BIMToolkitAPIClient.Dal.ApiAccess.GetTokenExplained C# (CSharp) Method

        public static string GetTokenExplained()
        {
            //data to post to the token endpoint
            var fields = new Dictionary<string, string>
            {
                { "scope", "bimtoolkitapi" },
                { "grant_type", "client_credentials" }
            };

            //setup basic authentication
            string creds = String.Format("{0}:{1}", _clientId, _clientSecret);
            byte[] bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(creds);
            var header = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(bytes));

            //configure client
            var client = new HttpClient();
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = header;
            client.BaseAddress = new Uri(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Authority"] + "/connect/token");

            //get response and parse as json
            var response = client.PostAsync(string.Empty, new FormUrlEncodedContent(fields)).Result;
            string raw = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
            var json = JObject.Parse(raw);

            //try to get the access token from the json response
            JToken token;
            if (json.TryGetValue("access_token", out token))
            {
                return token.ToString();
            }

            return "";
        }