Go Requires Chilkat v10.1.2+

Yahoo Mail OAuth2 Access Token for Desktop App

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Demonstrates how to get a Yahoo Email OAuth2 access token from a desktop application or script. Go

    success := false

    //  First, you must define your app in Yahoo Developer (https://developer.yahoo.com/apps/) like this:

    //  

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

    oauth2 := chilkat.NewOAuth2()

    //  Your applicaton must use your own public web server as an intermediate
    //  to receive and forward the redirect to localhost.
    //  See Using Your Web Server as an Intermediary for OAuth2 Redirect to localhost
    oauth2.SetAppCallbackUrl("https://yourwebserver.com/oauth_redirect")
    oauth2.SetListenPort(3017)

    oauth2.SetAuthorizationEndpoint("https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth2/request_auth")
    oauth2.SetTokenEndpoint("https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth2/get_token")

    //  Replace these with actual values.
    oauth2.SetClientId("CLIENT_ID")
    oauth2.SetClientSecret("CLIENT_SECRET")

    //  Do not send the "scope" query param for Yahoo OAuth2.
    oauth2.SetUncommonOptions("NO_OAUTH2_SCOPE")

    //  Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
    url := oauth2.StartAuth()
    if oauth2.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(oauth2.LastErrorText())
        oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("url = ", *url)

    //  Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
    //  The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
    success = oauth2.LaunchBrowser(*url)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(oauth2.LastErrorText())
        oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
        return
    }

    //  Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
    numMsWaited := 0
    for (numMsWaited < 90000) && (oauth2.AuthFlowState() < 3) {
        oauth2.SleepMs(100)
        numMsWaited = numMsWaited + 100
    }

    //  If the browser does not respond within the specified time, AuthFlowState will be:
    //  
    //  1: Waiting for Redirect - The OAuth2 background thread is waiting for the browser's redirect request.
    //  2: Waiting for Final Response - The thread is awaiting the final access token response.
    //  In either case, cancel the background task initiated by StartAuth.

    if oauth2.AuthFlowState() < 3 {
        oauth2.Cancel()
        fmt.Println("No response from the browser!")
        oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
        return
    }

    //  Check AuthFlowState to determine if authorization was granted, denied, or failed:
    //  
    //  3: Success - OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the successful response is in AccessTokenResponse.
    //  4: Access Denied - OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the error response is in AccessTokenResponse.
    //  5: Failure - OAuth2 flow failed before completion, the background thread exited, and error details are in FailureInfo.

    if oauth2.AuthFlowState() == 5 {
        fmt.Println("OAuth2 failed to complete.")
        fmt.Println(oauth2.FailureInfo())
        oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
        return
    }

    if oauth2.AuthFlowState() == 4 {
        fmt.Println("OAuth2 authorization was denied.")
        fmt.Println(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse())
        oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
        return
    }

    if oauth2.AuthFlowState() != 3 {
        fmt.Println("Unexpected AuthFlowState:", oauth2.AuthFlowState())
        oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
        return
    }

    //  Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
    sbJson := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    sbJson.Append(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse())
    sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/yahooMail.json","utf-8",false)

    //  The saved JSON response looks like this:

    //  {
    //    "access_token": "kCVQdnOdul...LHucA--",
    //    "refresh_token": "AIenVXETSo0jklFBVkPS8vVm8E.Ej9ToRG.xDbDYmZ65WIs5t6CZhDrD",
    //    "expires_in": 3600,
    //    "token_type": "bearer",
    //    "xoauth_yahoo_guid": "HGDQCVF5JB4YDOWHITQJFBHCWA"
    //  }

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

    oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
    sbJson.DisposeStringBuilder()