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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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#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.

    // 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

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

    // 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"
    // }

    CkOAuth2W oauth2;

    // See Step 5 at https://developer.yahoo.com/oauth2/guide/flows_authcode/
    oauth2.put_TokenEndpoint(L"https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth2/get_token");

    // Replace these with actual values.
    oauth2.put_ClientId(L"CLIENT_ID");
    oauth2.put_ClientSecret(L"CLIENT_SECRET");

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

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

    // 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.
    jsonToken.UpdateString(L"access_token",oauth2.accessToken());

    // Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
    CkStringBuilderW sbJson;
    jsonToken.put_EmitCompact(false);
    jsonToken.EmitSb(sbJson);
    sbJson.WriteFile(L"qa_data/tokens/yahooMail.json",L"utf-8",false);

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