Delphi ActiveX

Get POP3 GMail OAuth2 Access Token for Desktop App

See more GMail SMTP/IMAP/POP Examples

Demonstrates how to get a POP3 GMail OAuth2 access token from a desktop application or script.

This example requires a browser window to be displayed to allow the GMail account owner to authorize the access. The code for displaying the web browser is omitted. Suggestions for a few programming languages are provided in code comments. To complete this example, you will need to find out how to display a web browser and navigate to the URL returned by the call to oauth2.StartAuth.

Delphi ActiveX

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
success: Integer;
oauth2: TChilkatOAuth2;
url: WideString;
numMsWaited: Integer;
sbJson: TChilkatStringBuilder;

begin
success := 0;

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

oauth2 := TChilkatOAuth2.Create(Self);

// For Google OAuth2, set the listen port equal to the port used
// in the Authorized Redirect URL for the Client ID.
// For example, in this case the Authorized Redirect URL would be http://localhost:55568/
// Your app should choose a port not likely not used by any other application.
oauth2.ListenPort := 55568;

oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint := 'https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth';
oauth2.TokenEndpoint := 'https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token';

// Replace these with actual values.
oauth2.ClientId := 'GOOGLE-CLIENT-ID';
oauth2.ClientSecret := 'GOOGLE-CLIENT-SECRET';

oauth2.CodeChallenge := 1;
oauth2.CodeChallengeMethod := 'S256';

// See https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/auth/scopes for a list of GMail scopes.
// This is the full-permissions scope for GMail, which is sufficient for all POP3 operations to pop.gmail.com
oauth2.Scope := 'https://mail.google.com/';

// Important note about GMail scope for sending email:
// If the SMTP protocol is used for sending, then the full GMail scope is required: "https://mail.google.com/"
// Here is an example that sends GMail via the SMTP protocol:  Send GMail using SMTP
// If the GMail REST API is used, then the more restrictive Gmail scope can be used:  "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send"
// Here is an example that sends GMail using the GMail REST API: Send GMail using REST API

// Begin the OAuth2 three-legged flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
url := oauth2.StartAuth();
if (oauth2.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(oauth2.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Launch the system's default browser navigated to the URL.
success := oauth2.LaunchBrowser(url);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(oauth2.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Now wait for the authorization.
// We'll wait for a max of 30 seconds.
numMsWaited := 0;
while (numMsWaited < 30000) and (oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3) do
  begin
    oauth2.SleepMs(100);
    numMsWaited := numMsWaited + 100;
  end;

// If there was no response from the browser within 30 seconds, then 
// the AuthFlowState will be equal to 1 or 2.
// 1: Waiting for Redirect. The OAuth2 background thread is waiting to receive the redirect HTTP request from the browser.
// 2: Waiting for Final Response. The OAuth2 background thread is waiting for the final access token response.
// In that case, cancel the background task started in the call to StartAuth.
if (oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3) then
  begin
    oauth2.Cancel();
    Memo1.Lines.Add('No response from the browser!');
    Exit;
  end;

// Check the AuthFlowState to see if authorization was granted, denied, or if some error occurred
// The possible AuthFlowState values are:
// 3: Completed with Success. The OAuth2 flow has completed, the background thread exited, and the successful JSON response is available in AccessTokenResponse property.
// 4: Completed with Access Denied. The OAuth2 flow has completed, the background thread exited, and the error JSON is available in AccessTokenResponse property.
// 5: Failed Prior to Completion. The OAuth2 flow failed to complete, the background thread exited, and the error information is available in the FailureInfo property.
if (oauth2.AuthFlowState = 5) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('OAuth2 failed to complete.');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(oauth2.FailureInfo);
    Exit;
  end;

if (oauth2.AuthFlowState = 4) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('OAuth2 authorization was denied.');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse);
    Exit;
  end;

if (oauth2.AuthFlowState <> 3) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Unexpected AuthFlowState:' + IntToStr(oauth2.AuthFlowState));
    Exit;
  end;

// Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
sbJson := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
sbJson.Append(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse);
sbJson.WriteFile('qa_data/tokens/gmail_pop3.json','utf-8',0);

// The saved JSON response looks like this:

// 	{
// 	 "access_token": "ya39.Ci-XA_C5bGgRDC3UaD-h0_NeL-DVIQnI2gHtBBBHkZzrwlARkwX6R3O0PCDEzRlfaQ",
// 	 "token_type": "Bearer",
// 	 "expires_in": 3600,
// 	 "refresh_token": "1/r_2c_7jddspcdfesrrfKqfXtqo08D6Q-gUU0DsdfVMsx0c"
// 	}
// 
Memo1.Lines.Add('OAuth2 authorization granted!');
Memo1.Lines.Add('Access Token = ' + oauth2.AccessToken);
end;