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Get a Xero OAuth2 Access Token

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Gets a Xero OAuth2 access token. Lianja

llSuccess = .F.

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

loOauth2 = createobject("CkOAuth2")

// For Xero OAuth2, set the listen port equal to the port used
// in the Authorized Redirect URL for the Client ID.
// For example, in this case the Authorized Redirect URL would be http://localhost:55568/
// Your app should choose a port not likely not used by any other application.
// See Xero OAuth2 for Desktop Apps for more information.
loOauth2.ListenPort = 55568

loOauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://login.xero.com/identity/connect/authorize"
loOauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://identity.xero.com/connect/token"

// Replace these with actual values.
loOauth2.ClientId = "XERO_APP_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID"
loOauth2.ClientSecret = "XERO_APP_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET"
loOauth2.UseBasicAuth = .T.

// See https://developer.xero.com/documentation/oauth2/scopes for a complete list of scopes.
// You will need to change the scopes depending on what access is needed..
loOauth2.Scope = "openid profile email accounting.transactions accounting.attachments accounting.settings payroll.employees offline_access"

// Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
lcUrl = loOauth2.StartAuth()
if (loOauth2.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loOauth2.LastErrorText
    release loOauth2
    return
endif

? "url = " + lcUrl

// Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
// The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
llSuccess = loOauth2.LaunchBrowser(lcUrl)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loOauth2.LastErrorText
    release loOauth2
    return
endif

// Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
lnNumMsWaited = 0
do while (lnNumMsWaited < 90000) and (loOauth2.AuthFlowState < 3)
    loOauth2.SleepMs(100)
    lnNumMsWaited = lnNumMsWaited + 100
enddo

// 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 (loOauth2.AuthFlowState < 3) then
    loOauth2.Cancel()
    ? "No response from the browser!"
    release loOauth2
    return
endif

// 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 (loOauth2.AuthFlowState = 5) then
    ? "OAuth2 failed to complete."
    ? loOauth2.FailureInfo
    release loOauth2
    return
endif

if (loOauth2.AuthFlowState = 4) then
    ? "OAuth2 authorization was denied."
    ? loOauth2.AccessTokenResponse
    release loOauth2
    return
endif

if (loOauth2.AuthFlowState <> 3) then
    ? "Unexpected AuthFlowState:" + str(loOauth2.AuthFlowState)
    release loOauth2
    return
endif

// Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
loSbJson = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loSbJson.Append(loOauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
loSbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/xero-access-token.json","utf-8",.F.)

// The saved JSON response looks like this:

// 	{
// 	 "access_token": "...",
// 	 "token_type": "Bearer",
// 	 "expires_in": 3600,
// 	 "refresh_token": "..."
// 	}
// 
? "OAuth2 authorization granted!"
? "Access Token = " + loOauth2.AccessToken


release loOauth2
release loSbJson