PowerBuilder

Google People API Refresh Access Token

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Demonstrates how to refresh a Google Access Token for the Google People API. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_JsonToken
oleobject loo_Oauth2
oleobject loo_SbJson

li_Success = 0

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

// It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.
// This example loads the JSON access token file 
// saved by this example: Get Google People API OAuth2 Access Token

loo_JsonToken = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_JsonToken.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
li_Success = loo_JsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePeople.json")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "Failed to load googlePeople.json"
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    return
end if

// The access token JSON looks like this:

// {
//   "access_token": "ya29.a0AfH6S ... LAZYFUkf0",
//   "expires_in": 3599,
//   "refresh_token": "1//0fL_Ov ... ee0",
//   "scope": "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts",
//   "token_type": "Bearer"
// }

loo_Oauth2 = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Oauth2.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.OAuth2")

loo_Oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token"

// Replace these with actual values.
loo_Oauth2.ClientId = "GOOGLE-CLIENT-ID"
loo_Oauth2.ClientSecret = "GOOGLE-CLIENT-SECRET"

// Get the "refresh_token"
loo_Oauth2.RefreshToken = loo_JsonToken.StringOf("refresh_token")

// Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
li_Success = loo_Oauth2.RefreshAccessToken()
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Oauth2.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    destroy loo_Oauth2
    return
end if

// The response contains a new access token, but we must keep
// our existing refresh token for when we need to refresh again in the future.
loo_JsonToken.UpdateString("access_token",loo_Oauth2.AccessToken)

// Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
loo_SbJson = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbJson.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_JsonToken.EmitCompact = 0
loo_JsonToken.EmitSb(loo_SbJson)
loo_SbJson.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePeople.json","utf-8",0)

Write-Debug "OAuth2 authorization granted!"
Write-Debug "New Access Token = " + loo_Oauth2.AccessToken


destroy loo_JsonToken
destroy loo_Oauth2
destroy loo_SbJson