(Delphi ActiveX) Get Access Token for Google Tasks using Service Account JSON Key

Demonstrates how to get an access token for the Google Tasks API using a Service Account JSON key.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
fac: TCkFileAccess;
jsonKey: WideString;
gAuth: TChilkatAuthGoogle;
tlsSock: TChilkatSocket;
success: Integer;

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

// First load the JSON key into a string.
fac := TCkFileAccess.Create(Self);
jsonKey := fac.ReadEntireTextFile('qa_data/googleSvcAccountKeys/ChilkatCloud-48f7737c7505.json','utf-8');
if (fac.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(fac.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// A JSON private key should look like this:

// {
//   "type": "service_account",
//   "project_id": "chilkatcloud",
//   "private_key_id": "48f7737c7505bb88eee6a20d09993e10605d466e",
//   "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY----- ... -----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
//   "client_email": "pip-564@chilkatcloud.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
//   "client_id": "109982228323456925225",
//   "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
//   "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
//   "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
//   "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/pip-564%40chilkatcloud.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
// }

gAuth := TChilkatAuthGoogle.Create(Self);
gAuth.JsonKey := jsonKey;

// Choose the scope for read/write access.
gAuth.Scope := 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/tasks';

// Request an access token that is valid for this many seconds.
gAuth.ExpireNumSeconds := 3600;

gAuth.SubEmailAddress := '';

// Connect to www.googleapis.com using TLS
tlsSock := TChilkatSocket.Create(Self);
success := tlsSock.Connect('www.googleapis.com',443,1,5000);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(tlsSock.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Send the request to obtain the access token.
success := gAuth.ObtainAccessToken(tlsSock.ControlInterface);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(gAuth.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Examine the access token:
Memo1.Lines.Add('Access Token: ' + gAuth.AccessToken);

// Save our access token to a file.
success := fac.WriteEntireTextFile('qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt',gAuth.AccessToken,'utf-8',0);
end;