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// Get access token
// LoginItems is a resource model class that holds the user name and password
// TokenResponse is a resource model class that matches the shape of the response
// from the IA Server token endpoint
public async Task <bool> GetAccessToken(LoginItems loginItems)
{
// Continue?
if (loginItems == null)
{
return(false);
}
// Clean the incoming data
// Packaging alternatives... dictionary or list of key-value pairs
// Create a package for the request - dictionary
var rd = new Dictionary <string, string>();
rd.Add("grant_type", "password");
// etc.
// Create a package for the request - list of key-value pairs
var requestData = new List <KeyValuePair <string, string> >();
requestData.Add(new KeyValuePair <string, string>("grant_type", "password"));
requestData.Add(new KeyValuePair <string, string>("password", loginItems.password));
requestData.Add(new KeyValuePair <string, string>("username", loginItems.username));
// etc.
// Create an HttpContent object
var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(requestData);
// Create a request
using (var request = CreateRequest())
{
// Send the request... POST, to token endpoint, with the form URL encoded content
// Make it complete by adding the Result property
var response = request.PostAsync("http://localhost:2548/token", content).Result;
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
// Extract the token from the response
var tokenResponse = await response.Content.ReadAsAsync <TokenResponse>();
// Save the token in session state
HttpContext.Current.Session["token"] = tokenResponse.access_token;
return(true);
}
else
{
return(false);
}
}
}
public ActionResult Login(LoginItems newItem)
{
// Validate the input
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return(View(newItem));
}
// Process the input
var addedItem = m.GetAccessToken(newItem);
if (addedItem.Result == false)
{
return(View(newItem));
}
else
{
return(RedirectToAction("index"));
}
}
