(JavaScript) X.com OAuth 2.0 Refresh Access Token

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or greater.

For more information, see https://docs.x.com/resources/fundamentals/authentication/oauth-2-0/authorization-code

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

var success = false;

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

var jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json");
if (success !== true) {
    console.log("Failed to load x.json");
    return;
}

// The access token JSON looks something like this:

// {
//   "token_type": "bearer",
//   "expires_in": 7200,
//   "access_token": "VmNDLVZiYUZwejY5Mkx3RblFTmo3ek1leTRGclMuZFVOUTVUTWpNbVZKb1N5OjE3NDAxNjk4MDVxNTE6MToxOaF0OjE",
//   "scope": "block.read follows.read offline.access tweet.write block.write like.write like.read users.read tweet.read follows.write",
//   "refresh_token": "eThOWVVFSTRqdVp3QTFndGsxM2ZGZmFyNWVrU0phM1JKbGdrbGNWRGJzb1loOjE3NDAwMjk4MDUxNTI6MTowOnJ0OjE"
// }

var oauth2 = new CkOAuth2();

oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token";

// Replace this with your actual X.com OAuth2 Client ID and Client Secret
oauth2.ClientId = "OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID";
oauth2.ClientSecret = "OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET";

// Get the "refresh_token"
oauth2.RefreshToken = jsonToken.StringOf("refresh_token");

// Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
success = oauth2.RefreshAccessToken();
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(oauth2.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Load the access token response into the json object 
jsonToken.Load(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse);

// 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 (jsonToken.HasMember("expires_on") == false) {
    var dtExpire = new CkDateTime();
    dtExpire.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
    dtExpire.AddSeconds(jsonToken.IntOf("expires_in"));
    jsonToken.AppendString("expires_on",dtExpire.GetAsUnixTimeStr(false));
}

// 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.
var sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
jsonToken.EmitCompact = false;
jsonToken.EmitSb(sbJson);
sbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json","utf-8",false);

console.log("OAuth2 authorization granted!");
console.log("New Access Token = " + oauth2.AccessToken);