VB.NET

X.com OAuth 2.0 Refresh Access Token

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Demonstrates how to get an X.com OAuth2 access token from a desktop application or script. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim jsonToken As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to load x.json")
    Exit Sub
End If


' The access token JSON looks something like this:

' {
'   "token_type": "bearer",
'   "expires_in": 7200,
'   "access_token": "VmNDLVZiYUZwejY5Mkx3RblFTmo3ek1leTRGclMuZFVOUTVUTWpNbVZKb1N5OjE3NDAxNjk4MDVxNTE6MToxOaF0OjE",
'   "scope": "block.read follows.read offline.access tweet.write block.write like.write like.read users.read tweet.read follows.write",
'   "refresh_token": "eThOWVVFSTRqdVp3QTFndGsxM2ZGZmFyNWVrU0phM1JKbGdrbGNWRGJzb1loOjE3NDAwMjk4MDUxNTI6MTowOnJ0OjE"
' }

Dim oauth2 As New Chilkat.OAuth2

oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token"

' Replace this with your actual X.com OAuth2 Client ID and Client Secret
oauth2.ClientId = "OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID"
oauth2.ClientSecret = "OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET"

' Get the "refresh_token"
oauth2.RefreshToken = jsonToken.StringOf("refresh_token")

' Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
success = oauth2.RefreshAccessToken()
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(oauth2.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Load the access token response into the json object 
jsonToken.Load(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)

' 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 (jsonToken.HasMember("expires_on") = False) Then
    Dim dtExpire As New Chilkat.CkDateTime
    dtExpire.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
    dtExpire.AddSeconds(jsonToken.IntOf("expires_in"))
    jsonToken.AppendString("expires_on",dtExpire.GetAsUnixTimeStr(False))
End If


' 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.
Dim sbJson As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
jsonToken.EmitCompact = False
jsonToken.EmitSb(sbJson)
sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json","utf-8",False)

Debug.WriteLine("OAuth2 authorization granted!")
Debug.WriteLine("New Access Token = " & oauth2.AccessToken)