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Datev OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to get a Datev OAuth2 access token from a desktop application or script. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Oauth2
string ls_Url
integer li_NumMsWaited
oleobject loo_SbJson

li_Success = 0

// To further clarify, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

loo_Oauth2 = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Oauth2.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.OAuth2")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Oauth2
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// Your Datev app should use "http://localhost" (no trailing forward slash) for the redirect URL.
loo_Oauth2.ListenPort = 3017

// 

loo_Oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://login.datev.de/openidsandbox/authorize"
loo_Oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://sandbox-api.datev.de/token"

// Replace this with your actual client ID.
loo_Oauth2.ClientId = "DATEV_CLIENT_ID"
loo_Oauth2.ClientSecret = "DATEV_CLIENT_SECRET"

loo_Oauth2.CodeChallenge = 1
loo_Oauth2.CodeChallengeMethod = "S256"

loo_Oauth2.Scope = "openid profile email datev:accounting:clients accounting:documents datev:accounting:extf-files-import"

// Begin the OAuth2 authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
ls_Url = loo_Oauth2.StartAuth()
if loo_Oauth2.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Oauth2.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Oauth2
    return
end if

// Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
// The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
li_Success = loo_Oauth2.LaunchBrowser(ls_Url)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Oauth2.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Oauth2
    return
end if

// Wait for the interactive user to grant permission in the interactive browser session.
// We'll wait for a max of 90 seconds.
li_NumMsWaited = 0
do while (li_NumMsWaited < 90000) AND (loo_Oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3)
    loo_Oauth2.SleepMs(100)
    li_NumMsWaited = li_NumMsWaited + 100
loop

// If there was no response from the browser within 90 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 loo_Oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3 then
    loo_Oauth2.Cancel()
    Write-Debug "No response from the browser!"
    destroy loo_Oauth2
    return
end if

// 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 loo_Oauth2.AuthFlowState = 5 then
    Write-Debug "OAuth2 failed to complete."
    Write-Debug loo_Oauth2.FailureInfo
    destroy loo_Oauth2
    return
end if

if loo_Oauth2.AuthFlowState = 4 then
    Write-Debug "OAuth2 authorization was denied."
    Write-Debug loo_Oauth2.AccessTokenResponse
    destroy loo_Oauth2
    return
end if

if loo_Oauth2.AuthFlowState <> 3 then
    Write-Debug "Unexpected AuthFlowState:" + string(loo_Oauth2.AuthFlowState)
    destroy loo_Oauth2
    return
end if

// Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
loo_SbJson = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbJson.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_SbJson.Append(loo_Oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
loo_SbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/datev.json","utf-8",0)

// The saved JSON response looks like this:

// {
// 	"refresh_token": "ZDA5Y .... FFhTXc9",
// 	"refresh_token_expires_in": 39600,
// 	"id_token": "eyJ .... Q9w",
// 	"access_token": "MTM .... 1UDA9",
// 	"token_type": "bearer",
// 	"expires_in": 900		
// }

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


destroy loo_Oauth2
destroy loo_SbJson