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Docusign Refresh OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to refresh a Docusign OAuth2 access token. The refresh does not require user interaction via a web browser. If an access token expires (typically with a 401 response code), a new access token can be automatically obtained by using the code in this example.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

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

    // It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.
    // This example loads the JSON access token file 
    // saved by this example: Get Docusign OAuth2 Access Token

    CkJsonObject jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/docusign.json");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println("Failed to load docusign.json");
        return;
        }

    // The access token JSON looks like this:

    // {
    //   "access_token": "eyJ0eXA....YQyig",
    //   "token_type": "Bearer",
    //   "refresh_token": "eyJ0eXA....auE3eHKg",
    //   "expires_in": 28800
    // }

    CkOAuth2 oauth2 = new CkOAuth2();

    // For the developer sandbox environment, the token endpoint is https://account-d.docusign.com/oauth/token
    // For the production platform, the token endpoint is https://account.docusign.com/oauth/token
    oauth2.put_TokenEndpoint("https://account-d.docusign.com/oauth/token");

    // Replace these with actual values.
    // The client ID is also known as the "integration key" in Docusign.
    oauth2.put_ClientId("MY_DOCUSIGN_CLIENT_ID");
    // This is your secret key for the authorization code grant.
    oauth2.put_ClientSecret("MY_DOCUSIGN_CLIENT_SECRET");

    // Get the "refresh_token"
    oauth2.put_RefreshToken(jsonToken.stringOf("refresh_token"));

    // Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
    success = oauth2.RefreshAccessToken();
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(oauth2.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("New access token: " + oauth2.accessToken());
    System.out.println("New refresh token: " + oauth2.refreshToken());

    // Update the JSON with the new tokens.
    jsonToken.UpdateString("access_token",oauth2.accessToken());
    jsonToken.UpdateString("refresh_token",oauth2.refreshToken());

    // Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
    CkStringBuilder sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
    jsonToken.put_EmitCompact(false);
    jsonToken.EmitSb(sbJson);
    sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/docusign.json","utf-8",false);

    System.out.println("OAuth2 authorization granted!");
    System.out.println("New Access Token = " + oauth2.accessToken());
  }
}