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Datev OAuth2 Access Token

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

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// To further clarify, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

$oauth2 = new CkOAuth2();

// Your Datev app should use "http://localhost" (no trailing forward slash) for the redirect URL.
$oauth2->put_ListenPort(3017);

// image

$oauth2->put_AuthorizationEndpoint('https://login.datev.de/openidsandbox/authorize');
$oauth2->put_TokenEndpoint('https://sandbox-api.datev.de/token');

// Replace this with your actual client ID.
$oauth2->put_ClientId('DATEV_CLIENT_ID');
$oauth2->put_ClientSecret('DATEV_CLIENT_SECRET');

$oauth2->put_CodeChallenge(true);
$oauth2->put_CodeChallengeMethod('S256');

$oauth2->put_Scope('openid profile email datev:accounting:clients accounting:documents datev:accounting:extf-files-import');

// Begin the OAuth2 authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
$url = $oauth2->startAuth();
if ($oauth2->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    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 == false) {
    print $oauth2->lastErrorText() . "\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!' . "\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.' . "\n";
    print $oauth2->failureInfo() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

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

// Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
$sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
$sbJson->Append($oauth2->accessTokenResponse());
$sbJson->WriteFile('qa_data/tokens/datev.json','utf-8',false);

// The saved JSON response looks like this:

// {
// 	"refresh_token": "ZDA5Y .... FFhTXc9",
// 	"refresh_token_expires_in": 39600,
// 	"id_token": "eyJ .... Q9w",
// 	"access_token": "MTM .... 1UDA9",
// 	"token_type": "bearer",
// 	"expires_in": 900		
// }

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

?>