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Okta: Refresh Access Token with the Auth Code Flow

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Demonstrates how to refresh a token that was obtained using the authorization code flow.

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#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkOAuth2W.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    // See Get Okta Access Token using Authorization Code Flow with PKCE 
    // for sample code showing how to obtain an Okta access token using the authorization code flow for native apps (with PKCE).

    CkJsonObjectW jsonToken;
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile(L"qa_data/tokens/okta.json");
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"Failed to load myob.json\n");
        return;
    }

    CkOAuth2W oauth2;

    oauth2.put_TokenEndpoint(L"https://{yourOktaDomain}/oauth2/default/v1/token");

    // Replace these with actual values.
    oauth2.put_ClientId(L"OKTA_CLIENT_ID");
    oauth2.put_ClientSecret(L"OKTA_CLIENT_SECRET");

    // Get the "refresh_token"
    oauth2.put_RefreshToken(jsonToken.stringOf(L"refresh_token"));

    // Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
    oauth2.put_VerboseLogging(true);
    success = oauth2.RefreshAccessToken();
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",oauth2.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Load the access token response into the json object 
    jsonToken.Load(oauth2.accessTokenResponse());

    // 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.
    CkStringBuilderW sbJson;
    jsonToken.put_EmitCompact(false);
    jsonToken.EmitSb(sbJson);
    sbJson.WriteFile(L"qa_data/tokens/okta.json",L"utf-8",false);

    wprintf(L"OAuth2 authorization granted!\n");
    wprintf(L"New Access Token = %s\n",oauth2.accessToken());
    }