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Get a Xero OAuth2 Access Token

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Gets a Xero OAuth2 access token.

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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

    -- For more information about the OAuth2, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

    DECLARE @oauth2 int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.OAuth2', @oauth2 OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- For Xero OAuth2, set the listen port equal to the port used
    -- in the Authorized Redirect URL for the Client ID.
    -- For example, in this case the Authorized Redirect URL would be http://localhost:55568/
    -- Your app should choose a port not likely not used by any other application.
    -- See Xero OAuth2 for Desktop Apps for more information.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'ListenPort', 55568

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'AuthorizationEndpoint', 'https://login.xero.com/identity/connect/authorize'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'TokenEndpoint', 'https://identity.xero.com/connect/token'

    -- Replace these with actual values.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'ClientId', 'XERO_APP_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'ClientSecret', 'XERO_APP_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'UseBasicAuth', 1

    -- See https://developer.xero.com/documentation/oauth2/scopes for a complete list of scopes.
    -- You will need to change the scopes depending on what access is needed..
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth2, 'Scope', 'openid profile email accounting.transactions accounting.attachments accounting.settings payroll.employees offline_access'

    -- 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 @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 @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 @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 @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 @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 @oauth2
        RETURN
      END

    -- Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
    DECLARE @sbJson int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbJson OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @oauth2, 'AccessTokenResponse', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJson, 'Append', @success OUT, @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbJson, 'WriteFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/xero-access-token.json', 'utf-8', 0

    -- The saved JSON response looks like this:

    -- 	{
    -- 	 "access_token": "...",
    -- 	 "token_type": "Bearer",
    -- 	 "expires_in": 3600,
    -- 	 "refresh_token": "..."
    -- 	}
    -- 

    PRINT 'OAuth2 authorization granted!'

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

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth2
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJson


END
GO