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Refresh eBay Application Access Token

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This example shows how to get a new eBay REST API access token when the original is close to expiration. Unicode C

#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkOAuth2W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    HCkOAuth2W oauth2;

    success = FALSE;

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

    // The previously fetched eBay access token looks like this:

    // {
    //   "access_token": "v^1.1#i^1# ... HwSAAA=",
    //   "expires_in": 7200,
    //   "refresh_token": "v^1.1#i^1# ... FXjEyODQ=",
    //   "refresh_token_expires_in": 47304000,
    //   "token_type": "User Access Token"
    // }

    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    success = CkJsonObjectW_LoadFile(json,L"qa_data/tokens/ebay-access-token.json");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"Failed to load the existing ebay access token JSON.\n");
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    oauth2 = CkOAuth2W_Create();

    CkOAuth2W_putTokenEndpoint(oauth2,L"https://api.sandbox.ebay.com/identity/v1/oauth2/token");

    // Replace these with actual values.
    CkOAuth2W_putClientId(oauth2,L"EBAY_CLIENT_ID");
    CkOAuth2W_putClientSecret(oauth2,L"EBAY_CLIENT_SECRET");

    // Get the "refresh_token"
    CkOAuth2W_putRefreshToken(oauth2,CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"refresh_token"));

    // Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
    success = CkOAuth2W_RefreshAccessToken(oauth2);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkOAuth2W_lastErrorText(oauth2));
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkOAuth2W_Dispose(oauth2);
        return;
    }

    // Load the access token response into the JSON object 
    CkJsonObjectW_Load(json,CkOAuth2W_accessTokenResponse(oauth2));

    // 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.
    CkJsonObjectW_putEmitCompact(json,FALSE);
    CkJsonObjectW_WriteFile(json,L"qa_data/tokens/ebay-access-token.json");

    wprintf(L"OAuth2 authorization granted!\n");
    wprintf(L"New Access Token = %s\n",CkOAuth2W_accessToken(oauth2));


    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkOAuth2W_Dispose(oauth2);

    }