {
    //   "issuer": "https://localhost:5000",
    //   "jwks_uri": "https://localhost:5000/.well-known/openid-configuration/jwks",
    //   "authorization_endpoint": "https://localhost:5000/connect/authorize",
    //   "token_endpoint": "https://localhost:5000/connect/token",
    //   "userinfo_endpoint": "https://localhost:5000/connect/userinfo",
    //   "end_session_endpoint": "https://localhost:5000/connect/endsession",
    //   "check_session_iframe": "https://localhost:5000/connect/checksession",
    //   "revocation_endpoint": "https://localhost:5000/connect/revocation",
    //   "introspection_endpoint": "https://localhost:5000/connect/introspect",
    //   "frontchannel_logout_supported": true,
    //   "frontchannel_logout_session_supported": true,
    //   "backchannel_logout_supported": true,
    //   "backchannel_logout_session_supported": true,
    //   "scopes_supported": [
    //     "openid",
    //     "profile",
    //     "email",
    //     "MyCompany.profile",
    //     "MyCompany.Identity.WebApi",
    //     "MyCompany.TriHub.WebApi",
    //     "offline_access"
    //   ],
    //   "claims_supported": [
    //     "sub",
    //     "updated_at",
    //     "locale",
    //     "zoneinfo",
    //     "birthdate",
    //     "gender",
    //     "website",
    //     "profile",
    //     "preferred_username",
    //     "nickname",
    //     "middle_name",
    //     "given_name",
    //     "family_name",
    //     "name",
    //     "picture",
    //     "email_verified",
    //     "email",
    //     "userId",
    //     "groups",
    //     "fullname"
    //   ],
    //   "grant_types_supported": [
    //     "authorization_code",
    //     "client_credentials",
    //     "refresh_token",
    //     "implicit",
    //     "password"
    //   ],
    //   "response_types_supported": [
    //     "code",
    //     "token",
    //     "id_token",
    //     "id_token token",
    //     "code id_token",
    //     "code token",
    //     "code id_token token"
    //   ],
    //   "response_modes_supported": [
    //     "form_post",
    //     "query",
    //     "fragment"
    //   ],
    //   "token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported": [
    //     "client_secret_basic",
    //     "client_secret_post"
    //   ],
    //   "subject_types_supported": [
    //     "public"
    //   ],
    //   "id_token_signing_alg_values_supported": [
    //     "RS256"
    //   ],
    //   "code_challenge_methods_supported": [
    //     "plain",
    //     "S256"
    //   ]
    // }
    // 

    // The next steps are to (1) get the token_endpoint,
    // and (2) verify that the client_credentials grant type is supported.

    Get ComStringOf Of hoJson "token_endpoint" To sTokenEndpoint

    Get ComArrayOf Of hoJson "grant_types_supported" To vGrantTypes
    If (IsComObject(vGrantTypes)) Begin
        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonArray)) To hoGrantTypes
        Set pvComObject Of hoGrantTypes To vGrantTypes
    End
    Get ComFindString Of hoGrantTypes "client_credentials" True To iClientCredentialsIdx
    Send Destroy of hoGrantTypes

    // If clientCredentialsIdx is less then zero (-1) then the "client_credentials" string was not found.
    If (iClientCredentialsIdx < 0) Begin
        Showln "The client credentials grant type is not supported."
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Request the access token using our Client ID and Client Secret.
    // We're going to duplicate this CURL statement:

    // curl --request POST \
    //   --url '<tokenEndpoint>' \
    //   --header 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
    //   --data 'grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=CLIENT_ID&client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET'

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpRequest)) To hoReq
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoReq))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoReq
    End
    Set ComHttpVerb Of hoReq To "POST"
    Set ComContentType Of hoReq To "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

    Send ComAddParam To hoReq "grant_type" "client_credentials"
    Send ComAddParam To hoReq "client_id" "CLIENT_ID"
    Send ComAddParam To hoReq "client_secret" "CLIENT_SECRET"    Set ComHttpVerb Of hoReq To "POST"

    Get pvComObject of hoReq to vReq
    Get pvComObject of hoResp to vResp
    Get ComHttpReq Of hoHttp sTokenEndpoint vReq vResp To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Make sure we got a 200 response status code, otherwise it's an error.
    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
    If (iTemp1 <> 200) Begin
        Showln "POST to token endpoint failed."
        Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
        Showln "Received response status code " iTemp1
        Showln "Response body containing error text or JSON:"
        Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
    Get ComLoad Of hoJson sTemp1 To iSuccess

    // Our JSON response should contain this:
    // {
    //   "access_token":"eyJz93a...k4laUWw",
    //   "token_type":"Bearer",
    //   "expires_in":86400
    // }

    // Get the access token:
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJson "access_token" To sAccessToken

    // The access token is what gets added to "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
    // for the subsequent REST API calls..


End_Procedure