Classic ASP
Classic ASP
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.Chilkat Classic ASP Downloads
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success = 0
' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
set jsonToken = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json")
If (success <> 1) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed to load x.json") & "</pre>"
Response.End
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"
' }
set oauth2 = Server.CreateObject("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 <> 1) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( oauth2.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
' Load the access token response into the json object
success = 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") = 0) Then
set dtExpire = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
success = dtExpire.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
success = dtExpire.AddSeconds(jsonToken.IntOf("expires_in"))
success = jsonToken.AppendString("expires_on",dtExpire.GetAsUnixTimeStr(0))
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.
set sbJson = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
jsonToken.EmitCompact = 0
success = jsonToken.EmitSb(sbJson)
success = sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json","utf-8",0)
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "OAuth2 authorization granted!") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "New Access Token = " & oauth2.AccessToken) & "</pre>"
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