Perl

LinkedIn OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to get a LinkedIn OAuth2 access token from a desktop application or script.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or later.

Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# To further clarify, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

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

# The port should match the Authorized Redirect URL in your LinkedIn app, 
# which would look like "http://localhost:3017/"
# See a screenshot below...
$oauth2->put_ListenPort(3017);

$oauth2->put_AuthorizationEndpoint("https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/authorization");
$oauth2->put_TokenEndpoint("https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/accessToken");

# Replace these with actual values.
$oauth2->put_ClientId("CLIENT_ID");
$oauth2->put_ClientSecret("CLIENT_SECRET");
$oauth2->put_Scope("w_member_social");

# Begin the OAuth2 three-legged 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;
}

# 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 interactive user to grant permission in the interactive browser session.
# We'll wait for a max of 90 seconds.
$numMsWaited = 0;
while (($numMsWaited < 90000) and ($oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() < 3)) {
    $oauth2->SleepMs(100);
    $numMsWaited = $numMsWaited + 100;
}

# If there was no response from the browser within 90 seconds, then 
# the AuthFlowState will be equal to 1 or 2.
# 1: Waiting for Redirect. The OAuth2 background thread is waiting to receive the redirect HTTP request from the browser.
# 2: Waiting for Final Response. The OAuth2 background thread is waiting for the final access token response.
# In that case, cancel the background task started in the call to StartAuth.
if ($oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() < 3) {
    $oauth2->Cancel();
    print "No response from the browser!" . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Check the AuthFlowState to see if authorization was granted, denied, or if some error occurred
# The possible AuthFlowState values are:
# 3: Completed with Success. The OAuth2 flow has completed, the background thread exited, and the successful JSON response is available in AccessTokenResponse property.
# 4: Completed with Access Denied. The OAuth2 flow has completed, the background thread exited, and the error JSON is available in AccessTokenResponse property.
# 5: Failed Prior to Completion. The OAuth2 flow failed to complete, the background thread exited, and the error information is available in the FailureInfo property.
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";
print "Access Token = " . $oauth2->accessToken() . "\r\n";

print "Full JSON Response = " . $oauth2->accessTokenResponse() . "\r\n";

# Example JSON Response:
# 
# {
#   "access_token": "AQU7C5zU8n....ggWyUA",
#   "expires_in": 5183999,
#   "scope": "w_member_social"
# }

# Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
$sbJson = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbJson->Append($oauth2->accessTokenResponse());
$sbJson->WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/_linkedIn.json","utf-8",0);

# Here is an example showing how to define your App in the LinkedIn developers console:
#