React Native

Salesforce OAuth2 Refresh Access Token

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Demonstrates how to refresh a Salesforce Access Token.

Note: Use Chilkat v10.1.2 or later for this example.

React Native

import { JsonObject, OAuth2, StringBuilder } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // 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 SalesForce OAuth2 Access Token via Authorization Flow

  const jsonToken = new JsonObject();
  try {
    jsonToken.loadFile('qa_data/tokens/_salesforce.json');
  } catch {
    console.log('Failed to load _salesforce.json');
    return;
  }

  // This is an example of a Salesforce OAuth2 access token to be refreshed:

  // {
  //   "access_token": "00D41000....uLZBpT6",
  //   "refresh_token": "5Aep....25xdGgkrV",
  //   "signature": "cjTbSc5DvcKpaMoRTzuQTJLb1tcMw8LEO01flq4aMD4=",
  //   "scope": "refresh_token id",
  //   "instance_url": "https://d41000000f8a0eak-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com",
  //   "id": "https://login.salesforce.com/id/00D41000000F8A0EAK/005410000....xAAE",
  //   "token_type": "Bearer",
  //   "issued_at": "1738348388166"
  // }

  const oauth2 = new OAuth2();

  oauth2.tokenEndpoint = 'https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token';

  // Replace this with your actual client ID (Consumer Key)
  oauth2.clientId = 'CLIENT_ID';

  // Note: The client secret is not required because we configured our Connected App
  // to not require it for the refresh flow.  See the screenshot below.

  // Get the "refresh_token"
  oauth2.refreshToken = jsonToken.stringOf('refresh_token');

  // Send the HTTP POST to refresh the access token..
  try {
    await oauth2.refreshAccessTokenAsync();
  } catch {
    console.log(oauth2.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // 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.
  jsonToken.updateString('access_token', oauth2.accessToken);

  // Save the new JSON access token response to a file.
  const sbJson = new StringBuilder();
  jsonToken.emitCompact = false;
  jsonToken.emitSb(sbJson);
  sbJson.writeFile('qa_data/tokens/_salesforce.json', 'utf-8', false);

  console.log('OAuth2 authorization granted!');
  console.log(`New Access Token = ${oauth2.accessToken}`);

  // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // Here's a screenshot of a Salesforce Connected App 
  // which does not requires the secret for the authorization or refresh flow.
  // 
}