(C# UWP/WinRT) Moody's REST API - Get OAuth2 Token

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Demonstrates how to get an OAuth2 access token for the Moody's REST API.

Chilkat Universal Windows Platform (UWP) / WinRT Downloads Chilkat for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

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

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

Chilkat.HttpRequest req = new Chilkat.HttpRequest();
req.AddParam("grant_type","password");
req.AddParam("scope","api/ratings api/addin rest");
req.AddParam("username","my_username");
req.AddParam("password","my_password");
// I have no idea of where to get the client_id or client_secret.
// When you create a Moody's App, it only provides an "API Key".
req.AddParam("client_id","my_client_id");
req.AddParam("client_secret","my_client_secret");

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = await http.PostUrlEncodedAsync("https://api.moodys.com/OAuth/Token",req);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("status code = " + Convert.ToString(resp.StatusCode));
string responseBody = resp.BodyStr;
Debug.WriteLine(responseBody);

// Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
if (resp.StatusCode == 200) {
    Chilkat.FileAccess fac = new Chilkat.FileAccess();
    fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/moodys.json",resp.BodyStr,"utf-8",false);
}