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OAuth2 using a SOCKS Proxy (for a Desktop Application)

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Explains how to use a SOCKS proxy to send OAuth2 communications for a desktop application, using Microsoft Graph as an example. This method applies to all OAuth2 applications.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    -- To use a SOCKS proxy with OAuth2, create a Chilkat socket object and specify the details for the
    -- SOCKS proxy server (SOCKS4 or SOCKS5).
    DECLARE @socket int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Socket', @socket OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Use your SOCKS proxy server domain or IP address.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @socket, 'SocksHostname', 'mysocksproxyserver.com'
    -- Change this to the listening port of your SOCKS proxy server (if necessary)
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @socket, 'SocksPort', 1080
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @socket, 'SocksUsername', 'myProxyLogin'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @socket, 'SocksPassword', 'myProxyPassword'
    -- Set the SOCKS version to 4 or 5 based on the version
    -- of the SOCKS proxy server:
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @socket, 'SocksVersion', 5
    -- Note: SOCKS4 servers only support usernames without passwords.
    -- SOCKS5 servers support full login/password authentication.

    DECLARE @oauth2 int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.OAuth2', @oauth2 OUT

    -- We don't need to connect the socket beforehand.
    -- Just tell oauth2 to use the socket which has the SOCKS proxy properties.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @oauth2, 'UseConnection', @success OUT, @socket

    -- This should be the port in the localhost callback URL for your app.  
    -- The callback URL would look like "http://localhost:3017/" if the port number is 3017.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'ListenPort', 3017

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'AuthorizationEndpoint', 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'TokenEndpoint', 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token'

    -- Replace these with actual values.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'ClientId', 'MICROSOFT-GRAPH-CLIENT-ID'
    -- This is your app password:
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'ClientSecret', 'MICROSOFT-GRAPH-CLIENT-SECRET'

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'CodeChallenge', 0
    -- Provide a SPACE separated list of scopes.
    -- See https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/docs/authorization/permission_scopes 

    -- Important: To get a refresh token in the final response, you have to ask for "offline_access" scope
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'Scope', 'openid profile offline_access user.readwrite mail.readwrite mail.send files.readwrite'

    -- Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
    DECLARE @url nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @oauth2, 'StartAuth', @url OUT
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @socket
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth2
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'url = ' + @url

    -- Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
    -- The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @oauth2, 'LaunchBrowser', @success OUT, @url
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @socket
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth2
        RETURN
      END

    -- Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
    DECLARE @numMsWaited int
    SELECT @numMsWaited = 0
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'AuthFlowState', @iTmp0 OUT
    WHILE (@numMsWaited < 90000) and (@iTmp0 < 3)
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @oauth2, 'SleepMs', NULL, 100
        SELECT @numMsWaited = @numMsWaited + 100
      END

    -- 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.

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'AuthFlowState', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 < 3
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @oauth2, 'Cancel', @success OUT

        PRINT 'No response from the browser!'
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @socket
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth2
        RETURN
      END

    -- 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.

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'AuthFlowState', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 5
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'OAuth2 failed to complete.'
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'FailureInfo', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @socket
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth2
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'AuthFlowState', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 4
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'OAuth2 authorization was denied.'
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'AccessTokenResponse', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @socket
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth2
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'AuthFlowState', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 3
      BEGIN

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'AuthFlowState', @iTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'Unexpected AuthFlowState:' + @iTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @socket
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth2
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'OAuth2 authorization granted!'

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'AccessToken', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT 'Access Token = ' + @sTmp0

    -- Get the full JSON response:
    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'AccessTokenResponse', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Load', @success OUT, @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'EmitCompact', 0

    -- The JSON response looks like this:

    -- {
    --   "token_type": "Bearer",
    --   "scope": "User.Read Mail.ReadWrite Mail.Send",
    --   "expires_in": 3600,
    --   "ext_expires_in": 0,
    --   "access_token": "EwBAA8l6B...",
    --   "refresh_token": "MCRMdbe...",
    --   "id_token": "eyJ0eXA..."
    -- }

    -- 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.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'HasMember', @iTmp0 OUT, 'expires_on'
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        DECLARE @dtExpire int
        EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.CkDateTime', @dtExpire OUT

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @dtExpire, 'SetFromCurrentSystemTime', @success OUT
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'IntOf', @iTmp0 OUT, 'expires_in'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @dtExpire, 'AddSeconds', @success OUT, @iTmp0
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @dtExpire, 'GetAsUnixTimeStr', @sTmp0 OUT, 0
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'expires_on', @sTmp0
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
    DECLARE @fac int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.FileAccess', @fac OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @fac, 'WriteEntireTextFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/microsoftGraph.json', @sTmp0, 'utf-8', 0

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @socket
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth2
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @dtExpire
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @fac


END
GO