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Yahoo Mail Refresh OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to refresh an OAuth2 Yahoo Mail access token.

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Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

# It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.
# This example loads the JSON access token file 
# saved by this example: Get Yahoo Mail OAuth2 Access Token

set jsonToken [new_CkJsonObject]

set success [CkJsonObject_LoadFile $jsonToken "qa_data/tokens/yahooMail.json"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts "Failed to load googleSheets.json"
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    exit
}

# The access token JSON looks like this:

# {
#   "access_token": "kCVQdnOdul...LHucA--",
#   "refresh_token": "AIenVWETSo0jklFBVkPS8vVm8E.Dj9ToRG.xDbDYmZ55WIs5t6CZhDkD",
#   "expires_in": 3600,
#   "token_type": "bearer",
#   "xoauth_yahoo_guid": "HGDQCVF6JB4YDOWHITPJFBHCWA"
# }

set oauth2 [new_CkOAuth2]

# See Step 5 at https://developer.yahoo.com/oauth2/guide/flows_authcode/
CkOAuth2_put_TokenEndpoint $oauth2 "https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth2/get_token"

# Replace these with actual values.
CkOAuth2_put_ClientId $oauth2 "CLIENT_ID"
CkOAuth2_put_ClientSecret $oauth2 "CLIENT_SECRET"

# Get the "refresh_token"
CkOAuth2_put_RefreshToken $oauth2 [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonToken "refresh_token"]

# Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
set success [CkOAuth2_RefreshAccessToken $oauth2]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkOAuth2_lastErrorText $oauth2]
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkOAuth2 $oauth2
    exit
}

# The response contains a new access token, but we must keep
# our existing refresh token for when we need to refresh again in the future.
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $jsonToken "access_token" [CkOAuth2_accessToken $oauth2]

# Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
set sbJson [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $jsonToken 0
CkJsonObject_EmitSb $jsonToken $sbJson
CkStringBuilder_WriteFile $sbJson "qa_data/tokens/yahooMail.json" "utf-8" 0

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

delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
delete_CkOAuth2 $oauth2
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbJson