Visual Basic 6.0
Dynamics CRM OAuth2 Access Token

Demonstrates how to get a Microsoft Dynamics CRM OAuth2 access token from a desktop (installed) application or script.
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Dim success As Long
success = 0

' To further clarify, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

Dim oauth2 As New ChilkatOAuth2

' This should be the port in the localhost redirect URL for your app.
' Important: Make sure the redirect URI in your Azure app registration 
' is exactly "http://localhost:3017/".  Don't forget the ending "/" char.
' The redirect URL would look like "http://localhost:3017/" if the port number is 3017.
oauth2.ListenPort = 3017

' Get the endpoints from the Azure Portal in the "endpoints" section of App Registrations..
' The DYNAMICS-ENDPOINT-GUID is a Tenant dynamics-endpoint-guid  such as 1b54e7ee-d61b-4f12-a621-a6b2805b98c2
oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/DYNAMICS-ENDPOINT-GUID/oauth2/authorize"
oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/DYNAMICS-ENDPOINT-GUID/oauth2/token"

' Replace these with actual values.
oauth2.ClientId = "DYNAMICS-CRM-CLIENT-ID"
oauth2.ClientSecret = "DYNAMICS-CRM-SECRET-KEY"

oauth2.Resource = "https://mydynamicsdomain.api.crm.dynamics.com"

oauth2.RedirectAllowHtml = "<html><body><p>Thank you for granting access.</p></bod></html>"
oauth2.RedirectDenyHtml = "<html><body><p>Maybe next time...</p></bod></html>"

' Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
Dim url As String
url = oauth2.StartAuth()
If (oauth2.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print oauth2.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' We can pre-check the URL by sending a GET to catch any up-front errors.
' If we receive JSON with an error in response, then we don't proceed any farther.

' If we receive an HTML response, and the response status = 200, then all should be OK.
' We can proceed by displaying an interactive browser loaded with the url.
Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
Dim sbPreCheck As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb(url,sbPreCheck)
If ((http.LastStatus <> 200) Or (sbPreCheck.StartsWith("{",1) <> 1)) Then
    Debug.Print "JSON Error Response:"
    Debug.Print sbPreCheck.GetAsString()
    Exit Sub
End If

' If the HTTP request itself failed, then examine the error.
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' OK.. the pre-flight check seems OK, go ahead with getting the interactive user authorization..

' Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
' The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
success = oauth2.LaunchBrowser(url)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print oauth2.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
Dim numMsWaited As Long
numMsWaited = 0
Do While (numMsWaited < 90000) And (oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3)
    oauth2.SleepMs 100
    numMsWaited = numMsWaited + 100
Loop

' If the browser does not respond within the specified time, AuthFlowState will be:
' 
' 1: Waiting for Redirect – The OAuth2 background thread is waiting for the browser's redirect request.
' 2: Waiting for Final Response – The thread is awaiting the final access token response.
' In either case, cancel the background task initiated by StartAuth.

If (oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3) Then
    success = oauth2.Cancel()
    Debug.Print "No response from the browser!"
    Exit Sub
End If

' Check AuthFlowState to determine if authorization was granted, denied, or failed:
' 
' 3: Success – OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the successful response is in AccessTokenResponse.
' 4: Access Denied – OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the error response is in AccessTokenResponse.
' 5: Failure – OAuth2 flow failed before completion, the background thread exited, and error details are in FailureInfo.

If (oauth2.AuthFlowState = 5) Then
    Debug.Print "OAuth2 failed to complete."
    Debug.Print oauth2.FailureInfo
    Exit Sub
End If

If (oauth2.AuthFlowState = 4) Then
    Debug.Print "OAuth2 authorization was denied."
    Debug.Print oauth2.AccessTokenResponse
    Exit Sub
End If

If (oauth2.AuthFlowState <> 3) Then
    Debug.Print "Unexpected AuthFlowState:" & oauth2.AuthFlowState
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "OAuth2 authorization granted!"
Debug.Print "Access Token = " & oauth2.AccessToken

' Get the full JSON response:
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.Load(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
json.EmitCompact = 0

' The JSON response looks like this:

' {
'   "token_type": "Bearer",
'   "scope": "user_impersonation",
'   "expires_in": "3599",
'   "ext_expires_in": "0",
'   "expires_on": "1524783438",
'   "not_before": "1524779538",
'   "resource": "https://mydomain.api.crm.dynamics.com",
'   "access_token": "...",
'   "refresh_token": "...",
'   "id_token": "..."
' }

' If an "expires_on" member does not exist, then add the JSON member by
' getting the current system date/time and adding the "expires_in" seconds.
' This way we'll know when the token expires.
If (json.HasMember("expires_on") <> 1) Then
    Dim dtExpire As New CkDateTime
    success = dtExpire.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
    success = dtExpire.AddSeconds(json.IntOf("expires_in"))
    success = json.AppendString("expires_on",dtExpire.GetAsUnixTimeStr(0))
End If

Debug.Print json.Emit()

' Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
Dim fac As New CkFileAccess
success = fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/dynamicsCrm.json",json.Emit(),"utf-8",0)