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Okta: Use the Resource Owner Password Flow

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Demonstrates how to get an access token using the Resource Owner Password Flow.

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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

# Implements the following CURL command:

# curl --request POST \
#   --url https://{yourOktaDomain}/oauth2/default/v1/token \
#   --header 'accept: application/json' \
#   --user "client_id:client_secret" \
#   --header 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
#   --data 'grant_type=password&username=myUserEmail&password=myPassword&scope=openid'

http.put_Login("client_id")
http.put_Password("client_secret")

req = chilkat.CkHttpRequest()
req.put_HttpVerb("POST")
req.put_Path("/oauth2/default/v1/token")
req.put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
req.AddParam("grant_type","password")
req.AddParam("username","myUserEmail")
req.AddParam("password","myPassword")
req.AddParam("scope","openid")

req.AddHeader("accept","application/json")

resp = chilkat.CkHttpResponse()
success = http.HttpReq("https://{yourOktaDomain}/oauth2/default/v1/token",req,resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

sbResponseBody = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
jResp = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.put_EmitCompact(False)

print("Response Body:")
print(jResp.emit())

respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
    print("Response Header:")
    print(resp.header())
    print("Failed.")
    sys.exit()

# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

# {
#   "access_token": "eyJraWQiOi ... jmiHD7wY9_gQ",
#   "token_type": "Bearer",
#   "expires_in": 3600,
#   "scope": "openid",
#   "id_token": "eyJraWQiOiJ ... W7KkWiPJnUSMoGw"
# }

# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON

access_token = jResp.stringOf("access_token")
token_type = jResp.stringOf("token_type")
expires_in = jResp.IntOf("expires_in")
scope = jResp.stringOf("scope")
id_token = jResp.stringOf("id_token")