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Authorization Code Flow with PKCE for Native Apps

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Demonstrates the authorization code flow with Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) for native apps. In Okta, your app should be defined as shown:

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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.

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

// This should be the port in the Login redirect URI for your app.  
// Your app's Login redirect URI should be "http://localhost:3017/" if the port number is 3017.
$oauth2->ListenPort = 3017;

$oauth2->AuthorizationEndpoint = 'https://{yourOktaDomain}/oauth2/default/v1/authorize';
$oauth2->TokenEndpoint = 'https://{yourOktaDomain}/oauth2/default/v1/token';

// Replace these with actual values.
$oauth2->ClientId = 'OKTA_CLIENT_ID';
$oauth2->ClientSecret = 'OKTA_CLIENT_SECRET';

$oauth2->CodeChallenge = 1;
$oauth2->IncludeNonce = 1;

// Make sure to include "offline_access" to get a refresh token included in the final JSON response.
// Add any additional needed scopes separated by space chars.
$oauth2->Scope = 'openid offline_access';

// Begin the OAuth2 three-legged flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
$url = $oauth2->startAuth();
if ($oauth2->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $oauth2->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'URL to load in browser: ' . $url . "\n";

// Launch the system's default browser navigated to the URL.
$success = $oauth2->LaunchBrowser($url);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $oauth2->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Now wait for the authorization.
// We'll wait for a max of 60 seconds.
$numMsWaited = 0;
while (($numMsWaited < 60000) and ($oauth2->AuthFlowState < 3)) {
    $oauth2->SleepMs(100);
    $numMsWaited = $numMsWaited + 100;
}

// If there was no response from the browser within 30 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->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->AuthFlowState == 5) {
    print 'OAuth2 failed to complete.' . "\n";
    print $oauth2->FailureInfo . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

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

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

// Get the full JSON response:
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->Load($oauth2->AccessTokenResponse);
$json->EmitCompact = 0;
print $json->emit() . "\n";

// The JSON response looks like this:

// {
//   "access_token": "eyJraWQi ... Kn4IiEfOw",
//   "token_type": "Bearer",
//   "expires_in": 3600,
//   "scope": "offline_access openid",
//   "refresh_token": "0jCqotuuUegdjNzB9uuSsfGM2Cu5HnCHUxoJ0yhZ4rs",
//   "id_token": "eyJraWQiO ... 09WGEq3dTRmQF86PzJg"
// }

// Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
$fac = new COM("Chilkat.FileAccess");
$fac->WriteEntireTextFile('qa_data/tokens/okta.json',$json->emit(),'utf-8',0);

?>