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Yahoo Mail OAuth2 Access Token for Desktop App

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Demonstrates how to get a Yahoo Email OAuth2 access token from a desktop application or script.

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Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    // First, you must define your app in Yahoo Developer (https://developer.yahoo.com/apps/) like this:

    // image

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

    let oauth2 = CkoOAuth2()!

    // Your applicaton must use your own public web server as an intermediate
    // to receive and forward the redirect to localhost.
    // See Using Your Web Server as an Intermediary for OAuth2 Redirect to localhost
    oauth2.appCallbackUrl = "https://yourwebserver.com/oauth_redirect"
    oauth2.listenPort = 3017

    oauth2.authorizationEndpoint = "https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth2/request_auth"
    oauth2.tokenEndpoint = "https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth2/get_token"

    // Replace these with actual values.
    oauth2.clientId = "CLIENT_ID"
    oauth2.clientSecret = "CLIENT_SECRET"

    // Do not send the "scope" query param for Yahoo OAuth2.
    oauth2.uncommonOptions = "NO_OAUTH2_SCOPE"

    // Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
    var url: String? = oauth2.startAuth()
    if oauth2.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("\(oauth2.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    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.
    success = oauth2.launchBrowser(url: url)
    if success == false {
        print("\(oauth2.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
    var numMsWaited: Int = 0
    while (numMsWaited < 90000) && (oauth2.authFlowState.intValue < 3) {
        oauth2.sleepMs(millisec: 100)
        numMsWaited = numMsWaited + 100
    }

    // 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.

    if oauth2.authFlowState.intValue < 3 {
        oauth2.cancel()
        print("No response from the browser!")
        return
    }

    // 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.

    if oauth2.authFlowState.intValue == 5 {
        print("OAuth2 failed to complete.")
        print("\(oauth2.failureInfo!)")
        return
    }

    if oauth2.authFlowState.intValue == 4 {
        print("OAuth2 authorization was denied.")
        print("\(oauth2.accessTokenResponse!)")
        return
    }

    if oauth2.authFlowState.intValue != 3 {
        print("Unexpected AuthFlowState:\(oauth2.authFlowState.intValue)")
        return
    }

    // Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
    let sbJson = CkoStringBuilder()!
    sbJson.append(value: oauth2.accessTokenResponse)
    sbJson.writeFile(path: "qa_data/tokens/yahooMail.json", charset: "utf-8", emitBom: false)

    // The saved JSON response looks like this:

    // {
    //   "access_token": "kCVQdnOdul...LHucA--",
    //   "refresh_token": "AIenVXETSo0jklFBVkPS8vVm8E.Ej9ToRG.xDbDYmZ65WIs5t6CZhDrD",
    //   "expires_in": 3600,
    //   "token_type": "bearer",
    //   "xoauth_yahoo_guid": "HGDQCVF5JB4YDOWHITQJFBHCWA"
    // }

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

}