Perl

Get a Google Contacts OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to get a Google Contacts OAuth2 access token from a desktop application or script. Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$oauth2 = chilkat::CkOAuth2->new();

# For Google OAuth2, set the ListenPort equal to the port specified in the authorized callback URI for the ClientID.
# See http://cknotes.com/setup-google-account-for-google-drive-api-walkthrough/
$oauth2->put_ListenPort(55568);

$oauth2->put_AuthorizationEndpoint("https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth");
$oauth2->put_TokenEndpoint("https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token");

# Replace these with actual values.
$oauth2->put_ClientId("GOOGLE-CLIENT-ID");
$oauth2->put_ClientSecret("GOOGLE-CLIENT-SECRET");

$oauth2->put_CodeChallenge(1);
$oauth2->put_CodeChallengeMethod("S256");

# These are the scopes for Google Contacts:
# https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/ 	read/write access to Contacts and Contact Groups
# https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts.readonly 	read-only access to Contacts and Contact Groups
$oauth2->put_Scope("https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/");

# Begin the OAuth2 three-legged flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
$url = $oauth2->startAuth();
if ($oauth2->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $oauth2->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Launch the system's default browser navigated to the URL.
$success = $oauth2->LaunchBrowser($url);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $oauth2->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Now wait for the authorization.
# We'll wait for a max of 30 seconds.
$numMsWaited = 0;
while (($numMsWaited < 30000) and ($oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() < 3)) {
    $oauth2->SleepMs(100);
    $numMsWaited = $numMsWaited + 100;
}

# If there was no response from the browser within 30 seconds, then 
# the AuthFlowState will be equal to 1 or 2.
# 1: Waiting for Redirect. The OAuth2 background thread is waiting to receive the redirect HTTP request from the browser.
# 2: Waiting for Final Response. The OAuth2 background thread is waiting for the final access token response.
# In that case, cancel the background task started in the call to StartAuth.
if ($oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() < 3) {
    $oauth2->Cancel();
    print "No response from the browser!" . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Check the AuthFlowState to see if authorization was granted, denied, or if some error occurred
# The possible AuthFlowState values are:
# 3: Completed with Success. The OAuth2 flow has completed, the background thread exited, and the successful JSON response is available in AccessTokenResponse property.
# 4: Completed with Access Denied. The OAuth2 flow has completed, the background thread exited, and the error JSON is available in AccessTokenResponse property.
# 5: Failed Prior to Completion. The OAuth2 flow failed to complete, the background thread exited, and the error information is available in the FailureInfo property.
if ($oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() == 5) {
    print "OAuth2 failed to complete." . "\r\n";
    print $oauth2->failureInfo() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

if ($oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() == 4) {
    print "OAuth2 authorization was denied." . "\r\n";
    print $oauth2->accessTokenResponse() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

if ($oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() != 3) {
    print "Unexpected AuthFlowState:" . $oauth2->get_AuthFlowState() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Save the full JSON access token response to a file.
$sbJson = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbJson->Append($oauth2->accessTokenResponse());
$sbJson->WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json","utf-8",0);

# The saved JSON response looks like this:

# 	{
# 	 "access_token": "ya39.Ci-XA_C5bGgRDC3UaD-h0_NeL-DVIQnI2gHtBBBHkZzrwlARkwX6R3O0PCDEzRlfaQ",
# 	 "token_type": "Bearer",
# 	 "expires_in": 3600,
# 	 "refresh_token": "1/r_2c_7jddspcdfesrrfKqfXtqo08D6Q-gUU0DsdfVMsx0c"
# 	}
# 
print "OAuth2 authorization granted!" . "\r\n";
print "Access Token = " . $oauth2->accessToken() . "\r\n";