JavaScript

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. JavaScript

var success = false;

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

var http = new CkHttp();

var req = new CkHttpRequest();
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");

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

var resp = new CkHttpResponse();
success = http.HttpReq("https://api.moodys.com/OAuth/Token",req,resp);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log("status code = " + resp.StatusCode);
var responseBody = resp.BodyStr;
console.log(responseBody);

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