Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Get eBay Application Token

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This example shows how to request an eBay Application token. Delphi ActiveX

var
success: Integer;
http: TChilkatHttp;
req: TChilkatHttpRequest;
endPoint: WideString;
resp: TChilkatHttpResponse;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
accessToken: WideString;
dtExpire: TCkDateTime;
fac: TCkFileAccess;

begin
success := 0;

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

//  See the Ebay documentation about Access token types
//  Also see the Ebay documentation about client credentials grant flow

http := TChilkatHttp.Create(Self);

//  If using the sandbox, the target endpoint will be:
//  POST https://api.sandbox.ebay.com/identity/v1/oauth2/token

//  If using the production (live) system, the target endpoint will be:
//  POST https://api.ebay.com/identity/v1/oauth2/token

//  The eBay client_id and client_secret needs to be sent
//  in a Basic Authorization  request header, which has this format:
//  Authorization: Basic <B64_encoded_oauth_credentials>

//  Chilkat takes care of it.  You only need to set the Login = client_id,
//  and password = client_secret, and indicate you want "Basic" HTTP Authorization.
http.Login := 'EBAY_CLIENT_ID';
http.Password := 'EBAY_CLIENT_SECRET';
http.BasicAuth := 1;

//  Let's do the following POST:

//    HTTP method:   POST
//    URL (Sandbox): https://api.sandbox.ebay.com/identity/v1/oauth2/token
//  
//    HTTP headers:
//      Content-Type = application/x-www-form-urlencoded
//      Authorization = Basic <B64-encoded-oauth-credentials>
//  
//    Request body (wrapped for readability):
//      grant_type=client_credentials&
//      redirect_uri=<RuName-value>&
//      scope=<SPACE separated list of scopes>
//  

//  Create an HttpRequest object to hold the request params.
req := TChilkatHttpRequest.Create(Self);
req.HttpVerb := 'POST';
req.AddParam('grant_type','client_credentials');

//  The scope query param indicates the access to be provided by the token.
//  Multiple scopes can be specified by separating each with a SPACE char.
//  See the Ebay OAuth scopes documentation

req.AddParam('scope','https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope');

endPoint := 'https://api.sandbox.ebay.com/identity/v1/oauth2/token';
req.ContentType := 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';

resp := TChilkatHttpResponse.Create(Self);
success := http.HttpReq(endPoint,req.ControlInterface,resp.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  The response is JSON..
json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json.Load(resp.BodyStr);
json.EmitCompact := 0;

//  If the response status code is not 200, then it failed.
Memo1.Lines.Add('Response status code = ' + IntToStr(resp.StatusCode));
if (resp.StatusCode <> 200) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(json.Emit());
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed.');
    Exit;
  end;

//  We successfully retrieved an eBay access token.
//  The actual access token string can be parsed from the JSON like this:
accessToken := json.StringOf('access_token');

//  This application token is only valid for 7200 seconds (2 hours).  We'll want to refresh
//  it before it expires.  (There is an online example for that..)
//  For now, let's save the JSON to a file for our application to use.

//  But before doing that, let's add to the JSON an expiration timestamp
//  so we know when to refresh the token.
dtExpire := TCkDateTime.Create(Self);
dtExpire.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
dtExpire.AddSeconds(json.IntOf('expires_in'));
json.AppendString('expire_time',dtExpire.GetAsTimestamp(0));

//  Persist the JSON to a file.
fac := TCkFileAccess.Create(Self);
success := fac.WriteEntireTextFile('qa_data/tokens/ebay.json',json.Emit(),'utf-8',0);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(fac.LastErrorText);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed to save eBay Application token to file.');
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add(json.Emit());
Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');

//  The output of this example is:

//  	{ 
//  	  "access_token": "v^1.1#i^1#p^1#I^3#r^0# ... Ajp1BQhJDgAA",
//  	  "token_type": "Application Access Token",
//  	  "expires_in": 7200,
//  	  "refresh_token": "N/A",
//  	  "expire_time": "2017-04-16T14:44:20Z"
//  	}
//  
//  	Success.
//