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Docusign Refresh OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to refresh a Docusign OAuth2 access token. The refresh does not require user interaction via a web browser. If an access token expires (typically with a 401 response code), a new access token can be automatically obtained by using the code in this example.

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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.

// It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.
// This example loads the JSON access token file 
// saved by this example: Get Docusign OAuth2 Access Token

$jsonToken = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/docusign.json');
if ($success != 1) {
    print 'Failed to load docusign.json' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The access token JSON looks like this:

// {
//   "access_token": "eyJ0eXA....YQyig",
//   "token_type": "Bearer",
//   "refresh_token": "eyJ0eXA....auE3eHKg",
//   "expires_in": 28800
// }

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

// For the developer sandbox environment, the token endpoint is https://account-d.docusign.com/oauth/token
// For the production platform, the token endpoint is https://account.docusign.com/oauth/token
$oauth2->TokenEndpoint = 'https://account-d.docusign.com/oauth/token';

// Replace these with actual values.
// The client ID is also known as the "integration key" in Docusign.
$oauth2->ClientId = 'MY_DOCUSIGN_CLIENT_ID';
// This is your secret key for the authorization code grant.
$oauth2->ClientSecret = 'MY_DOCUSIGN_CLIENT_SECRET';

// Get the "refresh_token"
$oauth2->RefreshToken = $jsonToken->stringOf('refresh_token');

// Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
$success = $oauth2->RefreshAccessToken();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $oauth2->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'New access token: ' . $oauth2->AccessToken . "\n";
print 'New refresh token: ' . $oauth2->RefreshToken . "\n";

// Update the JSON with the new tokens.
$jsonToken->UpdateString('access_token',$oauth2->AccessToken);
$jsonToken->UpdateString('refresh_token',$oauth2->RefreshToken);

// Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
$sbJson = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$jsonToken->EmitCompact = 0;
$jsonToken->EmitSb($sbJson);
$sbJson->WriteFile('qa_data/tokens/docusign.json','utf-8',0);

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

?>