Visual Basic 6.0

Microsoft Graph Group OAuth2 Access Token

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Demonstrates how to get a Microsoft Graph OAuth2 access token for the Group API from a desktop application or script. This example uses the Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint.

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/group?view=graph-rest-1.0 for more information.

Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim oauth2 As New ChilkatOAuth2

' This should be the port in the localhost callback URL for your app.  
' The callback URL would look like "http://localhost:3017/" if the port number is 3017.
oauth2.ListenPort = 3017

oauth2.AuthorizationEndpoint = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize"
oauth2.TokenEndpoint = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token"

' Replace these with actual values.
oauth2.ClientId = "MICROSOFT-GRAPH-CLIENT-ID"
' This is your app password:
oauth2.ClientSecret = "MICROSOFT-GRAPH-CLIENT-SECRET"

oauth2.CodeChallenge = 0
' Provide a SPACE separated list of scopes.
' See https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/docs/authorization/permission_scopes 

' Important: To get a refresh token in the final response, you must include the "offline_access" scope
oauth2.Scope = "openid profile offline_access user.readwrite group.readwrite.all files.readwrite"

' Begin the OAuth2 three-legged flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
Dim url As String
url = oauth2.StartAuth()
If (oauth2.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print oauth2.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Launch the system's default browser navigated to the URL.
success = oauth2.LaunchBrowser(url)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print oauth2.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Now wait for the authorization.
' We'll wait for a max of 30 seconds.
Dim numMsWaited As Long
numMsWaited = 0
Do While (numMsWaited < 30000) And (oauth2.AuthFlowState < 3)
    oauth2.SleepMs 100
    numMsWaited = numMsWaited + 100
Loop

' 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.AuthFlowState < 3) Then
    success = oauth2.Cancel()
    Debug.Print "No response from the browser!"
    Exit Sub
End If

' 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.AuthFlowState = 5) Then
    Debug.Print "OAuth2 failed to complete."
    Debug.Print oauth2.FailureInfo
    Exit Sub
End If

If (oauth2.AuthFlowState = 4) Then
    Debug.Print "OAuth2 authorization was denied."
    Debug.Print oauth2.AccessTokenResponse
    Exit Sub
End If

If (oauth2.AuthFlowState <> 3) Then
    Debug.Print "Unexpected AuthFlowState:" & oauth2.AuthFlowState
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "OAuth2 authorization granted!"
Debug.Print "Access Token = " & oauth2.AccessToken

' Get the full JSON response:
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.Load(oauth2.AccessTokenResponse)
json.EmitCompact = 0

' The JSON response looks like this:

' {
'   "token_type": "Bearer",
'   "scope": "openid profile User.ReadWrite Group.ReadWrite.All Files.ReadWrite User.Read",
'   "expires_in": 3600,
'   "ext_expires_in": 0,
'   "access_token": "EwBAA8l6B...",
'   "refresh_token": "MCRMdbe...",
'   "id_token": "eyJ0eXA..."
' }

' If an "expires_on" member does not exist, then add the JSON member by
' getting the current system date/time and adding the "expires_in" seconds.
' This way we'll know when the token expires.
If (json.HasMember("expires_on") <> 1) Then
    Dim dtExpire As New CkDateTime
    success = dtExpire.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
    success = dtExpire.AddSeconds(json.IntOf("expires_in"))
    success = json.AppendString("expires_on",dtExpire.GetAsUnixTimeStr(0))
End If

Debug.Print json.Emit()

' Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
Dim fac As New CkFileAccess
success = fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/msGraphGroup.json",json.Emit(),"utf-8",0)