PHP ActiveX

Hotmail Refresh Access Token (also for Live.com, Outlook.com)

See more OAuth2 Examples

An OAuth2 access token is typically valid for 1 hour. Interaction with the Hotmail account owner via a browser is only needed for getting the initial access token. Once you have it, it can be continually refreshed without user interaction for a long time.

See: How Long can an OAuth2 Access Token be Refreshed?

PHP ActiveX

<?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.

// Note: Refreshing an access token does not require user-interaction.  
// Only the act of getting the initial access token requires interactive authorization from the Hotmail account owner 
// (i.e. a browser is displayed and the Hotmail account owner authorizes access by the app).

// Once you have the initial access token, it can be refreshed for a long time.
// A typical strategy is to write your application to automatically refresh the access token 
// when authentication fails, and then retry the operation with the new access token.

$jsonToken = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/hotmail.json');
if ($success != 1) {
    print 'Failed to load office365.json' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The access token JSON looks like this:

// {
//   "token_type": "Bearer",
//   "scope": "https://outlook.office.com/SMTP.Send https://outlook.office.com/IMAP.AccessAsUser.All https://outlook.office.com/POP.AccessAsUser.All",
//   "expires_in": 3600,
//   "ext_expires_in": 3600,
//   "access_token": "EwBoA+ ... 7pOYcWr5pFwQgI=",
//   "refresh_token": "M.C546_BL2.0.U.-CkW ... g5CKSlDBQ$$",
//   "id_token": "eyJ0e ... 2iiu5iqBK9n7s3A"
// }

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

// See Microsoft OAuth2 Authorization Endpoint
$oauth2->TokenEndpoint = 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token';

// Replace this with your actual App Registration's Application (client) ID.
$oauth2->ClientId = 'CLIENT_ID';

// 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 $oauth2->LastErrorText . "\n";

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/hotmail.json','utf-8',0);

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

?>