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Get Access Token for Google Tasks using Service Account JSON Key

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Demonstrates how to get an access token for the Google Tasks API using a Service Account JSON key.

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success = 0

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

' First load the JSON key into a string.
set fac = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")
jsonKey = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/googleSvcAccountKeys/ChilkatCloud-48f7737c7505.json","utf-8")
If (fac.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( fac.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' A JSON private key should look like this:

' {
'   "type": "service_account",
'   "project_id": "chilkatcloud",
'   "private_key_id": "48f7737c7505bb88eee6a20d09993e10605d466e",
'   "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY----- ... -----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
'   "client_email": "pip-564@chilkatcloud.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
'   "client_id": "109982228323456925225",
'   "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
'   "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
'   "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
'   "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/pip-564%40chilkatcloud.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
' }

set gAuth = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthGoogle")
gAuth.JsonKey = jsonKey

' Choose the scope for read/write access.
gAuth.Scope = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/tasks"

' Request an access token that is valid for this many seconds.
gAuth.ExpireNumSeconds = 3600

gAuth.SubEmailAddress = ""

' Connect to www.googleapis.com using TLS
set tlsSock = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Socket")
success = tlsSock.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,5000)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( tlsSock.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Send the request to obtain the access token.
success = gAuth.ObtainAccessToken(tlsSock)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( gAuth.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Examine the access token:
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Access Token: " & gAuth.AccessToken) & "</pre>"

' Save our access token to a file.
success = fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt",gAuth.AccessToken,"utf-8",0)

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