Java

PayPal -- Get an OAuth 2.0 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to send a request to get a PayPal OAuth2 access token. Sends an HTTP request equivalent to the following:

curl https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Accept-Language: en_US" \
  -u "Client-Id:Secret" \
  -d "grant_type=client_credentials"

Java

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

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

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    //  Make the initial connection.
    //  A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many PayPal REST API calls.
    //  The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
    //  then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Duplicate this request:

    //  	curl https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token \
    //  	  -H "Accept: application/json" \
    //  	  -H "Accept-Language: en_US" \
    //  	  -u "Client-Id:Secret" \
    //  	  -d "grant_type=client_credentials"

    rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json");
    rest.AddHeader("Accept-Language","en_US");

    //  For additional help on where to find  your client ID and API secret, see PayPal Client_ID and API_Secret
    rest.SetAuthBasic("PAYPAL_REST_API_CLIENT_ID","PAYPAL_REST_API_SECRET");

    rest.AddQueryParam("grant_type","client_credentials");

    String responseStr = rest.fullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/v1/oauth2/token");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println(rest.lastRequestHeader());

    //  A sample response:

    //  	{
    //  	  "scope": "https://api.paypal.com/v1/payments/.* https://api.paypal.com/v1/vault/credit-card https://api.paypal.com/v1/vault/credit-card/.*",
    //  	  "access_token": "EEwJ6tF9x5WCIZDYzyZGaz6Khbw7raYRIBV_WxVvgmsG",
    //  	  "token_type": "Bearer",
    //  	  "app_id": "APP-6XR95014BA15863X",
    //  	  "expires_in": 28800
    //  	}

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.Load(responseStr);
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);

    //  Check the response status code.  A 200 indicates success..
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        System.out.println(json.emit());
        System.out.println("Failed.");
        return;
        }

    //  Given that the access token expires in approx 8 hours,
    //  let's record the date/time this token was created.
    //  This will allow us to know beforehand if the token
    //  is expired (and we can then fetch a new token).
    CkDateTime dateTime = new CkDateTime();
    boolean bLocalTime = false;
    int dtNow = dateTime.GetAsUnixTime(bLocalTime);
    json.AppendInt("tokenCreateTimeUtc",dtNow);

    //  Examine the access token and save to a file.
    System.out.println("Access Token: " + json.stringOf("access_token"));
    System.out.println("Full JSON Response:");
    System.out.println(json.emit());

    CkStringBuilder sbResponse = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbResponse.Append(json.emit());
    boolean bEmitBom = false;
    sbResponse.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json","utf-8",bEmitBom);
  }
}