(Perl) Hotmail Refresh Access Token (also for Live.com, Outlook.com)

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An OAuth2 access token is typically valid for 1 hour. Interaction with the Hotmail account owner via a browser is only needed for getting the initial access token. Once you have it, it can be continually refreshed without user interaction for a long time.

See: How Long can an OAuth2 Access Token be Refreshed?

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux, Solaris

use chilkat();

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

# It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.

# Note: Refreshing an access token does not require user-interaction.  
# Only the act of getting the initial access token requires interactive authorization from the Hotmail account owner 
# (i.e. a browser is displayed and the Hotmail account owner authorizes access by the app).

# Once you have the initial access token, it can be refreshed for a long time.
# A typical strategy is to write your application to automatically refresh the access token 
# when authentication fails, and then retry the operation with the new access token.

$jsonToken = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json");
if ($success != 1) {
    print "Failed to load office365.json" . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# The access token JSON looks like this:

# {
#   "token_type": "Bearer",
#   "scope": "https://outlook.office.com/SMTP.Send https://outlook.office.com/IMAP.AccessAsUser.All https://outlook.office.com/POP.AccessAsUser.All",
#   "expires_in": 3600,
#   "ext_expires_in": 3600,
#   "access_token": "EwBoA+ ... 7pOYcWr5pFwQgI=",
#   "refresh_token": "M.C546_BL2.0.U.-CkW ... g5CKSlDBQ$$",
#   "id_token": "eyJ0e ... 2iiu5iqBK9n7s3A"
# }

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

# See Microsoft OAuth2 Authorization Endpoint
$oauth2->put_TokenEndpoint("https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token");

# Replace this with your actual App Registration's Application (client) ID.
$oauth2->put_ClientId("CLIENT_ID");

# Get the "refresh_token"
$oauth2->put_RefreshToken($jsonToken->stringOf("refresh_token"));

# Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
$success = $oauth2->RefreshAccessToken();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $oauth2->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $oauth2->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";

print "New access token: " . $oauth2->accessToken() . "\r\n";
print "New refresh token: " . $oauth2->refreshToken() . "\r\n";

# Update the JSON with the new tokens.
$jsonToken->UpdateString("access_token",$oauth2->accessToken());
$jsonToken->UpdateString("refresh_token",$oauth2->refreshToken());

# Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
$sbJson = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$jsonToken->put_EmitCompact(0);
$jsonToken->EmitSb($sbJson);
$sbJson->WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json","utf-8",0);

print "OAuth2 authorization granted!" . "\r\n";
print "New Access Token = " . $oauth2->accessToken() . "\r\n";