JavaScript

Okta: Use the Resource Owner Password Flow

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Demonstrates how to get an access token using the Resource Owner Password Flow. JavaScript

var success = false;

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

var http = new CkHttp();

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl --request POST \
//   --url https://{yourOktaDomain}/oauth2/default/v1/token \
//   --header 'accept: application/json' \
//   --user "client_id:client_secret" \
//   --header 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
//   --data 'grant_type=password&username=myUserEmail&password=myPassword&scope=openid'

http.Login = "client_id";
http.Password = "client_secret";

var req = new CkHttpRequest();
req.HttpVerb = "POST";
req.Path = "/oauth2/default/v1/token";
req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
req.AddParam("grant_type","password");
req.AddParam("username","myUserEmail");
req.AddParam("password","myPassword");
req.AddParam("scope","openid");

req.AddHeader("accept","application/json");

var resp = new CkHttpResponse();
success = http.HttpReq("https://{yourOktaDomain}/oauth2/default/v1/token",req,resp);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

var sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
var jResp = new CkJsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

console.log("Response Body:");
console.log(jResp.Emit());

var respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
console.log("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    console.log("Response Header:");
    console.log(resp.Header);
    console.log("Failed.");
    return;
}

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "access_token": "eyJraWQiOi ... jmiHD7wY9_gQ",
//   "token_type": "Bearer",
//   "expires_in": 3600,
//   "scope": "openid",
//   "id_token": "eyJraWQiOiJ ... W7KkWiPJnUSMoGw"
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

var access_token = jResp.StringOf("access_token");
var token_type = jResp.StringOf("token_type");
var expires_in = jResp.IntOf("expires_in");
var scope = jResp.StringOf("scope");
var id_token = jResp.StringOf("id_token");