Microsoft 365 XOAuth IMAP – create token and test login

m365-xoauth-dump.py

import base64
import imaplib
from time import sleep
from typing import Union, Tuple

import requests

MAIL = '[email protected]'
SERVER = 'outlook.office365.com'  # used for IMAP Auth
AUTH_URL = 'https://login.microsoftonline.com'  # OAuth2 endpoint

# Simply register your own Azure Enterprise App in your tenant with the scopes
# below (offline_access imap.accessasuser.all) + enable "Allow public client flows"

CLIENT_ID = ''  # Your Azure AD client ID


def test_imap(auth_string: str) -> None:
    imap_conn = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(SERVER)
    imap_conn.debug = 10
    imap_conn.authenticate('XOAUTH2', lambda x: auth_string.encode())
    imap_conn.select('INBOX')
    imap_conn.list()


def generate_xoauth2(username: str, access_token: str, base64_encode: bool = True) -> Union[bytes, str]:
    """ Generates XOauth2 String """
    auth_string = f'user={username}\1auth=Bearer {access_token}\1\1'
    if base64_encode: auth_string = base64.b64encode(auth_string.encode()).decode()
    return auth_string


def device_auth_initiate() -> str:
    data = {
        'scope': 'offline_access https://outlook.office.com/IMAP.AccessAsUser.All',
        'client_id': CLIENT_ID
    }
    r = requests.post(f'{AUTH_URL}/common/oauth2/v2.0/devicecode', data=data)
    response = r.json()
    print(response.get('message'))
    return response.get('device_code')


def device_auth_acquire(device_code: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
    """ Polls M365 backend for successful device authentication of the user
     and returns the current OAuth2 Token + Refresh Token """
    data = {
        'grant_type': 'urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:device_code',
        'code': device_code,
        'client_id': CLIENT_ID
    }
    while True:
        print('Polling M365 Graph API for successful authentication...')
        r = requests.post(f'{AUTH_URL}/common/oauth2/v2.0/token', data=data)
        response = r.json()
        if response.get('refresh_token'):
            print('Successfully authenticated M365 user!')
            return response.get('access_token'), response.get('refresh_token')
        sleep(10)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    device_code = device_auth_initiate()
    access_token, _ = device_auth_acquire(device_code)
    print(f'OAuth2 token: {access_token}')
    auth_string = generate_xoauth2(
        username=MAIL, 
        access_token=access_token, 
        base64_encode=False
    )
    # print(auth_string)
    test_imap(auth_string)
    print('Authentication successful')