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Get OAuth2 Access Token for Azure Registered App

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Demonstrates how to get OAuth2 access token for an Azure Registered App from a desktop application or script. This example demonstrates the OAuth2 authorization flow.

This example requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or greater.

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<?php

$success = 0;

// To further clarify, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

$oauth2 = new COM("Chilkat.OAuth2");

// This should be the port in the localhost callback URL for your app.  
// The callback URL would look like "http://localhost:3017/" if the port number is 3017.
$oauth2->ListenPort = 3017;

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The screenshot at the bottom of this page shows how we created the Azure App Registration for this example.
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Note: The endpoint depends on the Azure App Registration.
// See How to Choose the Correct Endpoints for your Azure App Registration
$oauth2->AuthorizationEndpoint = 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize';
$oauth2->TokenEndpoint = 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token';

// Replace these with actual values.
$oauth2->ClientId = 'CLIENT_ID';

// This is for Require Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE)
// See OAuth2 PKCE Explained
$oauth2->CodeChallenge = 1;
$oauth2->CodeChallengeMethod = 'S256';

// Provide a SPACE separated list of scopes.
// See https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/docs/authorization/permission_scopes 

// Important: To get a refresh token in the final response, ask for "offline_access" scope
$oauth2->Scope = 'openid profile offline_access user.readwrite mail.readwrite mail.send files.readwrite';

// Begin the OAuth2 three-legged flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
$url = $oauth2->startAuth();
if ($oauth2->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $oauth2->LastErrorText . "\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 . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
$numMsWaited = 0;
while (($numMsWaited < 90000) and ($oauth2->AuthFlowState < 3)) {
    $oauth2->SleepMs(100);
    $numMsWaited = $numMsWaited + 100;
}

// If the browser does not respond within the specified time, AuthFlowState will be:
// 
// 1: Waiting for Redirect – The OAuth2 background thread is waiting for the browser's redirect request.
// 2: Waiting for Final Response – The thread is awaiting the final access token response.
// In either case, cancel the background task initiated by StartAuth.

if ($oauth2->AuthFlowState < 3) {
    $oauth2->Cancel();
    print 'No response from the browser!' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Check AuthFlowState to determine if authorization was granted, denied, or failed:
// 
// 3: Success – OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the successful response is in AccessTokenResponse.
// 4: Access Denied – OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the error response is in AccessTokenResponse.
// 5: Failure – OAuth2 flow failed before completion, the background thread exited, and error details are in FailureInfo.

if ($oauth2->AuthFlowState == 5) {
    print 'OAuth2 failed to complete.' . "\n";
    print $oauth2->FailureInfo . "\n";
    exit;
}

if ($oauth2->AuthFlowState == 4) {
    print 'OAuth2 authorization was denied.' . "\n";
    print $oauth2->AccessTokenResponse . "\n";
    exit;
}

if ($oauth2->AuthFlowState != 3) {
    print 'Unexpected AuthFlowState:' . $oauth2->AuthFlowState . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'OAuth2 authorization granted!' . "\n";
print 'Access Token = ' . $oauth2->AccessToken . "\n";

// When the token is near expiration, your app can refresh as shown here:
// Refresh Expiring OAuth2 Access Token for Azure Registered App

// Get the full JSON response:
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->Load($oauth2->AccessTokenResponse);
$json->EmitCompact = 0;

// The JSON response looks like this:

// {
//   "token_type": "Bearer",
//   "scope": "User.Read Mail.ReadWrite Mail.Send",
//   "expires_in": 3600,
//   "ext_expires_in": 0,
//   "access_token": "EwBAA8l6B...",
//   "refresh_token": "MCRMdbe...",
//   "id_token": "eyJ0eXA..."
// }

// If an "expires_on" member does not exist, then add the JSON member by
// getting the current system date/time and adding the "expires_in" seconds.
// This way we'll know when the token expires.
if ($json->HasMember('expires_on') != 1) {
    $dtExpire = new COM("Chilkat.CkDateTime");
    $dtExpire->SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
    $dtExpire->AddSeconds($json->IntOf('expires_in'));
    $json->AppendString('expires_on',$dtExpire->getAsUnixTimeStr(0));
}

print $json->emit() . "\n";

// Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
$fac = new COM("Chilkat.FileAccess");
$fac->WriteEntireTextFile('qa_data/tokens/_myAzureApp.json',$json->emit(),'utf-8',0);

// This is a screenshot of how we created the Azure App for this example:
// 

?>