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takes a refreshtoken and exchanges it for an accessotken.
class AccessTokenResponse
{
public string access_token { get; set; }
public string token_type { get; set; }
public string expires_in { get; set; }
}
/// <summary>
/// takes a refreshtoken and exchanges it for an accessotken.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="refreshToken"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string getAcccessToken(string refreshToken)
{
string url = "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token";
string postData = string.Format("client_id={0}&client_secret={1}&refresh_token={2}&grant_type=refresh_token", Properties.Resources.clientId, Properties.Resources.secret, refreshToken);
// Create a request using a URL that can receive a post.
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
// Set the Method property of the request to POST.
request.Method = "POST";
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);
// Set the ContentType property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
// Set the ContentLength property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
// Get the request stream.
Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream();
// Write the data to the request stream.
dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
// Close the Stream object.
dataStream.Close();
// Get the response.
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
// Display the status.
Console.WriteLine(((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
// Get the stream containing content returned by the server.
dataStream = response.GetResponseStream();
// Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(dataStream);
// Read the content.
string responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd();
AccessTokenResponse tmp = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<AccessTokenResponse>(responseFromServer);
// Display the content.
Console.WriteLine(responseFromServer);
// Clean up the streams.
reader.Close();
dataStream.Close();
response.Close();
return tmp.access_token;
}
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