(PowerShell) Schwab OAuth2 in a Desktop App

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or greater.

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

$success = $false

# To further clarify, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

# This is the way to initially obtain the OAuth2 access token.  Afterwards it can be 
# repeatedly refreshed without user interaction, as shown in this example: Refresh Schwab OAuth2 Access Token.

$oauth2 = New-Object Chilkat.OAuth2

# Your applicaton must use your own public web server as an intermediate
# to receive and forward the redirect to localhost.
# See Using Your Web Server as an Intermediary for OAuth2 Redirect to localhost

$oauth2.AppCallbackUrl = "https://yourwebserver.com/OAuth2.php"
$oauth2.ListenPort = 3017

$oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://api.schwabapi.com/v1/oauth/authorize"
$oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://api.schwabapi.com/v1/oauth/token"

# Replace these with actual values.
$oauth2.ClientId = "APP_KEY"
$oauth2.ClientSecret = "APP_SECRET"
$oauth2.UseBasicAuth = $true
$oauth2.CodeChallenge = $false

$oauth2.Scope = ""

# Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
$url = $oauth2.StartAuth()
if ($oauth2.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($oauth2.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("url = " + $url)

# 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 user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
$numMsWaited = 0
while (($numMsWaited -lt 90000) -and ($oauth2.AuthFlowState -lt 3)) {
    $oauth2.SleepMs(100)
    $numMsWaited = $numMsWaited + 100
}

# If the browser does not respond within the specified time, AuthFlowState will be:
# 
# 1: Waiting for Redirect – The OAuth2 background thread is waiting for the browser's redirect request.
# 2: Waiting for Final Response – The thread is awaiting the final access token response.
# In either case, cancel the background task initiated by StartAuth.

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

# Check AuthFlowState to determine if authorization was granted, denied, or failed:
# 
# 3: Success – OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the successful response is in AccessTokenResponse.
# 4: Access Denied – OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the error response is in AccessTokenResponse.
# 5: Failure – OAuth2 flow failed before completion, the background thread exited, and error details are in FailureInfo.

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)
$sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/schwab-access-token.json","utf-8",$false)

# The full JSON received looks like this:
# {
#   "expires_in": 3600,
#   "x_refresh_token_expires_in": 8726400,
#   "refresh_token": "L011546037639r ... 3vR2DrbOmg0Sdagw",
#   "access_token": "eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0 ... oETJEMbeggg",
#   "token_type": "bearer"
# }

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