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USPS OAuth2 Client Credentials

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Get an OAuth2 access token for the United States Postal Service (USPS) REST API.

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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 -X POST https://apis.usps.com/oauth2/v3/token \
#   -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
#   -d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
#   -d "client_id=123456789" \
#   -d "client_secret=A1B2C3D4E5" \
#   -d "scope=ResourceA+ResourceB+ResourceC"

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

$req = chilkat::CkHttpRequest->new();
$req->AddParam("grant_type","client_credentials");
$req->AddParam("client_id","123456789");
$req->AddParam("client_secret","A1B2C3D4E5");
$req->AddParam("scope","ResourceA+ResourceB+ResourceC");

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

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpReq("https://apis.usps.com/oauth2/v3/token",$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;
}

# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

# {
#   "access_token": "eyJraWQiOiIxMDEwMTAiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIiLCJhdWQiOiJhZGRyZXNzZXMgaW50ZXJuYXRpb25hbC1wcmljZXMgc3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyBwYXltZW50cyBwaWNrdXAgdHJhY2tpbmcgbGFiZWxzIHNjYW4tZm9ybXMgY29tcGFuaWVzIHNlcnZpY2UtZGVsaXZlcnktc3RhbmRhcmRzIGxvY2F0aW9ucyBpbnRlcm5hdGlvbmFsLWxhYmVscyBwcmljZXMiLCJhenAiOiJoeXI3YjN2Q1J0cFl0QUhNMWE4Y2RVcmt5eUZtTmtiZyIsIm9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbl9pZCI6IjAiLCJpc3MiOiJ1cm46XC9cL2FwaS51c3BzLmNvbSIsImV4cCI6MTY4MDkxNzc4NiwiaWF0IjoxNjgwODg4OTg2LCJqdGkiOiI3YjU5MzJlMS05NjIxLTQzZDAtYTMyNy0xMzIxYWVjNzJjZGYifQ.QzrUxlT2rG4jvYbMDGnk23j8ZYfHJcdXPKR9CbSmcKeVpURaHhEMpPB6K4x5ut3xxeEGSzeE5VRz8vixI4iqyHsD8rSdkLTPHy0iovUHOZQBAJVQ6hii9jpLhxUXmiTtH3jKzSj_f2fuNmZbIGhf-CR2FBeWF-aBPzEDEMV95nkCUMfW_Z2BmkbraSfvQZxkCO-cLrMAwlYcrzUtaJ7vnazeQB4sep5BBHBEvsa4kfq6_tz6BAKgv3R7cI2NkSv-wgy_IGoTjVCMTS8mJHGs_t8cWCO8-z4lxW1tUwIBKOCUDpmEEnGgiG6Sl0C_gGl4bZ5cDSl4IgPpcOVi9jZ7LA",
#   "token_type": "Bearer",
#   "issued_at": 1680888985929,
#   "expires_in": 28799,
#   "status": "approved",
#   "scope": "addresses international-prices subscriptions payments pickup tracking labels scan-forms companies service-delivery-standards locations international-labels prices",
#   "issuer": "api.usps.com",
#   "client_id": "hyr7b3vCRtpYtAHM1a8cdUrkyyFmNkbg",
#   "application_name": "Silver Shipper Developer",
#   "api_products": "[Shipping-Silver]",
#   "public_key": "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"
# }

# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON

$access_token = $jResp->stringOf("access_token");
$token_type = $jResp->stringOf("token_type");
$issued_at = $jResp->IntOf("issued_at");
$expires_in = $jResp->IntOf("expires_in");
$status = $jResp->stringOf("status");
$scope = $jResp->stringOf("scope");
$issuer = $jResp->stringOf("issuer");
$client_id = $jResp->stringOf("client_id");
$application_name = $jResp->stringOf("application_name");
$api_products = $jResp->stringOf("api_products");
$public_key = $jResp->stringOf("public_key");