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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean
Dim req As New Chilkat.HttpRequest
req.AddParam("grant_type","password")
Dim jsonParam2 As New Chilkat.JsonObject
req.AddParam("username",jsonParam2.Emit())
Dim jsonParam3 As New Chilkat.JsonObject
req.AddParam("password",jsonParam3.Emit())
req.AddParam("scope","fr:idm:*")
Dim jsonParam5 As New Chilkat.JsonObject
req.AddParam("client_id",jsonParam5.Emit())
Dim jsonParam6 As New Chilkat.JsonObject
req.AddParam("client_secret",jsonParam6.Emit())
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PostUrlEncoded("https://<tenant-name>.forgeblocks.com/am/oauth2/realms/root/realms/alpha/access_token?auth_chain=PasswordGrant",req)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
Exit Sub
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
' {
' "access_token": "eyJ0eXAiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJkZPXXcM",
' "refresh_token": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLC.eyl0VHJXpdhFiWDw",
' "scope": "write",
' "token_type": "Bearer",
' "expires_in": 3599
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Dim access_token As String = jResp.StringOf("access_token")
Dim refresh_token As String = jResp.StringOf("refresh_token")
Dim scope As String = jResp.StringOf("scope")
Dim token_type As String = jResp.StringOf("token_type")
Dim expires_in As Integer = jResp.IntOf("expires_in")
Curl Command
curl -X POST
--data-urlencode 'grant_type=password'
--data-urlencode 'username={{postmanAdminUsername}}'
--data-urlencode 'password={{postmanAdminPassword}}'
--data-urlencode 'scope=fr:idm:*'
--data-urlencode 'client_id={{postmanAdminClientId}}'
--data-urlencode 'client_secret={{postmanClientSecret}}'
https://<tenant-name>.forgeblocks.com/am/oauth2/realms/root/realms/alpha/access_token?auth_chain=PasswordGrant
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Step 6: Get Access Token as Postman Admin User",
"event": [
{
"listen": "test",
"script": {
"exec": [
"var jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody);",
"",
"if(jsonData.access_token && jsonData.access_token != \"\")",
"{",
" pm.globals.set(\"adminAccessToken\", jsonData.access_token);",
"}",
"",
"if(jsonData.refresh_token && jsonData.refresh_token != \"\")",
"{",
" pm.globals.set(\"adminRefreshToken\", jsonData.refresh_token);",
"}",
"",
"// Tests",
"",
"pm.test(\"Status code is 200\", () => {",
" pm.expect(pm.response.code).to.eql(200);",
"});",
"",
"pm.test(\"Response contains access_token\", function () {",
" pm.expect(jsonData.access_token).to.be.a(\"string\");",
"});",
""
],
"type": "text/javascript"
}
}
],
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "urlencoded",
"urlencoded": [
{
"key": "grant_type",
"value": "password",
"description": "The grant type required for the Resource Owner Password Credentials Grant.",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "username",
"value": "{{postmanAdminUsername}}",
"description": "Username for a ForgeRock demo user.",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "password",
"value": "{{postmanAdminPassword}}",
"description": "Password for a ForgeRock demo user.",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "scope",
"value": "fr:idm:*",
"description": "Strings that are presented to the user for approval and included in tokens so that the protected resource may make decisions about what to give access to.",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "client_id",
"value": "{{postmanAdminClientId}}",
"description": "The ID of the Confidential OAuth Client.",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "client_secret",
"value": "{{postmanClientSecret}}",
"description": "The secret of the Confidential OAuth Client. See the ForgeRock documentation for stronger methods of client authentication.",
"type": "text"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{amUrl}}/oauth2{{realm}}/access_token?auth_chain=PasswordGrant",
"host": [
"{{amUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"oauth2{{realm}}",
"access_token"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "auth_chain",
"value": "PasswordGrant"
}
]
},
"description": "Obtain an access token as the Postman Administrative User. Create this user in the `/alpha` realm, and ensure it has the `openidm-admin` authorization role."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Example",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "urlencoded",
"urlencoded": [
{
"key": "grant_type",
"value": "password",
"description": "The grant type required for the Resource Owner Password Credentials Grant.",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "username",
"value": "{{postmanDemoUsername}}",
"description": "Username for a ForgeRock demo user.",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "password",
"value": "{{postmanDemoPassword}}",
"description": "Password for a ForgeRock demo user.",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "scope",
"value": "write",
"description": "Strings that are presented to the user for approval and included in tokens so that the protected resource may make decisions about what to give access to.",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "client_id",
"value": "{{postmanConfidentialClientId}}",
"description": "The ID of the Confidential OAuth Client.",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "client_secret",
"value": "{{postmanClientSecret}}",
"description": "The secret of the Confidential OAuth Client. See the ForgeRock documentation for stronger methods of client authentication.",
"type": "text"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{amUrl}}/oauth2{{realm}}/access_token",
"host": [
"{{amUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"oauth2{{realm}}",
"access_token"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "X-Frame-Options",
"value": "SAMEORIGIN"
},
{
"key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
"value": "nosniff"
},
{
"key": "Cache-Control",
"value": "no-store"
},
{
"key": "Pragma",
"value": "no-cache"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json;charset=UTF-8"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "1570"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:16:52 GMT"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"access_token\": \"eyJ0eXAiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJkZPXXcM\",\n \"refresh_token\": \"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLC.eyl0VHJXpdhFiWDw\",\n \"scope\": \"write\",\n \"token_type\": \"Bearer\",\n \"expires_in\": 3599\n}"
}
]
}
