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Authorization Code Flow with PKCE for Native Apps

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Demonstrates the authorization code flow with Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) for native apps. In Okta, your app should be defined as shown:

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require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

oauth2 = Chilkat::CkOAuth2.new()

# This should be the port in the Login redirect URI for your app.  
# Your app's Login redirect URI should be "http://localhost:3017/" if the port number is 3017.
oauth2.put_ListenPort(3017)

oauth2.put_AuthorizationEndpoint("https://{yourOktaDomain}/oauth2/default/v1/authorize")
oauth2.put_TokenEndpoint("https://{yourOktaDomain}/oauth2/default/v1/token")

# Replace these with actual values.
oauth2.put_ClientId("OKTA_CLIENT_ID")
oauth2.put_ClientSecret("OKTA_CLIENT_SECRET")

oauth2.put_CodeChallenge(true)
oauth2.put_IncludeNonce(true)

# Make sure to include "offline_access" to get a refresh token included in the final JSON response.
# Add any additional needed scopes separated by space chars.
oauth2.put_Scope("openid offline_access")

# Begin the OAuth2 three-legged flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
url = oauth2.startAuth()
if (oauth2.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print oauth2.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "URL to load in browser: " + url + "\n";

# Launch the system's default browser navigated to the URL.
success = oauth2.LaunchBrowser(url)
if (success == false)
    print oauth2.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Now wait for the authorization.
# We'll wait for a max of 60 seconds.
numMsWaited = 0
while (numMsWaited < 60000) and (oauth2.get_AuthFlowState() < 3)
    oauth2.SleepMs(100)
    numMsWaited = numMsWaited + 100
end

# If there was no response from the browser within 30 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.get_AuthFlowState() < 3)
    oauth2.Cancel()
    print "No response from the browser!" + "\n";
    exit
end

# 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.get_AuthFlowState() == 5)
    print "OAuth2 failed to complete." + "\n";
    print oauth2.failureInfo() + "\n";
    exit
end

if (oauth2.get_AuthFlowState() == 4)
    print "OAuth2 authorization was denied." + "\n";
    print oauth2.accessTokenResponse() + "\n";
    exit
end

if (oauth2.get_AuthFlowState() != 3)
    print "Unexpected AuthFlowState:" + oauth2.get_AuthFlowState().to_s() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "OAuth2 authorization granted!" + "\n";
print "Access Token = " + oauth2.accessToken() + "\n";

# Get the full JSON response:
json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
json.Load(oauth2.accessTokenResponse())
json.put_EmitCompact(false)
print json.emit() + "\n";

# The JSON response looks like this:

# {
#   "access_token": "eyJraWQi ... Kn4IiEfOw",
#   "token_type": "Bearer",
#   "expires_in": 3600,
#   "scope": "offline_access openid",
#   "refresh_token": "0jCqotuuUegdjNzB9uuSsfGM2Cu5HnCHUxoJ0yhZ4rs",
#   "id_token": "eyJraWQiO ... 09WGEq3dTRmQF86PzJg"
# }

# Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
fac = Chilkat::CkFileAccess.new()
fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/okta.json",json.emit(),"utf-8",false)