Push Notifications in Windows 8: Listing 1
The authorization class WnsAuthorization
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Net;
using System.Web;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
namespace VSMWnsPushNotifier
{
public class WnsAuthorization
{
[DataContract]
public class OAuthToken
{
[DataMember(Name = "access_token")]
public string AccessToken { get; set; }
[DataMember(Name = "token_type")]
public string TokenType { get; set; }
}
public static OAuthToken GetOAuthToken(string secretKey, string sid)
{
string encodedSid = HttpUtility.UrlEncode(String.Format("{0}", sid));
string encodedSecretKey = HttpUtility.UrlEncode(secretKey);
string message = String.Format("grant_type=client_credentials&client_id={0}&client_secret={1}
&scope=notify.windows.com", encodedSid, encodedSecretKey);
WebClient client = new WebClient();
client.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
string response = client.UploadString("https://login.live.com/accesstoken.srf", message);
OAuthToken oAuthToken;
using (MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(response)))
{
DataContractJsonSerializer jsonSerializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(OAuthToken));
oAuthToken = (OAuthToken)jsonSerializer.ReadObject(memStream);
}
return oAuthToken;
}
}
}
About the Author
Eric Vogel is a Senior Software Developer for Red Cedar Solutions Group in Okemos, Michigan. He is the president of the Greater Lansing User Group for .NET. Eric enjoys learning about software architecture and craftsmanship, and is always looking for ways to create more robust and testable applications. Contact him at [email protected].