Android™

Refresh eBay Application Access Token

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This example shows how to get a new eBay REST API access token when the original is close to expiration. Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

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

    // The previously fetched eBay access token looks like this:

    // {
    //   "access_token": "v^1.1#i^1# ... HwSAAA=",
    //   "expires_in": 7200,
    //   "refresh_token": "v^1.1#i^1# ... FXjEyODQ=",
    //   "refresh_token_expires_in": 47304000,
    //   "token_type": "User Access Token"
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/ebay-access-token.json");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed to load the existing ebay access token JSON.");
        return;
        }

    CkOAuth2 oauth2 = new CkOAuth2();

    oauth2.put_TokenEndpoint("https://api.sandbox.ebay.com/identity/v1/oauth2/token");

    // Replace these with actual values.
    oauth2.put_ClientId("EBAY_CLIENT_ID");
    oauth2.put_ClientSecret("EBAY_CLIENT_SECRET");

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

    // Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
    success = oauth2.RefreshAccessToken();
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, oauth2.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Load the access token response into the JSON object 
    json.Load(oauth2.accessTokenResponse());

    // 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.
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    json.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/ebay-access-token.json");

    Log.i(TAG, "OAuth2 authorization granted!");
    Log.i(TAG, "New Access Token = " + oauth2.accessToken());

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}