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Visual Basic 6.0 Requires Chilkat v10.1.2+

Salesforce OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to get a Salesforce OAuth2 access token from a desktop 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 callback URL for your connected app.  
'  The callback URL would look like "http://localhost:3017/" if the port number is 3017.
oauth2.ListenPort = 3017

oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/authorize"
oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token"

'  Replace this with your actual client ID (Consumer Key)
oauth2.ClientId = "CLIENT_ID"

'  We don't have to include the client secret.
'  See the screenshot of our Connected App below..

'  This is for Require Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE)
'  See OAuth2 PKCE Explained
oauth2.CodeChallenge = 1
oauth2.CodeChallengeMethod = "S256"

'  To force the OAuth consent screen to reappear (even if previously granted), use:
success = oauth2.AddAuthQueryParam("prompt","consent")

'  Begin the OAuth2 authorization 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

'  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

'  Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
Dim sbJson As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = sbJson.Append(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
success = sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/_salesforce.json","utf-8",0)

'  The saved JSON response looks like this:

'  {
'    "access_token": "00D41000....uLZBpT6",
'    "refresh_token": "5Aep....25xdGgkrV",
'    "signature": "cjTbSc5DvcKpaMoRTzuQTJLb1tcMw8LEO01flq4aMD4=",
'    "scope": "refresh_token id",
'    "instance_url": "https://d41000000f8a0eak-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com",
'    "id": "https://login.salesforce.com/id/00D41000000F8A0EAK/005410000....xAAE",
'    "token_type": "Bearer",
'    "issued_at": "1738348388166"
'  }

'  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  Here's a screenshot of a Salesforce Connected App 
'  with the correct Callback URL for this example,
'  and also selects "Require Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE)"
'  and does not requires the secret for the authorization or refresh flow,
'  and also allows for the Client Credentials flow.
'  image