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Slack OAuth2

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Slack OAuth2

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    success := false

    // For more information about the OAuth2, see OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

    oauth2 := chilkat.NewOAuth2()

    // This example is for desktop applicatons (it is not for code that runs on a web server).

    // Your applicaton must use your own public web server as an intermediate
    // to receive and forward the redirect to localhost.
    // See Using Your Web Server as an Intermediary for OAuth2 Redirect to localhost

    // This is the Redirect URL defined for your Slack App in the Slack developer portal, and contains the above PHP.
    oauth2.SetAppCallbackUrl("https://yourwebserver.com/oauth2_redirect")
    oauth2.SetListenPort(3017)

    oauth2.SetAuthorizationEndpoint("https://slack.com/oauth/authorize")
    oauth2.SetTokenEndpoint("https://slack.com/api/oauth.access")

    // Replace these with actual values.
    oauth2.SetClientId("CLIENT_ID")
    oauth2.SetClientSecret("CLIENT_SECRET")

    oauth2.SetScope("team:read users:read")

    // Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
    url := oauth2.StartAuth()
    if oauth2.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println(oauth2.LastErrorText())
        oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("url = ", *url)

    // 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 == false {
        fmt.Println(oauth2.LastErrorText())
        oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
        return
    }

    // Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
    numMsWaited := 0
    for (numMsWaited < 90000) && (oauth2.AuthFlowState() < 3) {
        oauth2.SleepMs(100)
        numMsWaited = numMsWaited + 100
    }

    // 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 {
        oauth2.Cancel()
        fmt.Println("No response from the browser!")
        oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
        return
    }

    // 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 {
        fmt.Println("OAuth2 failed to complete.")
        fmt.Println(oauth2.FailureInfo())
        oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
        return
    }

    if oauth2.AuthFlowState() == 4 {
        fmt.Println("OAuth2 authorization was denied.")
        fmt.Println(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse())
        oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
        return
    }

    if oauth2.AuthFlowState() != 3 {
        fmt.Println("Unexpected AuthFlowState:", oauth2.AuthFlowState())
        oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("OAuth2 authorization granted!")
    fmt.Println("Access Token = ", oauth2.AccessToken())

    // Get the full JSON response:
    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    json.Load(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse())
    json.SetEmitCompact(false)

    // The JSON response looks like this:

    // {
    //   "ok": true,
    //   "access_token": "xoxp-348475395242-348621810805-4768936228341-9f512b295124e7c9846ce63cb1464c4d",
    //   "scope": "identify,team:read,users:read",
    //   "user_id": "UA8HZRUPP",
    //   "team_id": "TA3DZBN74",
    //   "enterprise_id": null,
    //   "team_name": "Chilkat Testing"
    // }

    fmt.Println(*json.Emit())

    // Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
    fac := chilkat.NewFileAccess()
    fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/slack.json",*json.Emit(),"utf-8",false)

    oauth2.DisposeOAuth2()
    json.DisposeJsonObject()
    fac.DisposeFileAccess()