python-aiohttpBearer token request example with Python Aiohttp?

This example uses the Aiohttp library to make a request for a bearer token.

import aiohttp

async def get_token():
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        async with session.post('https://example.com/token',
                                data={'grant_type': 'client_credentials'},
                                auth=aiohttp.BasicAuth('client_id', 'client_secret')) as resp:
            token = await resp.json()
            return token

token = await get_token()

The output of the code will be a JSON object containing the bearer token:

{
    "access_token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE2MjM5MDIyfQ.SflKxwRJSMeKKF2QT4fwpMeJf36POk6yJV_adQssw5c"
}

Code explanation

1. import aiohttp - imports the Aiohttp library
2. async def get_token() - defines an asynchronous function to make the request
3. async with session.post('https://example.com/token', data={'grant_type': 'client_credentials'}, auth=aiohttp.BasicAuth('client_id', 'client_secret')) as resp: - makes a POST request to the token endpoint with the grant type and authentication credentials
4. token = await resp.json() - parses the response as JSON
5. return token - returns the token

Helpful links

• Aiohttp Documentation
• Bearer Token Documentation

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