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SugarCRM Authenticate

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Demonstrates how to authenticate to the SugarCRM REST v10 API. This is how an OAuth2 access token is obtained.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$rest = new CkRest();

$success = $rest->Connect('your.site.domain',443,true,true);
if ($success != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->AddHeader('Cache-Control','no-cache');

// The following code creates the JSON request body.
// The JSON created by this code is shown below.
$jsonReq = new CkJsonObject();
$jsonReq->UpdateString('grant_type','password');
$jsonReq->UpdateString('client_id','sugar');
$jsonReq->UpdateString('client_secret','CLIENT_SECRET');
$jsonReq->UpdateString('username','admin');
$jsonReq->UpdateString('password','password');
$jsonReq->UpdateString('platform','custom_api');

// The JSON request body created by the above code:

// {
//   "grant_type": "password",
//   "client_id": "sugar",
//   "client_secret": "CLIENT_SECRET",
//   "username": "admin",
//   "password": "password",
//   "platform": "custom_api"
// }

$sbReq = new CkStringBuilder();
$jsonReq->EmitSb($sbReq);

$rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','application/json');

$sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb('POST','/rest/v10/oauth2/token',$sbReq,$sbJson);
if ($success != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    print 'Received error response code: ' . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\n";
    print 'Response body:' . "\n";
    print $sbJson->getAsString() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$json = new CkJsonObject();
$json->LoadSb($sbJson);

// The following code parses the JSON response.
// A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.

$access_token = $json->stringOf('access_token');
$expires_in = $json->IntOf('expires_in');
$token_type = $json->stringOf('token_type');
$scope = $json->IsNullOf('scope');
$refresh_token = $json->stringOf('refresh_token');
$refresh_expires_in = $json->IntOf('refresh_expires_in');
$download_token = $json->stringOf('download_token');

// A sample JSON response body that is parsed by the above code:

// {
//   "access_token": "c6d495c9-bb25-81d2-5f81-533ef6479f9b",
//   "expires_in": 3600,
//   "token_type": "bearer",
//   "scope": null,
//   "refresh_token": "cbc40e67-12bc-4b56-a1d9-533ef62f2601",
//   "refresh_expires_in": 1209600,
//   "download_token": "cc5d1a9f-6627-3349-96e5-533ef6b1a493"
// }

print 'Example Completed.' . "\n";

?>