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LinkedIn OAuth2 Access Token

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

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or later.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loOauth2
LOCAL lcUrl
LOCAL lnNumMsWaited
LOCAL loSbJson

lnSuccess = 0

* To further clarify, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

loOauth2 = CreateObject('Chilkat.OAuth2')

* The port should match the Authorized Redirect URL in your LinkedIn app, 
* which would look like "http://localhost:3017/"
* See a screenshot below...
loOauth2.ListenPort = 3017

loOauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/authorization"
loOauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/accessToken"

* Replace these with actual values.
loOauth2.ClientId = "CLIENT_ID"
loOauth2.ClientSecret = "CLIENT_SECRET"
loOauth2.Scope = "w_member_social"

* Begin the OAuth2 three-legged flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
lcUrl = loOauth2.StartAuth()
IF (loOauth2.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loOauth2.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loOauth2
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
* The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
lnSuccess = loOauth2.LaunchBrowser(lcUrl)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loOauth2.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loOauth2
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Wait for the interactive user to grant permission in the interactive browser session.
* We'll wait for a max of 90 seconds.
lnNumMsWaited = 0
DO WHILE (lnNumMsWaited < 90000) AND (loOauth2.AuthFlowState < 3)
    loOauth2.SleepMs(100)
    lnNumMsWaited = lnNumMsWaited + 100
ENDDO

* If there was no response from the browser within 90 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 (loOauth2.AuthFlowState < 3) THEN
    loOauth2.Cancel()
    ? "No response from the browser!"
    RELEASE loOauth2
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* 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 (loOauth2.AuthFlowState = 5) THEN
    ? "OAuth2 failed to complete."
    ? loOauth2.FailureInfo
    RELEASE loOauth2
    CANCEL
ENDIF

IF (loOauth2.AuthFlowState = 4) THEN
    ? "OAuth2 authorization was denied."
    ? loOauth2.AccessTokenResponse
    RELEASE loOauth2
    CANCEL
ENDIF

IF (loOauth2.AuthFlowState <> 3) THEN
    ? "Unexpected AuthFlowState:" + STR(loOauth2.AuthFlowState)
    RELEASE loOauth2
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "OAuth2 authorization granted!"
? "Access Token = " + loOauth2.AccessToken

? "Full JSON Response = " + loOauth2.AccessTokenResponse

* Example JSON Response:
* 
* {
*   "access_token": "AQU7C5zU8n....ggWyUA",
*   "expires_in": 5183999,
*   "scope": "w_member_social"
* }

* Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
loSbJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loSbJson.Append(loOauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
loSbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/_linkedIn.json","utf-8",0)

* Here is an example showing how to define your App in the LinkedIn developers console:
* 

RELEASE loOauth2
RELEASE loSbJson