CkPython Requires Chilkat v10.1.2+

X.com OAuth 2.0 Refresh Access Token

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Demonstrates how to get an X.com OAuth2 access token from a desktop application or script. CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

jsonToken = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json")
if (success != True):
    print("Failed to load x.json")
    sys.exit()

#  The access token JSON looks something like this:

#  {
#    "token_type": "bearer",
#    "expires_in": 7200,
#    "access_token": "VmNDLVZiYUZwejY5Mkx3RblFTmo3ek1leTRGclMuZFVOUTVUTWpNbVZKb1N5OjE3NDAxNjk4MDVxNTE6MToxOaF0OjE",
#    "scope": "block.read follows.read offline.access tweet.write block.write like.write like.read users.read tweet.read follows.write",
#    "refresh_token": "eThOWVVFSTRqdVp3QTFndGsxM2ZGZmFyNWVrU0phM1JKbGdrbGNWRGJzb1loOjE3NDAwMjk4MDUxNTI6MTowOnJ0OjE"
#  }

oauth2 = chilkat.CkOAuth2()

oauth2.put_TokenEndpoint("https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token")

#  Replace this with your actual X.com OAuth2 Client ID and Client Secret
oauth2.put_ClientId("OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID")
oauth2.put_ClientSecret("OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET")

#  Get the "refresh_token"
oauth2.put_RefreshToken(jsonToken.stringOf("refresh_token"))

#  Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
success = oauth2.RefreshAccessToken()
if (success != True):
    print(oauth2.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  Load the access token response into the json object 
jsonToken.Load(oauth2.accessTokenResponse())

#  If an "expires_on" member does not exist, then add the JSON member by
#  getting the current system date/time and adding the "expires_in" seconds.
#  This way we'll know when the token expires.
if (jsonToken.HasMember("expires_on") == False):
    dtExpire = chilkat.CkDateTime()
    dtExpire.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
    dtExpire.AddSeconds(jsonToken.IntOf("expires_in"))
    jsonToken.AppendString("expires_on",dtExpire.getAsUnixTimeStr(False))

#  Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
#  The access + refresh tokens contained in this JSON will be needed for the next refresh.
sbJson = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
jsonToken.put_EmitCompact(False)
jsonToken.EmitSb(sbJson)
sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json","utf-8",False)

print("OAuth2 authorization granted!")
print("New Access Token = " + oauth2.accessToken())