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SugarCRM Authenticate

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Demonstrates how to authenticate to the SugarCRM REST v10 API. This is how an OAuth2 access token is obtained.
Note
This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.
JavaScript
var success = false;

var rest = new CkRest();

success = rest.Connect("your.site.domain",443,true,true);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

rest.AddHeader("Cache-Control","no-cache");

// The following code creates the JSON request body.
// The JSON created by this code is shown below.
var jsonReq = new CkJsonObject();
jsonReq.UpdateString("grant_type","password");
jsonReq.UpdateString("client_id","sugar");
jsonReq.UpdateString("client_secret","CLIENT_SECRET");
jsonReq.UpdateString("username","admin");
jsonReq.UpdateString("password","password");
jsonReq.UpdateString("platform","custom_api");

// The JSON request body created by the above code:

// {
//   "grant_type": "password",
//   "client_id": "sugar",
//   "client_secret": "CLIENT_SECRET",
//   "username": "admin",
//   "password": "password",
//   "platform": "custom_api"
// }

var sbReq = new CkStringBuilder();
jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq);

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

var sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/rest/v10/oauth2/token",sbReq,sbJson);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

if (rest.ResponseStatusCode !== 200) {
    console.log("Received error response code: " + rest.ResponseStatusCode);
    console.log("Response body:");
    console.log(sbJson.GetAsString());
    return;
}

var json = new CkJsonObject();
json.LoadSb(sbJson);

// The following code parses the JSON response.
// A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
var access_token;
var expires_in;
var token_type;
var scope;
var refresh_token;
var refresh_expires_in;
var download_token;

access_token = json.StringOf("access_token");
expires_in = json.IntOf("expires_in");
token_type = json.StringOf("token_type");
scope = json.IsNullOf("scope");
refresh_token = json.StringOf("refresh_token");
refresh_expires_in = json.IntOf("refresh_expires_in");
download_token = json.StringOf("download_token");

// A sample JSON response body that is parsed by the above code:

// {
//   "access_token": "c6d495c9-bb25-81d2-5f81-533ef6479f9b",
//   "expires_in": 3600,
//   "token_type": "bearer",
//   "scope": null,
//   "refresh_token": "cbc40e67-12bc-4b56-a1d9-533ef62f2601",
//   "refresh_expires_in": 1209600,
//   "download_token": "cc5d1a9f-6627-3349-96e5-533ef6b1a493"
// }

console.log("Example Completed.");