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UPS OAuth2 Client Credentials

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Get an OAuth2 access token for the UPS REST API using the client credentials flow (no interactivity with a web browser required).

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success = 0

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

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

' Implements the following CURL command:

' curl -i -X POST \
'   -u 2498righ8wr6aihe98rt8rhowirtyw9er6twe80rtywrehrt:nerf254578uh8rgt7y3h57358ouyth387h8h53h6yyh80hh578per9y7u5ruyuy4 \
'   https://wwwcie.ups.com/security/v1/oauth/token \
'   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
'   -H 'x-merchant-id: 7B3027' \
'   -d grant_type=client_credentials

' Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
' Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

http.BasicAuth = 1
http.Login = "2498righ8wr6aihe98rt8rhowirtyw9er6twe80rtywrehrt"
http.Password = "nerf254578uh8rgt7y3h57358ouyth387h8h53h6yyh80hh578per9y7u5ruyuy4"

set req = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpRequest")
req.AddParam "grant_type","client_credentials"

req.AddHeader "x-merchant-id","7B3027"

req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

set resp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpReq("https://wwwcie.ups.com/security/v1/oauth/token",req,resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

set sbResponseBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

set jResp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Body:") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jResp.Emit()) & "</pre>"

respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Header:") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.Header) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Save the OAuth2 access token for other examples to use.
success = jResp.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/ups_oauth2_token.json")

' If successful, the OAuth2 access token JSON looks like this:

' {
'   "token_type": "Bearer",
'   "issued_at": "1686911985606",
'   "client_id": "2498righ8wr6aihe98rt8rhowirtyw9er6twe80rtywrehrt",
'   "access_token": "eyJraW......R2sbqrY",
'   "expires_in": "14399",
'   "status": "approved"
' }

token_type = jResp.StringOf("token_type")
issued_at = jResp.StringOf("issued_at")
client_id = jResp.StringOf("client_id")
access_token = jResp.StringOf("access_token")
expires_in = jResp.StringOf("expires_in")
status = jResp.StringOf("status")

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