(PowerShell) 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.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

$req = New-Object 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")

$resp = $http.PostUrlEncoded("https://api.moodys.com/OAuth/Token",$req)
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("status code = " + $resp.StatusCode)
$responseBody = $resp.BodyStr
$($responseBody)

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