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citi Developer OAuth2 Client Credentials Grant

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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).

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

' 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 New Chilkat.HttpRequest
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")

Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpReq("https://sandbox.apihub.citi.com/gcb/api/clientCredentials/oauth2/token/us/gcb",req,resp)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

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

Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
    Exit Sub
End If


success = jResp.WriteFile("qa_data/tokens/citi_client_credentials.json")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("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

Dim token_type As String = jResp.StringOf("token_type")
Dim access_token As String = jResp.StringOf("access_token")
Dim expires_in As Integer = jResp.IntOf("expires_in")
Dim consented_on As Integer = jResp.IntOf("consented_on")
Dim scope As String = jResp.StringOf("scope")