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Lianja Requires Chilkat v10.1.2+

Slack OAuth2

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Slack OAuth2

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llSuccess = .F.

//  For more information about the OAuth2, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

loOauth2 = createobject("CkOAuth2")

//  This example is for desktop applicatons (it is not for code that runs on a web server).

//  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

//  This is the Redirect URL defined for your Slack App in the Slack developer portal, and contains the above PHP.
loOauth2.AppCallbackUrl = "https://yourwebserver.com/oauth2_redirect"
loOauth2.ListenPort = 3017

loOauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://slack.com/oauth/authorize"
loOauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://slack.com/api/oauth.access"

//  Replace these with actual values.
loOauth2.ClientId = "CLIENT_ID"
loOauth2.ClientSecret = "CLIENT_SECRET"

loOauth2.Scope = "team:read users:read"

//  Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
lcUrl = loOauth2.StartAuth()
if (loOauth2.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loOauth2.LastErrorText
    release loOauth2
    return
endif

? "url = " + lcUrl

//  Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
//  The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
llSuccess = loOauth2.LaunchBrowser(lcUrl)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loOauth2.LastErrorText
    release loOauth2
    return
endif

//  Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
lnNumMsWaited = 0
do while (lnNumMsWaited < 90000) and (loOauth2.AuthFlowState < 3)
    loOauth2.SleepMs(100)
    lnNumMsWaited = lnNumMsWaited + 100
enddo

//  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 (loOauth2.AuthFlowState < 3) then
    loOauth2.Cancel()
    ? "No response from the browser!"
    release loOauth2
    return
endif

//  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 (loOauth2.AuthFlowState = 5) then
    ? "OAuth2 failed to complete."
    ? loOauth2.FailureInfo
    release loOauth2
    return
endif

if (loOauth2.AuthFlowState = 4) then
    ? "OAuth2 authorization was denied."
    ? loOauth2.AccessTokenResponse
    release loOauth2
    return
endif

if (loOauth2.AuthFlowState <> 3) then
    ? "Unexpected AuthFlowState:" + str(loOauth2.AuthFlowState)
    release loOauth2
    return
endif

? "OAuth2 authorization granted!"
? "Access Token = " + loOauth2.AccessToken

//  Get the full JSON response:
loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.Load(loOauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
loJson.EmitCompact = .F.

//  The JSON response looks like this:

//  {
//    "ok": true,
//    "access_token": "xoxp-348475395242-348621810805-4768936228341-9f512b295124e7c9846ce63cb1464c4d",
//    "scope": "identify,team:read,users:read",
//    "user_id": "UA8HZRUPP",
//    "team_id": "TA3DZBN74",
//    "enterprise_id": null,
//    "team_name": "Chilkat Testing"
//  }

? loJson.Emit()

//  Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
loFac = createobject("CkFileAccess")
loFac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/slack.json",loJson.Emit(),"utf-8",.F.)


release loOauth2
release loJson
release loFac