Delphi ActiveX

HMRC OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to get an HMRC OAuth2 access token from a desktop (installed) application or script. This example gets an HMRC MTD VAT read/write access token. Delphi ActiveX

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
oauth2: TChilkatOAuth2;
url: WideString;
numMsWaited: Integer;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
dtExpire: TCkDateTime;
fac: TCkFileAccess;

begin
success := 0;

// To further clarify, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

oauth2 := TChilkatOAuth2.Create(Self);

// This should be the port in the localhost callback URL for your app.
// Important: Make sure the callback URI in your HMRC developer app 
// is exactly "http://localhost:3017/".  Don't forget the ending "/" char.
// The callback URL would look like "http://localhost:3017/" if the port number is 3017.

// IMPORTANT: Don't forget to setup your HMRC application to use the Redirect URI "http://localhost:3017/" as shown
// here: Configure Redirect URI for HMRC application
oauth2.ListenPort := 3017;

oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint := 'https://test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk/oauth/authorize';
oauth2.TokenEndpoint := 'https://test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk/oauth/token';

// Replace with your actual client ID
oauth2.ClientId := 'HMRC-CLIENT-ID';

// The scopes are documented in the HMRC reference documentation for each API.
// This example gets a read/write access token for the HMRC MTD VAT API.
oauth2.Scope := 'read:vat write:vat';

// Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
url := oauth2.StartAuth();
if (oauth2.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(oauth2.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
// The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
success := oauth2.LaunchBrowser(url);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(oauth2.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
numMsWaited := 0;
while (numMsWaited < 90000) and (oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3) do
  begin
    oauth2.SleepMs(100);
    numMsWaited := numMsWaited + 100;
  end;

// If the browser does not respond within the specified time, AuthFlowState will be:
// 
// 1: Waiting for Redirect – The OAuth2 background thread is waiting for the browser's redirect request.
// 2: Waiting for Final Response – The thread is awaiting the final access token response.
// In either case, cancel the background task initiated by StartAuth.

if (oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3) then
  begin
    oauth2.Cancel();
    Memo1.Lines.Add('No response from the browser!');
    Exit;
  end;

// Check AuthFlowState to determine if authorization was granted, denied, or failed:
// 
// 3: Success – OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the successful response is in AccessTokenResponse.
// 4: Access Denied – OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the error response is in AccessTokenResponse.
// 5: Failure – OAuth2 flow failed before completion, the background thread exited, and error details are in FailureInfo.

if (oauth2.AuthFlowState = 5) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('OAuth2 failed to complete.');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(oauth2.FailureInfo);
    Exit;
  end;

if (oauth2.AuthFlowState = 4) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('OAuth2 authorization was denied.');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse);
    Exit;
  end;

if (oauth2.AuthFlowState <> 3) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Unexpected AuthFlowState:' + IntToStr(oauth2.AuthFlowState));
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('OAuth2 authorization granted!');
Memo1.Lines.Add('Access Token = ' + oauth2.AccessToken);

// Get the full JSON response:
json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json.Load(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse);
json.EmitCompact := 0;
Memo1.Lines.Add(json.Emit());

// The JSON response looks like this:

// {
//   "token_type": "Bearer",
//   "scope": "user_impersonation",
//   "expires_in": "3599",
//   "ext_expires_in": "0",
//   "expires_on": "1524783438",
//   "not_before": "1524779538",
//   "resource": "https://mydomain.api.crm.dynamics.com",
//   "access_token": "...",
//   "refresh_token": "...",
//   "id_token": "..."
// }

// 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 (json.HasMember('expires_on') <> 1) then
  begin
    dtExpire := TCkDateTime.Create(Self);
    dtExpire.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
    dtExpire.AddSeconds(json.IntOf('expires_in'));
    json.AppendString('expires_on',dtExpire.GetAsUnixTimeStr(0));
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add(json.Emit());

// Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
fac := TCkFileAccess.Create(Self);
fac.WriteEntireTextFile('qa_data/tokens/hmrc.json',json.Emit(),'utf-8',0);
end;