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Get Access Token for Google Tasks using Service Account JSON Key

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Demonstrates how to get an access token for the Google Tasks API using a Service Account JSON key.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

// First load the JSON key into a string.
$fac = new COM("Chilkat.FileAccess");
$jsonKey = $fac->readEntireTextFile('qa_data/googleSvcAccountKeys/ChilkatCloud-48f7737c7505.json','utf-8');
if ($fac->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $fac->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// A JSON private key should look like this:

// {
//   "type": "service_account",
//   "project_id": "chilkatcloud",
//   "private_key_id": "48f7737c7505bb88eee6a20d09993e10605d466e",
//   "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY----- ... -----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
//   "client_email": "pip-564@chilkatcloud.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
//   "client_id": "109982228323456925225",
//   "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
//   "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
//   "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
//   "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/pip-564%40chilkatcloud.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
// }

$gAuth = new COM("Chilkat.AuthGoogle");
$gAuth->JsonKey = $jsonKey;

// Choose the scope for read/write access.
$gAuth->Scope = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/tasks';

// Request an access token that is valid for this many seconds.
$gAuth->ExpireNumSeconds = 3600;

$gAuth->SubEmailAddress = '';

// Connect to www.googleapis.com using TLS
$tlsSock = new COM("Chilkat.Socket");
$success = $tlsSock->Connect('www.googleapis.com',443,1,5000);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $tlsSock->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Send the request to obtain the access token.
$success = $gAuth->ObtainAccessToken($tlsSock);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $gAuth->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Examine the access token:
print 'Access Token: ' . $gAuth->AccessToken . "\n";

// Save our access token to a file.
$success = $fac->WriteEntireTextFile('qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt',$gAuth->AccessToken,'utf-8',0);

?>