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OAuth2 using a SOCKS Proxy (for a Desktop Application)

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Explains how to use a SOCKS proxy to send OAuth2 communications for a desktop application, using Microsoft Graph as an example. This method applies to all OAuth2 applications.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    // To use a SOCKS proxy with OAuth2, create a Chilkat socket object and specify the details for the
    // SOCKS proxy server (SOCKS4 or SOCKS5).
    const socket = try chilkat.Socket.init();
    defer socket.deinit();
    // Use your SOCKS proxy server domain or IP address.
    socket.setSocksHostname("mysocksproxyserver.com");
    // Change this to the listening port of your SOCKS proxy server (if necessary)
    socket.setSocksPort(1080);
    socket.setSocksUsername("myProxyLogin");
    socket.setSocksPassword("myProxyPassword");
    // Set the SOCKS version to 4 or 5 based on the version
    // of the SOCKS proxy server:
    socket.setSocksVersion(5);
    // Note: SOCKS4 servers only support usernames without passwords.
    // SOCKS5 servers support full login/password authentication.

    const oauth2 = try chilkat.OAuth2.init();
    defer oauth2.deinit();

    // We don't need to connect the socket beforehand.
    // Just tell oauth2 to use the socket which has the SOCKS proxy properties.
    try oauth2.useConnection(socket);

    // 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.setListenPort(3017);

    oauth2.setAuthorizationEndpoint("https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize");
    oauth2.setTokenEndpoint("https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token");

    // Replace these with actual values.
    oauth2.setClientId("MICROSOFT-GRAPH-CLIENT-ID");
    // This is your app password:
    oauth2.setClientSecret("MICROSOFT-GRAPH-CLIENT-SECRET");

    oauth2.setCodeChallenge(false);
    // 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 have to ask for "offline_access" scope
    oauth2.setScope("openid profile offline_access user.readwrite mail.readwrite mail.send files.readwrite");

    // Begin the OAuth2 Authorization code flow.  This returns a URL that should be loaded in a browser.
    const url = oauth2.startAuth(alloc) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try oauth2.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("url = {s}\n", .{url});

    // Launch the default browser on the system and navigate to the url.
    // The LaunchBrowser method was added in Chilkat v10.1.2.
    oauth2.launchBrowser(url) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try oauth2.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Wait for the user to approve or deny authorization in the browser.
    var num_ms_waited: i32 = 0;
    while ((num_ms_waited < 90000) and (oauth2.getAuthFlowState() < 3)) {
        oauth2.sleepMs(100);
        num_ms_waited = num_ms_waited + 100;
    }

    // If the browser does not respond within the specified time, AuthFlowState will be:
    //
    // 1: Waiting for Redirect - The OAuth2 background thread is waiting for the browser's redirect request.
    // 2: Waiting for Final Response - The thread is awaiting the final access token response.
    // In either case, cancel the background task initiated by StartAuth.

    if (oauth2.getAuthFlowState() < 3) {
        oauth2.cancel() catch {};
        std.debug.print("No response from the browser!\n", .{});
        return;
    }

    // Check AuthFlowState to determine if authorization was granted, denied, or failed:
    //
    // 3: Success - OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the successful response is in AccessTokenResponse.
    // 4: Access Denied - OAuth2 flow completed, the background thread exited, and the error response is in AccessTokenResponse.
    // 5: Failure - OAuth2 flow failed before completion, the background thread exited, and error details are in FailureInfo.

    if (oauth2.getAuthFlowState() == 5) {
        std.debug.print("OAuth2 failed to complete.\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try oauth2.getFailureInfo(alloc)});
        return;
    }

    if (oauth2.getAuthFlowState() == 4) {
        std.debug.print("OAuth2 authorization was denied.\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try oauth2.getAccessTokenResponse(alloc)});
        return;
    }

    if (oauth2.getAuthFlowState() != 3) {
        std.debug.print("Unexpected AuthFlowState:{d}\n", .{oauth2.getAuthFlowState()});
        return;
    }

    std.debug.print("OAuth2 authorization granted!\n", .{});
    std.debug.print("Access Token = {s}\n", .{try oauth2.getAccessToken(alloc)});

    // Get the full JSON response:
    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.load(try oauth2.getAccessTokenResponse(alloc)) catch {};
    json.setEmitCompact(false);

    // The JSON response looks like this:

    // {
    //   "token_type": "Bearer",
    //   "scope": "User.Read Mail.ReadWrite Mail.Send",
    //   "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")) {
        const dt_expire = try chilkat.DateTime.init();
        defer dt_expire.deinit();
        dt_expire.setFromCurrentSystemTime() catch {};
        dt_expire.addSeconds(json.intOf("expires_in")) catch {};
        json.appendString("expires_on", try dt_expire.getAsUnixTimeStr(alloc, false)) catch {};
    }

    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});

    // Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
    const fac = try chilkat.FileAccess.init();
    defer fac.deinit();
    fac.writeEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/microsoftGraph.json", try json.emit(alloc), "utf-8", false) catch {};
}