public RedditAccessToken Authenticate(string redditUsername, string redditPassword, string clientId, string clientSecret)
{
username = redditUsername;
var authenticationArray = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes($"{clientId}:{clientSecret}");
var encodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(authenticationArray);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new System.Net.Http.Headers.AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", encodedAuthenticationString);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", $"{_clientName} by {redditUsername}");
var formData = new Dictionary <string, string> {
{ "grant_type", "password" },
{ "username", redditUsername },
{ "password", redditPassword }
};
var encodedFormData = new FormUrlEncodedContent(formData);
var authUrl = "https://www.reddit.com/api/v1/access_token";
var response = client.PostAsync(authUrl, encodedFormData).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
// Response Code
Console.WriteLine(response.StatusCode);
// Actual Token
var responseData = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
var accessToken = JObject.Parse(responseData).SelectToken("access_token").ToString();
// Update AuthorizationHeader
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new System.Net.Http.Headers.AuthenticationHeaderValue("bearer", accessToken);
responseData = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
Console.WriteLine(responseData);
RedditAccessToken token = new RedditAccessToken(responseData);
Console.WriteLine("-- Authentication OK! --");
Console.WriteLine("\n\n");
return(token);
}
// Collect the access_token and set the default request headers
private void Authorization(Dictionary <string, string> content)
{
var encodedContent = new FormUrlEncodedContent(content);
// Api-url for login
var authUrl = "https://www.reddit.com/api/v1/access_token";
// Post the form data and save the HttpResponeMessage
_response = _client.PostAsync(authUrl, encodedContent).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
// Response Code
Console.WriteLine(_response.StatusCode);
// Actual Token
_responseData = _response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
var accessToken = JObject.Parse(_responseData).SelectToken("access_token").ToString();
// Sets the DefaultRequestHeaders
_client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new System.Net.Http.Headers.AuthenticationHeaderValue("bearer", accessToken);
RAtoken = new RedditAccessToken(accessToken, JObject.Parse(_responseData).SelectToken("token_type").ToString(), Convert.ToInt16(JObject.Parse(_responseData).SelectToken("expires_in")));
}