Swift

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. Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let jsonToken = CkoJsonObject()!
    success = jsonToken.loadFile(path: "qa_data/tokens/x.json")
    if success != true {
        print("Failed to load x.json")
        return
    }

    // 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"
    // }

    let oauth2 = CkoOAuth2()!

    oauth2.tokenEndpoint = "https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token"

    // Replace this with your actual X.com OAuth2 Client ID and Client Secret
    oauth2.clientId = "OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID"
    oauth2.clientSecret = "OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET"

    // Get the "refresh_token"
    oauth2.refreshToken = jsonToken.string(of: "refresh_token")

    // Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
    success = oauth2.refreshAccessToken()
    if success != true {
        print("\(oauth2.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Load the access token response into the json object 
    jsonToken.load(json: 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(jsonPath: "expires_on") == false {
        let dtExpire = CkoDateTime()!
        dtExpire.setFromCurrentSystemTime()
        dtExpire.addSeconds(numSeconds: jsonToken.int(of: "expires_in").intValue)
        jsonToken.appendString(name: "expires_on", value: dtExpire.get(asUnixTimeStr: 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.
    let sbJson = CkoStringBuilder()!
    jsonToken.emitCompact = false
    jsonToken.emitSb(sb: sbJson)
    sbJson.writeFile(path: "qa_data/tokens/x.json", charset: "utf-8", emitBom: false)

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

}