PHP ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.5.0+

Box: Authorize a User with OAuth 2.0

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Interactive local-development example using a browser and a loopback callback. Register exactly http://localhost:3017/ in the Box User app. Run this in a trusted environment that can hold the client secret. A deployed web app must handle its registered HTTPS callback on the server.

See the Box API guide for setup and the complete workflow.

PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

//  Requires Chilkat 11.5.0 or later and a previously unlocked Chilkat bundle.
//  See Global Unlock Sample.
//  Guide: Box API Guide.

$success = 0;

$oauth2 = new COM("Chilkat.OAuth2");
$oauth2->ListenPort = 3017;
$oauth2->AuthorizationEndpoint = 'https://account.box.com/api/oauth2/authorize';
$oauth2->TokenEndpoint = 'https://api.box.com/oauth2/token';
$oauth2->ClientId = 'BOX_CLIENT_ID';
$oauth2->ClientSecret = 'BOX_CLIENT_SECRET';
//  Use Box's documented confidential-client authorization-code flow.
$oauth2->CodeChallenge = 0;
$url = $oauth2->startAuth();
if ($oauth2->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $oauth2->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $oauth2->LaunchBrowser($url);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $oauth2->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$elapsedMs = 0;
while (($elapsedMs < 120000) and ($oauth2->AuthFlowState < 3)) {
    $oauth2->SleepMs(100);
    $elapsedMs = $elapsedMs + 100;
}

if ($oauth2->AuthFlowState < 3) {
    $oauth2->Cancel();
    print 'Authorization timed out.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

if ($oauth2->AuthFlowState != 3) {
    print 'Authorization was denied or failed. State: ' . $oauth2->AuthFlowState . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Retain both tokens in your application's protected token store.
//  The variables below are deliberately not printed.
$accessToken = $oauth2->AccessToken;
$refreshToken = $oauth2->RefreshToken;
//  For this local-development example only, save in a directory restricted to this user.
//  Create qa_data/tokens before running; never put this file under a web root.
$tokens = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$success = $tokens->Load($oauth2->AccessTokenResponse);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $tokens->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $tokens->WriteFile('qa_data/tokens/box_oauth.json');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $tokens->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Authorization complete; token response saved in the protected local token file.' . "\n";

?>