Tcl

HMRC OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to get an HMRC OAuth2 access token from a desktop (installed) application or script. This example gets an HMRC MTD VAT read/write access token. Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

# To further clarify, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

set oauth2 [new_CkOAuth2]

# This should be the port in the localhost callback URL for your app.
# Important: Make sure the callback URI in your HMRC developer app 
# is exactly "http://localhost:3017/".  Don't forget the ending "/" char.
# The callback URL would look like "http://localhost:3017/" if the port number is 3017.

# IMPORTANT: Don't forget to setup your HMRC application to use the Redirect URI "http://localhost:3017/" as shown
# here: Configure Redirect URI for HMRC application
CkOAuth2_put_ListenPort $oauth2 3017

CkOAuth2_put_AuthorizationEndpoint $oauth2 "https://test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk/oauth/authorize"
CkOAuth2_put_TokenEndpoint $oauth2 "https://test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk/oauth/token"

# Replace with your actual client ID
CkOAuth2_put_ClientId $oauth2 "HMRC-CLIENT-ID"

# The scopes are documented in the HMRC reference documentation for each API.
# This example gets a read/write access token for the HMRC MTD VAT API.
CkOAuth2_put_Scope $oauth2 "read:vat write:vat"

# Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
set url [CkOAuth2_startAuth $oauth2]
if {[CkOAuth2_get_LastMethodSuccess $oauth2] != 1} then {
    puts [CkOAuth2_lastErrorText $oauth2]
    delete_CkOAuth2 $oauth2
    exit
}

# Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
# The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
set success [CkOAuth2_LaunchBrowser $oauth2 $url]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkOAuth2_lastErrorText $oauth2]
    delete_CkOAuth2 $oauth2
    exit
}

# Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
set numMsWaited 0
while {expr [$numMsWaited < 90000]  &&  [[CkOAuth2_get_AuthFlowState $oauth2] < 3]} {
    CkOAuth2_SleepMs $oauth2 100
    set numMsWaited [expr $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 {[CkOAuth2_get_AuthFlowState $oauth2] < 3} then {
    CkOAuth2_Cancel $oauth2
    puts "No response from the browser!"
    delete_CkOAuth2 $oauth2
    exit
}

# 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 {[CkOAuth2_get_AuthFlowState $oauth2] == 5} then {
    puts "OAuth2 failed to complete."
    puts [CkOAuth2_failureInfo $oauth2]
    delete_CkOAuth2 $oauth2
    exit
}

if {[CkOAuth2_get_AuthFlowState $oauth2] == 4} then {
    puts "OAuth2 authorization was denied."
    puts [CkOAuth2_accessTokenResponse $oauth2]
    delete_CkOAuth2 $oauth2
    exit
}

if {[CkOAuth2_get_AuthFlowState $oauth2] != 3} then {
    puts "Unexpected AuthFlowState:[CkOAuth2_get_AuthFlowState $oauth2]"
    delete_CkOAuth2 $oauth2
    exit
}

puts "OAuth2 authorization granted!"
puts "Access Token = [CkOAuth2_accessToken $oauth2]"

# Get the full JSON response:
set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_Load $json [CkOAuth2_accessTokenResponse $oauth2]
CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $json 0
puts [CkJsonObject_emit $json]

# The JSON response looks like this:

# {
#   "token_type": "Bearer",
#   "scope": "user_impersonation",
#   "expires_in": "3599",
#   "ext_expires_in": "0",
#   "expires_on": "1524783438",
#   "not_before": "1524779538",
#   "resource": "https://mydomain.api.crm.dynamics.com",
#   "access_token": "...",
#   "refresh_token": "...",
#   "id_token": "..."
# }

# 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 {[CkJsonObject_HasMember $json "expires_on"] != 1} then {
    set dtExpire [new_CkDateTime]

    CkDateTime_SetFromCurrentSystemTime $dtExpire
    CkDateTime_AddSeconds $dtExpire [CkJsonObject_IntOf $json "expires_in"]
    CkJsonObject_AppendString $json "expires_on" [CkDateTime_getAsUnixTimeStr $dtExpire 0]
}

puts [CkJsonObject_emit $json]

# Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
set fac [new_CkFileAccess]

CkFileAccess_WriteEntireTextFile $fac "qa_data/tokens/hmrc.json" [CkJsonObject_emit $json] "utf-8" 0

delete_CkOAuth2 $oauth2
delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkDateTime $dtExpire
delete_CkFileAccess $fac