Node.js Requires Chilkat v11.5.0+

Box: Authorize a User with OAuth 2.0

See more Box Examples

Interactive local-development example using a browser and a loopback callback. Register exactly http://localhost:3017/ in the Box User app. Run this in a trusted environment that can hold the client secret. A deployed web app must handle its registered HTTPS callback on the server.

See the Box API guide for setup and the complete workflow.

Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    //  Requires Chilkat 11.5.0 or later and a previously unlocked Chilkat bundle.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample.
    //  Guide: Box API Guide.

    success = false;

    var oauth2 = new chilkat.OAuth2();
    oauth2.ListenPort = 3017;
    oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://account.box.com/api/oauth2/authorize";
    oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://api.box.com/oauth2/token";
    oauth2.ClientId = "BOX_CLIENT_ID";
    oauth2.ClientSecret = "BOX_CLIENT_SECRET";
    //  Use Box's documented confidential-client authorization-code flow.
    oauth2.CodeChallenge = false;
    var url = oauth2.StartAuth();
    if (oauth2.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(oauth2.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    success = oauth2.LaunchBrowser(url);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(oauth2.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var elapsedMs = 0;
    while ((elapsedMs < 120000) && (oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3)) {
        oauth2.SleepMs(100);
        elapsedMs = elapsedMs+100;
    }

    if (oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3) {
        oauth2.Cancel();
        console.log("Authorization timed out.");
        return;
    }

    if (oauth2.AuthFlowState !== 3) {
        console.log("Authorization was denied or failed. State: " + oauth2.AuthFlowState);
        return;
    }

    //  Retain both tokens in your application's protected token store.
    //  The variables below are deliberately not printed.
    var accessToken = oauth2.AccessToken;
    var refreshToken = oauth2.RefreshToken;
    //  For this local-development example only, save in a directory restricted to this user.
    //  Create qa_data/tokens before running; never put this file under a web root.
    var tokens = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    success = tokens.Load(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(tokens.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    success = tokens.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/box_oauth.json");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(tokens.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Authorization complete; token response saved in the protected local token file.");

}

chilkatExample();