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client_oauth2_github_authorization_uri_and_token_exchange.ts

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Initializes an OAuth2 client and generates a URI to redirec

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client_oauth2_github_authorization_uri_and_token_exchange.ts
1import ClientOAuth2 from 'client-oauth2';
2
3const auth = new ClientOAuth2({
4  clientId: 'abc',
5  clientSecret: '123',
6  accessTokenUri: 'https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token',
7  authorizationUri: 'https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize',
8  redirectUri: 'http://example.com/auth/github/callback',
9  scopes: ['notifications', 'gist']
10});
11
12// Generate the authorization URI
13const uri = auth.code.getUri();
14console.log('Redirect the user to:', uri);
15
16// Example of handling the callback
17async function handleCallback(url: string) {
18  try {
19    const user = await auth.code.getToken(url);
20    console.log('Access Token:', user.accessToken);
21    
22    // Refresh the token
23    const refreshedUser = await user.refresh();
24    console.log('New Access Token:', refreshedUser.accessToken);
25  } catch (error) {
26    console.error('Error exchanging code for token:', error);
27  }
28}