public static string GetAccessToken()
{
SpotifyToken token = new SpotifyToken();
string postString = string.Format("grant_type=client_credentials");
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postString);
string url = "https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token";
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "POST";
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic NDQxODA1ZDE4MDAyNDNlZGI2MjVjOGRkMzE0M2MzMjc6NjQ0MDMzZThlMGFkNDY0YmI3MGJmOWExN2Y2MjJiYmE=");
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
string response = getResponse(request);
try
{
token = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SpotifyToken>(response);
return token.access_token;
}
catch (Exception)
{
return "";
}
}
// Static Methods //
/// <summary>
/// Gets a Spotify access token as a string from the given encoded Client ID + Secret
/// Credit to Hendrik Bulens: https://hendrikbulens.com/2015/01/07/c-and-the-spotify-web-api-part-i/
/// </summary>
/// <param name="encodedClientIDAndSecret"></param>
/// <returns>A task for asynchronous operation, which returns a Spotify Access Token as a string</returns>
public static async Task <string> GetAccessTokenAsStringAsync(string encodedClientIDAndSecret)
{
SpotifyToken token = new SpotifyToken();
string postString = "grant_type=client_credentials";
byte[] postStringAsBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postString);
string tokenUrl = "https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token";
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(tokenUrl);
request.Method = "POST";
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", $"Basic {encodedClientIDAndSecret}");
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
request.ContentLength = postStringAsBytes.Length;
using Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream();
dataStream.Write(postStringAsBytes, 0, postStringAsBytes.Length);
using WebResponse response = await request.GetResponseAsync();
using Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream();
using StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream);
string responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd();
token = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <SpotifyToken>(responseFromServer);
return(token.access_token);
}
