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Hotmail Refresh Access Token (also for Live.com, Outlook.com)

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An OAuth2 access token is typically valid for 1 hour. Interaction with the Hotmail account owner via a browser is only needed for getting the initial access token. Once you have it, it can be continually refreshed without user interaction for a long time.

See: How Long can an OAuth2 Access Token be Refreshed?

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_JsonToken
oleobject loo_Oauth2
oleobject loo_SbJson

li_Success = 0

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

// It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.

// Note: Refreshing an access token does not require user-interaction.  
// Only the act of getting the initial access token requires interactive authorization from the Hotmail account owner 
// (i.e. a browser is displayed and the Hotmail account owner authorizes access by the app).

// Once you have the initial access token, it can be refreshed for a long time.
// A typical strategy is to write your application to automatically refresh the access token 
// when authentication fails, and then retry the operation with the new access token.

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/hotmail.json")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "Failed to load office365.json"
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    return
end if

// The access token JSON looks like this:

// {
//   "token_type": "Bearer",
//   "scope": "https://outlook.office.com/SMTP.Send https://outlook.office.com/IMAP.AccessAsUser.All https://outlook.office.com/POP.AccessAsUser.All",
//   "expires_in": 3600,
//   "ext_expires_in": 3600,
//   "access_token": "EwBoA+ ... 7pOYcWr5pFwQgI=",
//   "refresh_token": "M.C546_BL2.0.U.-CkW ... g5CKSlDBQ$$",
//   "id_token": "eyJ0e ... 2iiu5iqBK9n7s3A"
// }

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

// See Microsoft OAuth2 Authorization Endpoint
loo_Oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token"

// Replace this with your actual App Registration's Application (client) ID.
loo_Oauth2.ClientId = "CLIENT_ID"

// 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

Write-Debug loo_Oauth2.LastErrorText

Write-Debug "New access token: " + loo_Oauth2.AccessToken
Write-Debug "New refresh token: " + loo_Oauth2.RefreshToken

// Update the JSON with the new tokens.
loo_JsonToken.UpdateString("access_token",loo_Oauth2.AccessToken)
loo_JsonToken.UpdateString("refresh_token",loo_Oauth2.RefreshToken)

// Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
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/hotmail.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_SbJson