(Excel) citi Developer OAuth2 Client Credentials Grant

Get access token for your application credentials. You can use this for citi APIs which do not require customer credential verification and consent (e.g. Onboarding).

For more information, see https://sandbox.developerhub.citi.com/api/united-states/retail-bank/identity-security/authorize/documentation

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

Dim http As Chilkat.Http
Set http = Chilkat.NewHttp

' Implements the following CURL command:

' curl --request POST \
'   --url https://sandbox.apihub.citi.com/gcb/api/clientCredentials/oauth2/token/us/gcb \
'   --header 'accept: application/json' \
'   --user client-id:client-secret \
'   --header 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
'   --data 'grant_type=client_credentials&scope=%2Fapi'

http.Login = "client-id"
http.Password = "client-secret"

Dim req As Chilkat.HttpRequest
Set req = Chilkat.NewHttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/gcb/api/clientCredentials/oauth2/token/us/gcb"
req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
req.AddParam "grant_type","client_credentials"
req.AddParam "scope","/api"
req.AddHeader "accept","application/json"


Set resp = http.PostUrlEncoded("https://sandbox.apihub.citi.com/gcb/api/clientCredentials/oauth2/token/us/gcb",req)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim sbResponseBody As Chilkat.StringBuilder
Set sbResponseBody = Chilkat.NewStringBuilder
Dim success As Boolean
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As Chilkat.JsonObject
Set jResp = Chilkat.NewJsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print jResp.Emit()


respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = "; respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print resp.Header
    Debug.Print "Failed."

    Exit Sub
End If

success = jResp.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/citi_client_credentials.json")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.Print "Failed to save JSON access token file."
    Exit Sub
End If

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

'  {
'    "token_type": "bearer",
'    "access_token": "AAIkMjdh ... 3fsWb7zJ0s",
'    "expires_in": 1800,
'    "consented_on": 1584817860,
'    "scope": "/api"
'  }

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


token_type = jResp.StringOf("token_type")

access_token = jResp.StringOf("access_token")

expires_in = jResp.IntOf("expires_in")

consented_on = jResp.IntOf("consented_on")

scope = jResp.StringOf("scope")