JavaScript Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

QuickBooks - Automatically Refresh Access Token with No User Interaction

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Demonstrates how to automaticaly refresh an expired access token and retry the request after a 401 authorization error. JavaScript

var success = false;

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

//  Get our previously obtained OAuth2 access token, which should contain JSON like this:
//  {
//    "expires_in": 3600,
//    "x_refresh_token_expires_in": 8726400,
//    "refresh_token": "L011546037639r ... 3vR2DrbOmg0Sdagw",
//    "access_token": "eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0 ... oETJEMbeggg",
//    "token_type": "bearer"
//  }

var jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json");

var rest = new CkRest();

//  Connect using TLS.
//  A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Quickbooks 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.
var bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

var sbAuth = new CkStringBuilder();
sbAuth.Append("Bearer ");
sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"));
rest.Authorization = sbAuth.GetAsString();

rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json");
rest.AllowHeaderFolding = false;

//  The company ID is 123146096291789
//  The employee ID is 58
var responseBody = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/employee/58?minorversion=45");
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  If we get a 401 authorization error, then it's likely because the access token expired.
//  We can automatically refresh it without interaction from the user.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode == 401) {

    var oauth2 = new CkOAuth2();

    oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://oauth.platform.intuit.com/oauth2/v1/tokens/bearer";

    //  Replace these with actual values.
    oauth2.ClientId = "QUICKBOOKS-CLIENT-ID";
    oauth2.ClientSecret = "QUICKBOOKS-CLIENT-SECRET";

    //  Get the "refresh_token"
    oauth2.RefreshToken = jsonToken.StringOf("refresh_token");

    //  Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
    success = oauth2.RefreshAccessToken();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(oauth2.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("New access token: " + oauth2.AccessToken);

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

    //  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.
    var sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
    jsonToken.EmitCompact = false;
    jsonToken.EmitSb(sbJson);
    sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json","utf-8",false);

    console.log("OAuth2 token refreshed!");
    console.log("New Access Token = " + oauth2.AccessToken);

    sbAuth.Clear();
    sbAuth.Append("Bearer ");
    sbAuth.Append(oauth2.AccessToken);
    rest.Authorization = sbAuth.GetAsString();

    //  Now retry the request with the refreshed access token...
    responseBody = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/employee/58?minorversion=45");
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

}

//  We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode !== 200) {
    console.log("Request Header: ");
    console.log(rest.LastRequestHeader);
    console.log("----");
    console.log("Response StatusCode = " + rest.ResponseStatusCode);
    console.log("Response StatusLine: " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    console.log("Response Header:");
    console.log(rest.ResponseHeader);
    console.log(responseBody);
    return;
}

//  Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
//  A sample JSON response is shown below.
var json = new CkJsonObject();
json.Load(responseBody);

//  These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
var dtime = new CkDateTime();
var bLocalTime = true;

//  Show the JSON.   
json.EmitCompact = false;
console.log(json.Emit());

//  Get some information from the JSON..
console.log("Name: " + json.StringOf("Employee.DisplayName"));
console.log("Id: " + json.StringOf("Employee.Id"));
console.log("City: " + json.StringOf("Employee.PrimaryAddr.City"));
console.log("PostalCode: " + json.StringOf("Employee.PrimaryAddr.PostalCode"));

//  Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.StringOf("Employee.MetaData.CreateTime"));
var dt = new CkDtObj();
dtime.ToDtObj(bLocalTime,dt);

console.log(dt.Month + "/" + dt.Day + "/" + dt.Year + "  " + dt.Hour + ":" + dt.Minute);

console.log("Success.");

//  Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
//  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

//  ------------------------------------------------------
//  The JSON response looks like this:

//  {
//    "Employee": {
//      "SSN": "XXX-XX-XXXX",
//      "PrimaryAddr": {
//        "Id": "116",
//        "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
//        "City": "Middlefield",
//        "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
//        "PostalCode": "93242"
//      },
//      "BillableTime": false,
//      "domain": "QBO",
//      "sparse": false,
//      "Id": "98",
//      "SyncToken": "0",
//      "MetaData": {
//        "CreateTime": "2015-07-24T09:34:35-07:00",
//        "LastUpdatedTime": "2015-07-24T09:34:35-07:00"
//      },
//      "GivenName": "Bill",
//      "FamilyName": "Miller",
//      "DisplayName": "Bill Miller",
//      "PrintOnCheckName": "Bill Miller",
//      "Active": true,
//      "PrimaryPhone": {
//        "FreeFormNumber": "234-525-1234"
//      }
//    },
//    "time": "2015-07-24T09:35:54.805-07:00"
//  }