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X.com OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code with PKCE

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Demonstrates how to get an X.com OAuth2 access token from a desktop application or script.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$oauth2 = chilkat::CkOAuth2->new();

# The port should match the Authorized Redirect URL in your X.com app, 
# which would look like "http://127.0.0.1:3017/"
# See the screenshot below of the App Settings in the X Developer Portal
$oauth2->put_LocalHost("127.0.0.1");
$oauth2->put_ListenPort(3017);

$oauth2->put_AuthorizationEndpoint("https://x.com/i/oauth2/authorize");
$oauth2->put_TokenEndpoint("https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token");

# Replace this with your actual X.com OAuth2 Client ID and Client Secret
$oauth2->put_ClientId("OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID");
$oauth2->put_ClientSecret("OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET");

# This is for Require Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE)
# See OAuth2 PKCE Explained
$oauth2->put_CodeChallenge(1);
$oauth2->put_CodeChallengeMethod("S256");

# Space separated scopes...
$oauth2->put_Scope("tweet.read tweet.write users.read follows.read follows.write offline.access like.read like.write block.read block.write");

# Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
$url = $oauth2->startAuth();
if ($oauth2->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $oauth2->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "url = " . $url . "\r\n";

# Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
# The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
$success = $oauth2->LaunchBrowser($url);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $oauth2->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
$numMsWaited = 0;
while (($numMsWaited < 10000) and ($oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() < 3)) {
    $oauth2->SleepMs(100);
    $numMsWaited = $numMsWaited + 100;
}

# 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 ($oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() < 3) {
    $oauth2->Cancel();
    print "No response from the browser!" . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# 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 ($oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() == 5) {
    print "OAuth2 failed to complete." . "\r\n";
    print $oauth2->failureInfo() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

if ($oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() == 4) {
    print "OAuth2 authorization was denied." . "\r\n";
    print $oauth2->accessTokenResponse() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

if ($oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() != 3) {
    print "Unexpected AuthFlowState:" . $oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "OAuth2 authorization granted!" . "\r\n";

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->Load($oauth2->accessTokenResponse());
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);

# If an "expires_on" member does not exist, then add the JSON member by
# getting the current system date/time and adding the "expires_in" seconds.
# This way we'll know when the token expires.
if ($json->HasMember("expires_on") == 0) {
    $dtExpire = chilkat::CkDateTime->new();
    $dtExpire->SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
    $dtExpire->AddSeconds($json->IntOf("expires_in"));
    $json->AppendString("expires_on",$dtExpire->getAsUnixTimeStr(0));
}

print "Access Token Response = " . $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# A sample access token response:

# {
#   "token_type": "bearer",
#   "expires_in": 7200,
#   "access_token": "VmNDLVZiYUZwejY5Mkx3RblFTmo3ek1leTRGclMuZFVOUTVUTWpNbVZKb1N5OjE3NDAxNjk4MDVxNTE6MToxOaF0OjE",
#   "scope": "block.read follows.read offline.access tweet.write block.write like.write like.read users.read tweet.read follows.write",
#   "refresh_token": "eThOWVVFSTRqdVp3QTFndGsxM2ZGZmFyNWVrU0phM1JKbGdrbGNWRGJzb1loOjE3NDAwMjk4MDUxNTI6MTowOnJ0OjE"
# }

print "Access Token = " . $oauth2->accessToken() . "\r\n";

print "Refresh Token = " . $oauth2->refreshToken() . "\r\n";

# Save the JSON access token response to a file for subsequent use..
$json->WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json");

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