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UPS OAuth2 Client Credentials

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Get an OAuth2 access token for the UPS REST API using the client credentials flow (no interactivity with a web browser required).

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# Implements the following CURL command:

# curl -i -X POST \
#   -u 2498righ8wr6aihe98rt8rhowirtyw9er6twe80rtywrehrt:nerf254578uh8rgt7y3h57358ouyth387h8h53h6yyh80hh578per9y7u5ruyuy4 \
#   https://wwwcie.ups.com/security/v1/oauth/token \
#   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
#   -H 'x-merchant-id: 7B3027' \
#   -d grant_type=client_credentials

# Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
# Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

$http->put_BasicAuth(1);
$http->put_Login("2498righ8wr6aihe98rt8rhowirtyw9er6twe80rtywrehrt");
$http->put_Password("nerf254578uh8rgt7y3h57358ouyth387h8h53h6yyh80hh578per9y7u5ruyuy4");

$req = chilkat::CkHttpRequest->new();
$req->AddParam("grant_type","client_credentials");

$req->AddHeader("x-merchant-id","7B3027");

$req->put_HttpVerb("POST");
$req->put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpReq("https://wwwcie.ups.com/security/v1/oauth/token",$req,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);

$jResp = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->put_EmitCompact(0);

print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\r\n";

$respStatusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $resp->header() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Save the OAuth2 access token for other examples to use.
$jResp->WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/ups_oauth2_token.json");

# If successful, the OAuth2 access token JSON looks like this:

# {
#   "token_type": "Bearer",
#   "issued_at": "1686911985606",
#   "client_id": "2498righ8wr6aihe98rt8rhowirtyw9er6twe80rtywrehrt",
#   "access_token": "eyJraW......R2sbqrY",
#   "expires_in": "14399",
#   "status": "approved"
# }

$token_type = $jResp->stringOf("token_type");
$issued_at = $jResp->stringOf("issued_at");
$client_id = $jResp->stringOf("client_id");
$access_token = $jResp->stringOf("access_token");
$expires_in = $jResp->stringOf("expires_in");
$status = $jResp->stringOf("status");