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Foxpro / Salesforce Platform APIs / Client Credentials Flow

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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loReq
LOCAL loJsonParam2
LOCAL loJsonParam3
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL loJResp
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL lcAccess_token
LOCAL lcSignature
LOCAL lcScope
LOCAL lcInstance_url
LOCAL lcId
LOCAL lcToken_type
LOCAL lcIssued_at
LOCAL lcApi_instance_url

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

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Http')
loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.HttpRequest')
loReq = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpRequest')
loReq.AddParam("grant_type","client_credentials")

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJsonParam2 = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loReq.AddParam("client_id",loJsonParam2.Emit())

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJsonParam3 = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loReq.AddParam("client_secret",loJsonParam3.Emit())

loResp = loHttp.PostUrlEncoded("https://login.salesforce.com{{site}}/services/oauth2/token",loReq)
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loReq
    RELEASE loJsonParam2
    RELEASE loJsonParam3
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loSbResponseBody = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loResp.GetBodySb(loSbResponseBody)

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJResp.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp.EmitCompact = 0

? "Response Body:"
? loJResp.Emit()

lnRespStatusCode = loResp.StatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + STR(lnRespStatusCode)
IF (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) THEN
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loResp.Header
    ? "Failed."
    RELEASE loResp
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loReq
    RELEASE loJsonParam2
    RELEASE loJsonParam3
    RELEASE loSbResponseBody
    RELEASE loJResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loResp

* Sample JSON response:
* (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

* {
*   "access_token": "<access_token>",
*   "signature": "<signature>",
*   "scope": "<scope list>",
*   "instance_url": "https://<my_domain>",
*   "id": "https://login.salesforce.com/id/00D.../005...",
*   "token_type": "Bearer",
*   "issued_at": "<timestamp>",
*   "api_instance_url": "https://api.salesforce.com"
* }

* Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
* Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code

lcAccess_token = loJResp.StringOf("access_token")
lcSignature = loJResp.StringOf("signature")
lcScope = loJResp.StringOf("scope")
lcInstance_url = loJResp.StringOf("instance_url")
lcId = loJResp.StringOf("id")
lcToken_type = loJResp.StringOf("token_type")
lcIssued_at = loJResp.StringOf("issued_at")
lcApi_instance_url = loJResp.StringOf("api_instance_url")

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loReq
RELEASE loJsonParam2
RELEASE loJsonParam3
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJResp

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
	--data-urlencode 'grant_type=client_credentials'
	--data-urlencode 'client_id={{clientId}}'
	--data-urlencode 'client_secret={{clientSecret}}'
https://login.salesforce.com{{site}}/services/oauth2/token

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Client Credentials Flow",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "const jsonData = pm.response.json();",
          "",
          "if(!jsonData.error){",
          "    const id = jsonData.id.split('/');",
          "    const context = pm.environment.name ? pm.environment : pm.collectionVariables;",
          "    context.set(\"_accessToken\", jsonData.access_token);",
          "    context.set(\"_endpoint\", jsonData.instance_url);",
          "    context.set(\"_userId\", id.pop());",
          "    context.set(\"_orgId\", id.pop());",
          "}"
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "protocolProfileBehavior": {
    "disableCookies": true
  },
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "noauth"
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "urlencoded",
      "urlencoded": [
        {
          "key": "grant_type",
          "value": "client_credentials",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "client_id",
          "value": "{{clientId}}",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "client_secret",
          "value": "{{clientSecret}}",
          "type": "text"
        }
      ]
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{url}}{{site}}/services/oauth2/token",
      "host": [
        "{{url}}{{site}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "oauth2",
        "token"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Successful Client Credentials Flow",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "urlencoded",
          "urlencoded": [
            {
              "key": "grant_type",
              "value": "client_credentials",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "client_id",
              "value": "{{clientId}}",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "client_secret",
              "value": "{{clientSecret}}",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{url}}{{site}}/services/oauth2/token",
          "host": [
            "{{url}}{{site}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "oauth2",
            "token"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:26:23 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Set-Cookie",
          "value": "CookieConsentPolicy=0:1; path=/; expires=Fri, 15-Nov-2024 15:26:23 GMT; Max-Age=31536000"
        },
        {
          "key": "Set-Cookie",
          "value": "LSKey-c$CookieConsentPolicy=0:1; path=/; expires=Fri, 15-Nov-2024 15:26:23 GMT; Max-Age=31536000"
        },
        {
          "key": "Set-Cookie",
          "value": "BrowserId=gGlhuoSUEe6Srxe0Wza6Uw; domain=.salesforce.com; path=/; expires=Fri, 15-Nov-2024 15:26:23 GMT; Max-Age=31536000"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Robots-Tag",
          "value": "none"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache,must-revalidate,max-age=0,no-store,private"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=UTF-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Accept-Encoding"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Encoding",
          "value": "gzip"
        },
        {
          "key": "Transfer-Encoding",
          "value": "chunked"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"access_token\": \"<access_token>\",\n    \"signature\": \"<signature>\",\n    \"scope\": \"<scope list>\",\n    \"instance_url\": \"https://<my_domain>\",\n    \"id\": \"https://login.salesforce.com/id/00D.../005...\",\n    \"token_type\": \"Bearer\",\n    \"issued_at\": \"<timestamp>\",\n    \"api_instance_url\": \"https://api.salesforce.com\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}