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Refresh QuickBooks OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to refresh a QuickBooks OAuth2 access token. Unicode C

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkJsonObjectW jsonToken;
    HCkOAuth2W oauth2;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbJson;

    success = FALSE;

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

    // See Get QuickBooks OAuth2 Access Token 
    // for sample code showing how to obtain a QuickBooks access token for desktop apps.

    // This example assumes we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token for QuickBooks.

    jsonToken = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    success = CkJsonObjectW_LoadFile(jsonToken,L"qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"Failed to load qb-access-token.json\n");
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonToken);
        return;
    }

    // The access token JSON looks something like this:

    // {
    //   "expires_in": 3600,
    //   "x_refresh_token_expires_in": 8726400,
    //   "refresh_token": "L011546037639r ... 3vR2DrbOmg0Sdagw",
    //   "access_token": "eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0 ... oETJEMbeggg",
    //   "token_type": "bearer"
    // }

    oauth2 = CkOAuth2W_Create();

    CkOAuth2W_putTokenEndpoint(oauth2,L"https://oauth.platform.intuit.com/oauth2/v1/tokens/bearer");

    // Replace these with actual values.
    CkOAuth2W_putClientId(oauth2,L"QUICKBOOKS-CLIENT-ID");
    CkOAuth2W_putClientSecret(oauth2,L"QUICKBOOKS-CLIENT-SECRET");

    // Get the "refresh_token"
    CkOAuth2W_putRefreshToken(oauth2,CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonToken,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(jsonToken);
        CkOAuth2W_Dispose(oauth2);
        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.
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(jsonToken,L"access_token",CkOAuth2W_accessToken(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.
    sbJson = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_putEmitCompact(jsonToken,FALSE);

    CkJsonObjectW_EmitSb(jsonToken,sbJson);
    CkStringBuilderW_WriteFile(sbJson,L"qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json",L"utf-8",FALSE);

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


    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonToken);
    CkOAuth2W_Dispose(oauth2);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbJson);

    }