(Delphi DLL) OAuth2 Token using IdentityServer4 with Client Credentials

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

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Http, HttpRequest, JsonArray, HttpResponse, JsonObject;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
http: HCkHttp;
resp: HCkHttpResponse;
json: HCkJsonObject;
tokenEndpoint: PWideChar;
grantTypes: HCkJsonArray;
clientCredentialsIdx: Integer;
req: HCkHttpRequest;
accessToken: PWideChar;

begin
success := False;

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

http := CkHttp_Create();

// 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

resp := CkHttpResponse_Create();
success := CkHttp_HttpNoBody(http,'GET','https://localhost:5000/.well-known/openid-configuration',resp);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
    Exit;
  end;

if (CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp) <> 200) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Received response status code ' + IntToStr(CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp)));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response body containing error text or JSON:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttpResponse__bodyStr(resp));
    Exit;
  end;

json := CkJsonObject_Create();
success := CkJsonObject_Load(json,CkHttpResponse__bodyStr(resp));

// 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.

tokenEndpoint := CkJsonObject__stringOf(json,'token_endpoint');

grantTypes := CkJsonObject_ArrayOf(json,'grant_types_supported');
clientCredentialsIdx := CkJsonArray_FindString(grantTypes,'client_credentials',True);
CkJsonArray_Dispose(grantTypes);

// If clientCredentialsIdx is less then zero (-1) then the "client_credentials" string was not found.
if (clientCredentialsIdx < 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('The client credentials grant type is not supported.');
    Exit;
  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'

req := CkHttpRequest_Create();
CkHttpRequest_putHttpVerb(req,'POST');
CkHttpRequest_putContentType(req,'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');

CkHttpRequest_AddParam(req,'grant_type','client_credentials');
CkHttpRequest_AddParam(req,'client_id','CLIENT_ID');
CkHttpRequest_AddParam(req,'client_secret','CLIENT_SECRET');CkHttpRequest_putHttpVerb(req,'POST');

success := CkHttp_HttpReq(http,tokenEndpoint,req,resp);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
    Exit;
  end;

// Make sure we got a 200 response status code, otherwise it's an error.
if (CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp) <> 200) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('POST to token endpoint failed.');
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Received response status code ' + IntToStr(CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp)));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response body containing error text or JSON:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttpResponse__bodyStr(resp));
    Exit;
  end;

success := CkJsonObject_Load(json,CkHttpResponse__bodyStr(resp));

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

// Get the access token:
accessToken := CkJsonObject__stringOf(json,'access_token');

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

CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);

end;