PowerBuilder

X.com OAuth 2.0 Refresh Access Token

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Demonstrates how to get an X.com OAuth2 access token from a desktop application or script. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_JsonToken
oleobject loo_Oauth2
oleobject loo_DtExpire
oleobject loo_SbJson

li_Success = 0

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

loo_JsonToken = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_JsonToken.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
li_Success = loo_JsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "Failed to load x.json"
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    return
end if

// The access token JSON looks something like this:

// {
//   "token_type": "bearer",
//   "expires_in": 7200,
//   "access_token": "VmNDLVZiYUZwejY5Mkx3RblFTmo3ek1leTRGclMuZFVOUTVUTWpNbVZKb1N5OjE3NDAxNjk4MDVxNTE6MToxOaF0OjE",
//   "scope": "block.read follows.read offline.access tweet.write block.write like.write like.read users.read tweet.read follows.write",
//   "refresh_token": "eThOWVVFSTRqdVp3QTFndGsxM2ZGZmFyNWVrU0phM1JKbGdrbGNWRGJzb1loOjE3NDAwMjk4MDUxNTI6MTowOnJ0OjE"
// }

loo_Oauth2 = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Oauth2.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.OAuth2")

loo_Oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token"

// Replace this with your actual X.com OAuth2 Client ID and Client Secret
loo_Oauth2.ClientId = "OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID"
loo_Oauth2.ClientSecret = "OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET"

// Get the "refresh_token"
loo_Oauth2.RefreshToken = loo_JsonToken.StringOf("refresh_token")

// Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
li_Success = loo_Oauth2.RefreshAccessToken()
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Oauth2.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    destroy loo_Oauth2
    return
end if

// Load the access token response into the json object 
loo_JsonToken.Load(loo_Oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)

// If an "expires_on" member does not exist, then add the JSON member by
// getting the current system date/time and adding the "expires_in" seconds.
// This way we'll know when the token expires.
if loo_JsonToken.HasMember("expires_on") = 0 then
    loo_DtExpire = create oleobject
    li_rc = loo_DtExpire.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")

    loo_DtExpire.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
    loo_DtExpire.AddSeconds(loo_JsonToken.IntOf("expires_in"))
    loo_JsonToken.AppendString("expires_on",loo_DtExpire.GetAsUnixTimeStr(0))
end if

// Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
// The access + refresh tokens contained in this JSON will be needed for the next refresh.
loo_SbJson = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbJson.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_JsonToken.EmitCompact = 0
loo_JsonToken.EmitSb(loo_SbJson)
loo_SbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json","utf-8",0)

Write-Debug "OAuth2 authorization granted!"
Write-Debug "New Access Token = " + loo_Oauth2.AccessToken


destroy loo_JsonToken
destroy loo_Oauth2
destroy loo_DtExpire
destroy loo_SbJson