(Go) Hotmail Refresh Access Token (also for Live.com, Outlook.com)

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An OAuth2 access token is typically valid for 1 hour. Interaction with the Hotmail account owner via a browser is only needed for getting the initial access token. Once you have it, it can be continually refreshed without user interaction for a long time.

See: How Long can an OAuth2 Access Token be Refreshed?

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

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

    // Note: Refreshing an access token does not require user-interaction.  
    // Only the act of getting the initial access token requires interactive authorization from the Hotmail account owner 
    // (i.e. a browser is displayed and the Hotmail account owner authorizes access by the app).

    // Once you have the initial access token, it can be refreshed for a long time.
    // A typical strategy is to write your application to automatically refresh the access token 
    // when authentication fails, and then retry the operation with the new access token.

    jsonToken := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    success := jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println("Failed to load office365.json")
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    // The access token JSON looks like this:

    // {
    //   "token_type": "Bearer",
    //   "scope": "https://outlook.office.com/SMTP.Send https://outlook.office.com/IMAP.AccessAsUser.All https://outlook.office.com/POP.AccessAsUser.All",
    //   "expires_in": 3600,
    //   "ext_expires_in": 3600,
    //   "access_token": "EwBoA+ ... 7pOYcWr5pFwQgI=",
    //   "refresh_token": "M.C546_BL2.0.U.-CkW ... g5CKSlDBQ$$",
    //   "id_token": "eyJ0e ... 2iiu5iqBK9n7s3A"
    // }

    oauth2 := chilkat.NewOAuth2()

    // See Microsoft OAuth2 Authorization Endpoint
    oauth2.SetTokenEndpoint("https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token")

    // Replace this with your actual App Registration's Application (client) ID.
    oauth2.SetClientId("CLIENT_ID")

    // 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
    }

    fmt.Println(oauth2.LastErrorText())

    fmt.Println("New access token: ", oauth2.AccessToken())
    fmt.Println("New refresh token: ", oauth2.RefreshToken())

    // Update the JSON with the new tokens.
    jsonToken.UpdateString("access_token",oauth2.AccessToken())
    jsonToken.UpdateString("refresh_token",oauth2.RefreshToken())

    // Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
    sbJson := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    jsonToken.SetEmitCompact(false)
    jsonToken.EmitSb(sbJson)
    sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json","utf-8",false)

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

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