In the Microsoft Graph API Access Token Request how do we get the value for the required &code parameter?

Question

I am following the Get Auth Tokens documentation where it has you register your application and then provides an HTTP request that needs to be made. In the request, one of the required paramaters is called &code and the documentation completley omits where we would find thsi value.

Answer 1

Hello @Chad Saar , it's true this part is not mentioned in the documentation, before getting the token, you need to be authorized. Paste the request below into your browser and run.

After consent, the page will refresh, and the Authorization response will appear in the URL, which contains the code.

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Answer 2

unauthorized_client: The client does not exist or is not enabled for consumers. If you are the application developer, configure a new application through the App Registrations in the Azure Portal at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2083908.

We registered our app on the Azure portal already as a Web application. That is how we got the Client ID (Application ID) and Secret.

Answer 3

We did not have the 3rd or 4th option, but the second option worked for us. We were able to get the code. I would recommend adding this to the documentation, otherwise the next person who wants to use the API will not know how to get the code. Without a code you can't get an access token, and without an access token you can never authenticate to call any of the methods.

Thanks for helping out though!