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USPS OAuth2 Client Credentials

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Get an OAuth2 access token for the United States Postal Service (USPS) REST API.

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bool success = false;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl -X POST https://apis.usps.com/oauth2/v3/token \
//   -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
//   -d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
//   -d "client_id=123456789" \
//   -d "client_secret=A1B2C3D4E5" \
//   -d "scope=ResourceA+ResourceB+ResourceC"

// Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
// Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

Chilkat.HttpRequest req = new Chilkat.HttpRequest();
req.AddParam("grant_type","client_credentials");
req.AddParam("client_id","123456789");
req.AddParam("client_secret","A1B2C3D4E5");
req.AddParam("scope","ResourceA+ResourceB+ResourceC");

req.HttpVerb = "POST";
req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = new Chilkat.HttpResponse();
success = http.HttpReq("https://apis.usps.com/oauth2/v3/token",req,resp);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);

Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
    return;
}

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "access_token": "eyJraWQiOiIxMDEwMTAiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIiLCJhdWQiOiJhZGRyZXNzZXMgaW50ZXJuYXRpb25hbC1wcmljZXMgc3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyBwYXltZW50cyBwaWNrdXAgdHJhY2tpbmcgbGFiZWxzIHNjYW4tZm9ybXMgY29tcGFuaWVzIHNlcnZpY2UtZGVsaXZlcnktc3RhbmRhcmRzIGxvY2F0aW9ucyBpbnRlcm5hdGlvbmFsLWxhYmVscyBwcmljZXMiLCJhenAiOiJoeXI3YjN2Q1J0cFl0QUhNMWE4Y2RVcmt5eUZtTmtiZyIsIm9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbl9pZCI6IjAiLCJpc3MiOiJ1cm46XC9cL2FwaS51c3BzLmNvbSIsImV4cCI6MTY4MDkxNzc4NiwiaWF0IjoxNjgwODg4OTg2LCJqdGkiOiI3YjU5MzJlMS05NjIxLTQzZDAtYTMyNy0xMzIxYWVjNzJjZGYifQ.QzrUxlT2rG4jvYbMDGnk23j8ZYfHJcdXPKR9CbSmcKeVpURaHhEMpPB6K4x5ut3xxeEGSzeE5VRz8vixI4iqyHsD8rSdkLTPHy0iovUHOZQBAJVQ6hii9jpLhxUXmiTtH3jKzSj_f2fuNmZbIGhf-CR2FBeWF-aBPzEDEMV95nkCUMfW_Z2BmkbraSfvQZxkCO-cLrMAwlYcrzUtaJ7vnazeQB4sep5BBHBEvsa4kfq6_tz6BAKgv3R7cI2NkSv-wgy_IGoTjVCMTS8mJHGs_t8cWCO8-z4lxW1tUwIBKOCUDpmEEnGgiG6Sl0C_gGl4bZ5cDSl4IgPpcOVi9jZ7LA",
//   "token_type": "Bearer",
//   "issued_at": 1680888985929,
//   "expires_in": 28799,
//   "status": "approved",
//   "scope": "addresses international-prices subscriptions payments pickup tracking labels scan-forms companies service-delivery-standards locations international-labels prices",
//   "issuer": "api.usps.com",
//   "client_id": "hyr7b3vCRtpYtAHM1a8cdUrkyyFmNkbg",
//   "application_name": "Silver Shipper Developer",
//   "api_products": "[Shipping-Silver]",
//   "public_key": "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"
// }

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

string access_token = jResp.StringOf("access_token");
string token_type = jResp.StringOf("token_type");
int issued_at = jResp.IntOf("issued_at");
int expires_in = jResp.IntOf("expires_in");
string status = jResp.StringOf("status");
string scope = jResp.StringOf("scope");
string issuer = jResp.StringOf("issuer");
string client_id = jResp.StringOf("client_id");
string application_name = jResp.StringOf("application_name");
string api_products = jResp.StringOf("api_products");
string public_key = jResp.StringOf("public_key");