(Visual Basic 6.0) SugarCRM Authenticate

Demonstrates how to authenticate to the SugarCRM REST v10 API. This is how an OAuth2 access token is obtained.

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Dim rest As New ChilkatRest
Dim success As Long

success = rest.Connect("your.site.domain",443,1,1)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = rest.AddHeader("Cache-Control","no-cache")

' The following code creates the JSON request body.
' The JSON created by this code is shown below.
Dim jsonReq As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("grant_type","password")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("client_id","sugar")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("client_secret","CLIENT_SECRET")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("username","admin")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("password","password")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("platform","custom_api")

' The JSON request body created by the above code:

' {
'   "grant_type": "password",
'   "client_id": "sugar",
'   "client_secret": "CLIENT_SECRET",
'   "username": "admin",
'   "password": "password",
'   "platform": "custom_api"
' }

Dim sbReq As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq)

success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

Dim sbJson As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/rest/v10/oauth2/token",sbReq,sbJson)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "Received error response code: " & rest.ResponseStatusCode
    Debug.Print "Response body:"
    Debug.Print sbJson.GetAsString()
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.LoadSb(sbJson)

' The following code parses the JSON response.
' A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
Dim access_token As String
Dim expires_in As Long
Dim token_type As String
Dim scope As Long
Dim refresh_token As String
Dim refresh_expires_in As Long
Dim download_token As String

access_token = json.StringOf("access_token")
expires_in = json.IntOf("expires_in")
token_type = json.StringOf("token_type")
scope = json.IsNullOf("scope")
refresh_token = json.StringOf("refresh_token")
refresh_expires_in = json.IntOf("refresh_expires_in")
download_token = json.StringOf("download_token")

' A sample JSON response body that is parsed by the above code:

' {
'   "access_token": "c6d495c9-bb25-81d2-5f81-533ef6479f9b",
'   "expires_in": 3600,
'   "token_type": "bearer",
'   "scope": null,
'   "refresh_token": "cbc40e67-12bc-4b56-a1d9-533ef62f2601",
'   "refresh_expires_in": 1209600,
'   "download_token": "cc5d1a9f-6627-3349-96e5-533ef6b1a493"
' }

Debug.Print "Example Completed."