CkPython

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. CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

req = chilkat.CkHttpRequest()
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")

req.put_HttpVerb("POST")
req.put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

resp = chilkat.CkHttpResponse()
success = http.HttpReq("https://api.moodys.com/OAuth/Token",req,resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("status code = " + str(resp.get_StatusCode()))
responseBody = resp.bodyStr()
print(responseBody)

# Save the JSON to a file for future requests.
if (resp.get_StatusCode() == 200):
    fac = chilkat.CkFileAccess()
    fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/moodys.json",resp.bodyStr(),"utf-8",False)