Lianja Requires Chilkat v10.1.2+

Yahoo Mail OAuth2 Access Token for Desktop App

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Demonstrates how to get a Yahoo Email OAuth2 access token from a desktop application or script. Lianja

llSuccess = .F.

//  First, you must define your app in Yahoo Developer (https://developer.yahoo.com/apps/) like this:

//  

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

loOauth2 = createobject("CkOAuth2")

//  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
loOauth2.AppCallbackUrl = "https://yourwebserver.com/oauth_redirect"
loOauth2.ListenPort = 3017

loOauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth2/request_auth"
loOauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth2/get_token"

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

//  Do not send the "scope" query param for Yahoo OAuth2.
loOauth2.UncommonOptions = "NO_OAUTH2_SCOPE"

//  Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
lcUrl = loOauth2.StartAuth()
if (loOauth2.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) 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

//  Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
loSbJson = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loSbJson.Append(loOauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
loSbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/yahooMail.json","utf-8",.F.)

//  The saved JSON response looks like this:

//  {
//    "access_token": "kCVQdnOdul...LHucA--",
//    "refresh_token": "AIenVXETSo0jklFBVkPS8vVm8E.Ej9ToRG.xDbDYmZ65WIs5t6CZhDrD",
//    "expires_in": 3600,
//    "token_type": "bearer",
//    "xoauth_yahoo_guid": "HGDQCVF5JB4YDOWHITQJFBHCWA"
//  }

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


release loOauth2
release loSbJson