PHP ActiveX

Schwab OAuth2 in a Desktop App

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Demonstrates how to get a Charles Schwab OAuth2 access token from a desktop application or script. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// To further clarify, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

// This is the way to initially obtain the OAuth2 access token.  Afterwards it can be 
// repeatedly refreshed without user interaction, as shown in this example: Refresh Schwab OAuth2 Access Token.

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

// Your applicaton must use your own public web server as an intermediate
// to receive and forward the redirect to localhost.
// See Using Your Web Server as an Intermediary for OAuth2 Redirect to localhost

$oauth2->AppCallbackUrl = 'https://yourwebserver.com/OAuth2.php';
$oauth2->ListenPort = 3017;

$oauth2->AuthorizationEndpoint = 'https://api.schwabapi.com/v1/oauth/authorize';
$oauth2->TokenEndpoint = 'https://api.schwabapi.com/v1/oauth/token';

// Replace these with actual values.
$oauth2->ClientId = 'APP_KEY';
$oauth2->ClientSecret = 'APP_SECRET';
$oauth2->UseBasicAuth = 1;
$oauth2->CodeChallenge = 0;

$oauth2->Scope = '';

// Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code 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 = ' . $url . "\n";

// Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
// The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
$success = $oauth2->LaunchBrowser($url);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $oauth2->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
$numMsWaited = 0;
while (($numMsWaited < 90000) and ($oauth2->AuthFlowState < 3)) {
    $oauth2->SleepMs(100);
    $numMsWaited = $numMsWaited + 100;
}

// If the browser does not respond within the specified time, AuthFlowState will be:
// 
// 1: Waiting for Redirect – The OAuth2 background thread is waiting for the browser's redirect request.
// 2: Waiting for Final Response – The thread is awaiting the final access token response.
// In either case, cancel the background task initiated by StartAuth.

if ($oauth2->AuthFlowState < 3) {
    $oauth2->Cancel();
    print 'No response from the browser!' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Check AuthFlowState to determine if authorization was granted, denied, or failed:
// 
// 3: Success – OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the successful response is in AccessTokenResponse.
// 4: Access Denied – OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the error response is in AccessTokenResponse.
// 5: Failure – OAuth2 flow failed before completion, the background thread exited, and error details are in FailureInfo.

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;
}

// Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
$sbJson = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbJson->Append($oauth2->AccessTokenResponse);
$sbJson->WriteFile('qa_data/tokens/schwab-access-token.json','utf-8',0);

// The full JSON received looks like this:
// {
//   "expires_in": 3600,
//   "x_refresh_token_expires_in": 8726400,
//   "refresh_token": "L011546037639r ... 3vR2DrbOmg0Sdagw",
//   "access_token": "eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0 ... oETJEMbeggg",
//   "token_type": "bearer"
// }

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

?>