PHP ActiveX

UPS OAuth2 Client Credentials

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Get an OAuth2 access token for the UPS REST API using the client credentials flow (no interactivity with a web browser required). PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl -i -X POST \
//   -u 2498righ8wr6aihe98rt8rhowirtyw9er6twe80rtywrehrt:nerf254578uh8rgt7y3h57358ouyth387h8h53h6yyh80hh578per9y7u5ruyuy4 \
//   https://wwwcie.ups.com/security/v1/oauth/token \
//   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
//   -H 'x-merchant-id: 7B3027' \
//   -d grant_type=client_credentials

// Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
// Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

$http->BasicAuth = 1;
$http->Login = '2498righ8wr6aihe98rt8rhowirtyw9er6twe80rtywrehrt';
$http->Password = 'nerf254578uh8rgt7y3h57358ouyth387h8h53h6yyh80hh578per9y7u5ruyuy4';

$req = new COM("Chilkat.HttpRequest");
$req->AddParam('grant_type','client_credentials');

$req->AddHeader('x-merchant-id','7B3027');

$req->HttpVerb = 'POST';
$req->ContentType = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';

$resp = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpReq('https://wwwcie.ups.com/security/v1/oauth/token',$req,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$sbResponseBody = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);

$jResp = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->EmitCompact = 0;

print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\n";

$respStatusCode = $resp->StatusCode;
print 'Response Status Code = ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
    print $resp->Header . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Save the OAuth2 access token for other examples to use.
$jResp->WriteFile('qa_data/tokens/ups_oauth2_token.json');

// If successful, the OAuth2 access token JSON looks like this:

// {
//   "token_type": "Bearer",
//   "issued_at": "1686911985606",
//   "client_id": "2498righ8wr6aihe98rt8rhowirtyw9er6twe80rtywrehrt",
//   "access_token": "eyJraW......R2sbqrY",
//   "expires_in": "14399",
//   "status": "approved"
// }

$token_type = $jResp->stringOf('token_type');
$issued_at = $jResp->stringOf('issued_at');
$client_id = $jResp->stringOf('client_id');
$access_token = $jResp->stringOf('access_token');
$expires_in = $jResp->stringOf('expires_in');
$status = $jResp->stringOf('status');

?>