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Get Access Token for Google Tasks using Service Account JSON Key

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Demonstrates how to get an access token for the Google Tasks API using a Service Account JSON key.

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Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

# First load the JSON key into a string.
set fac [new_CkFileAccess]

set jsonKey [CkFileAccess_readEntireTextFile $fac "qa_data/googleSvcAccountKeys/ChilkatCloud-48f7737c7505.json" "utf-8"]
if {[CkFileAccess_get_LastMethodSuccess $fac] != 1} then {
    puts [CkFileAccess_lastErrorText $fac]
    delete_CkFileAccess $fac
    exit
}

# A JSON private key should look like this:

# {
#   "type": "service_account",
#   "project_id": "chilkatcloud",
#   "private_key_id": "48f7737c7505bb88eee6a20d09993e10605d466e",
#   "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY----- ... -----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
#   "client_email": "pip-564@chilkatcloud.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
#   "client_id": "109982228323456925225",
#   "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
#   "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
#   "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
#   "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/pip-564%40chilkatcloud.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
# }

set gAuth [new_CkAuthGoogle]

CkAuthGoogle_put_JsonKey $gAuth $jsonKey

# Choose the scope for read/write access.
CkAuthGoogle_put_Scope $gAuth "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/tasks"

# Request an access token that is valid for this many seconds.
CkAuthGoogle_put_ExpireNumSeconds $gAuth 3600

CkAuthGoogle_put_SubEmailAddress $gAuth ""

# Connect to www.googleapis.com using TLS
set tlsSock [new_CkSocket]

set success [CkSocket_Connect $tlsSock "www.googleapis.com" 443 1 5000]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkSocket_lastErrorText $tlsSock]
    delete_CkFileAccess $fac
    delete_CkAuthGoogle $gAuth
    delete_CkSocket $tlsSock
    exit
}

# Send the request to obtain the access token.
set success [CkAuthGoogle_ObtainAccessToken $gAuth $tlsSock]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkAuthGoogle_lastErrorText $gAuth]
    delete_CkFileAccess $fac
    delete_CkAuthGoogle $gAuth
    delete_CkSocket $tlsSock
    exit
}

# Examine the access token:
puts "Access Token: [CkAuthGoogle_accessToken $gAuth]"

# Save our access token to a file.
set success [CkFileAccess_WriteEntireTextFile $fac "qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt" [CkAuthGoogle_accessToken $gAuth] "utf-8" 0]

delete_CkFileAccess $fac
delete_CkAuthGoogle $gAuth
delete_CkSocket $tlsSock