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BEdwards
Occasional Contributor
6 years ago

How to really get the OAuth 2 token automatically

I wrote some code that gets an access token. When the code runs, a browser displays on the screen which contains the access token. But when I try to get the access token and log it, a null string i...
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    BEdwards
    6 years ago

    Thanks Nastya_Khovrina,

    I've read this article about 40 times and get nothing from it.  I'm lost in the Auth Manager, I can't get an access token unless I use "Authorization Code Grant" and it only gives it to me in a web browser that I can do nothing with. Are there any classes on OAuth 2 with ReadyAPI?  Maybe that would be helpful.  Like a course for dummies.  I'm not a dummy, but don't deal with websites very often, mostly do background stuff in PowerShell, Ruby, VBA and such.

BEdwards's avatar
BEdwards
Occasional Contributor
6 years ago

Thanks Nastya_Khovrina,

I've read this article about 40 times and get nothing from it.  I'm lost in the Auth Manager, I can't get an access token unless I use "Authorization Code Grant" and it only gives it to me in a web browser that I can do nothing with. Are there any classes on OAuth 2 with ReadyAPI?  Maybe that would be helpful.  Like a course for dummies.  I'm not a dummy, but don't deal with websites very often, mostly do background stuff in PowerShell, Ruby, VBA and such.

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    Nastya_Khovrina
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    6 years ago

    BEdwards,

     

    The script provided by you works fine for me in the Groovy Script test step. 

    Also, the script provided by Cekay works fine for me in the SubmitListener.beforeSubmit event. 

    But, the Authentication profile should be set up correctly. 

     

    Can you get the access token in the UI? It is expected that you see the browser. Can you successfully log in there?

     

    After you retrieve the token once you will be able to automatically refresh it using the "Automation" script (using JavaScript on the screen with Pages). For example:

  • BEdwards's avatar
    BEdwards
    Occasional Contributor
    6 years ago

    Hey Nastya,

    We don't have the resourse owners ID or password, so we have to use "Authorization Code Grant", there is no logon screen, it just pops up the code.  I want to grab that from the browser, place it in a variable and close the browser.  Not sure how to do that.