(VBScript) Slack OAuth2

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or greater.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

' For more information about the OAuth2, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.OAuth2")
set oauth2 = CreateObject("Chilkat.OAuth2")

' This example is for desktop applicatons (it is not for code that runs on a web server).

' Your applicaton must use your own public web server as an intermediate
' to receive and forward the redirect to localhost.
' See Using Your Web Server as an Intermediary for OAuth2 Redirect to localhost

' This is the Redirect URL defined for your Slack App in the Slack developer portal, and contains the above PHP.
oauth2.AppCallbackUrl = "https://yourwebserver.com/oauth2_redirect"
oauth2.ListenPort = 3017

oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://slack.com/oauth/authorize"
oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://slack.com/api/oauth.access"

' Replace these with actual values.
oauth2.ClientId = "CLIENT_ID"
oauth2.ClientSecret = "CLIENT_SECRET"

oauth2.Scope = "team:read users:read"

' Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
url = oauth2.StartAuth()
If (oauth2.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(oauth2.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("url = " & url)

' 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
    outFile.WriteLine(oauth2.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
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()
    outFile.WriteLine("No response from the browser!")
    WScript.Quit
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
    outFile.WriteLine("OAuth2 failed to complete.")
    outFile.WriteLine(oauth2.FailureInfo)
    WScript.Quit
End If

If (oauth2.AuthFlowState = 4) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("OAuth2 authorization was denied.")
    outFile.WriteLine(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
    WScript.Quit
End If

If (oauth2.AuthFlowState <> 3) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Unexpected AuthFlowState:" & oauth2.AuthFlowState)
    WScript.Quit
End If

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

' Get the full JSON response:
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.Load(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
json.EmitCompact = 0

' The JSON response looks like this:

' {
'   "ok": true,
'   "access_token": "xoxp-348475395242-348621810805-4768936228341-9f512b295124e7c9846ce63cb1464c4d",
'   "scope": "identify,team:read,users:read",
'   "user_id": "UA8HZRUPP",
'   "team_id": "TA3DZBN74",
'   "enterprise_id": null,
'   "team_name": "Chilkat Testing"
' }

outFile.WriteLine(json.Emit())

' Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.FileAccess")
set fac = CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")
success = fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/slack.json",json.Emit(),"utf-8",0)

outFile.Close