PureBasic

Check PayPal Access Token Expiration

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Checks to see if the PayPal access token expired. PureBasic

IncludeFile "CkDateTime.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

    ; Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64 or greater.

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

    ; In the example linked here: PayPal OAuth2 Token,
    ; we fetched a PayPal access token and saved it to a JSON file.
    ; We also recorded the current date/time.
    ; Load this JSON file and compare the current date/time with the fetch date/time
    ; and the "expires_in" value to see if the token is expired.

    json.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkJsonObject::ckLoadFile(json,"qa_data/tokens/paypal.json")
    If success <> 1
        Debug "Failed to load access key json file."
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Get the current date/time.
    dateTime.i = CkDateTime::ckCreate()
    If dateTime.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    bLocalTime.i = 0
    dtNow.i = CkDateTime::ckGetAsUnixTime(dateTime,bLocalTime)

    ; Get the access token create date/time
    dtCreate.i = CkJsonObject::ckIntOf(json,"tokenCreateTimeUtc")

    ; Find out how many seconds have elapsed.
    numSeconds.i = dtNow - dtCreate

    ; Get the expires_in value from the JSON.
    expires_in.i = CkJsonObject::ckIntOf(json,"expires_in")

    Debug "token age (in seconds) = " + Str(numSeconds)
    Debug "expires_in = " + Str(expires_in)

    ; If the token expired, or if it will expire in 5 minutes or less,
    ; get another token.
    If numSeconds < (expires_in - 300)
        Debug "The token is not yet expired.  No need to fetch another."
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
        CkDateTime::ckDispose(dateTime)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    Debug "Time to fetch a new access token..."

    ; Get another token..
    ; See the example at Get PayPal OAuth2 Token
    ; to get another token..


    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
    CkDateTime::ckDispose(dateTime)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure