Xojo Plugin Requires Chilkat v10.1.2+

Slack OAuth2

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Slack OAuth2 Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim oauth2 As New 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.
Dim url As String
url = oauth2.StartAuth()
If (oauth2.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(oauth2.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("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 = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(oauth2.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

//  Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
Dim numMsWaited As Int32
numMsWaited = 0
While (numMsWaited < 90000) And (oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3)
    oauth2.SleepMs 100
    numMsWaited = numMsWaited + 100
Wend

//  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()
    System.DebugLog("No response from the browser!")
    Return
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
    System.DebugLog("OAuth2 failed to complete.")
    System.DebugLog(oauth2.FailureInfo)
    Return
End If

If (oauth2.AuthFlowState = 4) Then
    System.DebugLog("OAuth2 authorization was denied.")
    System.DebugLog(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
    Return
End If

If (oauth2.AuthFlowState <> 3) Then
    System.DebugLog("Unexpected AuthFlowState:" + Str(oauth2.AuthFlowState))
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("OAuth2 authorization granted!")
System.DebugLog("Access Token = " + oauth2.AccessToken)

//  Get the full JSON response:
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = json.Load(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
json.EmitCompact = False

//  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"
//  }

System.DebugLog(json.Emit())

//  Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
Dim fac As New Chilkat.FileAccess
success = fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/slack.json",json.Emit(),"utf-8",False)