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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.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/services/oauth2/token"
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
req.AddParam("response_type","device_code")

req.AddParam("client_id","device_code{{clientId}}")

req.AddParam("format","device_code{{clientId}}json")

req.AddParam("scope","device_code{{clientId}}jsonfull refresh_token")


Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.SynchronousRequest("login.salesforce.com{{site}}",443,True,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)

' {
'   "user_code": "<user_code>",
'   "device_code": "<device_code",
'   "interval": integer,
'   "verification_uri": "https://<my_domain>/setup/connect"
' }

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




Dim user_code As String = jResp.StringOf("user_code")
Dim device_code As String = jResp.StringOf("device_code")
Dim interval As Integer = jResp.IntOf("interval")
Dim verification_uri As String = jResp.StringOf("verification_uri")

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	--form 'response_type=device_code'
	--form 'client_id=device_code{{clientId}}'
	--form 'format=device_code{{clientId}}json'
	--form 'scope=device_code{{clientId}}jsonfull refresh_token'
https://login.salesforce.com{{site}}/services/oauth2/token

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Device Flow 1",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "const jsonData = pm.response.json();",
          "const context = pm.environment.name ? pm.environment : pm.collectionVariables;",
          "context.set(\"_deviceCode\", jsonData.device_code);",
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "noauth"
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "formdata",
      "formdata": [
        {
          "key": "response_type",
          "value": "device_code",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "client_id",
          "value": "{{clientId}}",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "format",
          "value": "json",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "scope",
          "value": "full refresh_token",
          "type": "text"
        }
      ]
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{url}}{{site}}/services/oauth2/token",
      "host": [
        "{{url}}{{site}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "oauth2",
        "token"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Successful Device Flow 1",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "response_type",
              "value": "device_code",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "client_id",
              "value": "{{clientId}}",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "format",
              "value": "json",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "scope",
              "value": "full refresh_token",
              "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 15:29:39 GMT"
        },
        {
          "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": "X-ReadOnlyMode",
          "value": "false"
        },
        {
          "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    \"user_code\": \"<user_code>\",\n    \"device_code\": \"<device_code\",\n    \"interval\": integer,\n    \"verification_uri\": \"https://<my_domain>/setup/connect\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}