(Go) Refresh HMRC OAuth2 Access Token

Demonstrates how to refresh an HMRC access token.

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

    // See Get HMRC Access Token 
    // for sample code showing how to obtain a HMRC access token for desktop apps.

    // It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token for HMRC.

    jsonToken := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    success := jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/hmrc.json")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println("Failed to load hmrc.json")
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    // The access token JSON looks something like this:

    // {
    //   "token_type": "Bearer",
    //   "scope": "user_impersonation",
    //   "expires_in": "3599",
    //   "ext_expires_in": "0",
    //   "expires_on": "1524783438",
    //   "not_before": "1524779538",
    //   "resource": "https://mydomain.api.crm.dynamics.com",
    //   "access_token": "...",
    //   "refresh_token": "...",
    //   "id_token": "..."
    // }

    oauth2 := chilkat.NewOAuth2()

    oauth2.SetTokenEndpoint("https://test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk/oauth/token")

    // Replace these with actual values.
    oauth2.SetClientId("HMRC-CLIENT-ID")
    oauth2.SetClientSecret("HMRC-CLIENT-SECRET")

    // Get the "refresh_token"
    oauth2.SetRefreshToken(jsonToken.StringOf("refresh_token"))

    // Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
    success = oauth2.RefreshAccessToken()
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(oauth2.LastErrorText())
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
        return
    }

    // Load the access token response into the json object 
    jsonToken.Load(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse())

    // If an "expires_on" member does not exist, then add the JSON member by
    // getting the current system date/time and adding the "expires_in" seconds.
    // This way we'll know when the token expires.
    if jsonToken.HasMember("expires_on") == false {
        dtExpire := chilkat.NewCkDateTime()
        dtExpire.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
        dtExpire.AddSeconds(*jsonToken.IntOf("expires_in"))
        jsonToken.AppendString("expires_on",*dtExpire.GetAsUnixTimeStr(false))
    }

    // Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
    // The access + refresh tokens contained in this JSON will be needed for the next refresh.
    sbJson := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    jsonToken.SetEmitCompact(false)
    jsonToken.EmitSb(sbJson)
    sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/hmrc.json","utf-8",false)

    fmt.Println("OAuth2 authorization granted!")
    fmt.Println("New Access Token = ", oauth2.AccessToken())

    jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
    oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
    dtExpire.DisposeCkDateTime()
    sbJson.DisposeStringBuilder()