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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.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

#  To further clarify, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

$oauth2 = New-Object Chilkat.OAuth2

#  Your Datev app should use "http://localhost" (no trailing forward slash) for the redirect URL.
$oauth2.ListenPort = 3017

#  image

$oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://login.datev.de/openidsandbox/authorize"
$oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://sandbox-api.datev.de/token"

#  Replace this with your actual client ID.
$oauth2.ClientId = "DATEV_CLIENT_ID"
$oauth2.ClientSecret = "DATEV_CLIENT_SECRET"

$oauth2.CodeChallenge = $true
$oauth2.CodeChallengeMethod = "S256"

$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.
$url = $oauth2.StartAuth()
if ($oauth2.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($oauth2.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  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 -eq $false) {
    $($oauth2.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  Wait for the interactive user to grant permission in the interactive browser session.
#  We'll wait for a max of 90 seconds.
$numMsWaited = 0
while (($numMsWaited -lt 90000) -and ($oauth2.AuthFlowState -lt 3)) {
    $oauth2.SleepMs(100)
    $numMsWaited = $numMsWaited + 100
}

#  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 ($oauth2.AuthFlowState -lt 3) {
    $oauth2.Cancel()
    $("No response from the browser!")
    exit
}

#  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 ($oauth2.AuthFlowState -eq 5) {
    $("OAuth2 failed to complete.")
    $($oauth2.FailureInfo)
    exit
}

if ($oauth2.AuthFlowState -eq 4) {
    $("OAuth2 authorization was denied.")
    $($oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
    exit
}

if ($oauth2.AuthFlowState -ne 3) {
    $("Unexpected AuthFlowState:" + $oauth2.AuthFlowState)
    exit
}

#  Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
$sbJson = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbJson.Append($oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
$sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/datev.json","utf-8",$false)

#  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		
#  }

$("OAuth2 authorization granted!")
$("Access Token = " + $oauth2.AccessToken)