Get Power BI access token

To get Power BI access token by grand type password, use the bellow code

public async Task<OAuthResultDto> GetAccessTokenAsync()
{
	var oauthEndpoint = new Uri("https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/token");

	using (var client = new HttpClient())
	{
		var result = await client.PostAsync(oauthEndpoint, new FormUrlEncodedContent(new[]
		{
			new KeyValuePair<string, string>("resource", "https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api"),
			new KeyValuePair<string, string>("client_id", "1638c1dd-xxxx-4444-xxxx-xxxx4444xxxx"),
			new KeyValuePair<string, string>("grant_type", "password"),
			new KeyValuePair<string, string>("username", "username"),
			new KeyValuePair<string, string>("password", "password"),
			new KeyValuePair<string, string>("scope", "openid")
		}));


		var content = await result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();                
		var deserilized = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<OAuthResult>(content);
		return deserilized;
	}
}

Details about above method:

oauthEndpoint : Authorization will happen here
resource: Resource URI
client_id: Client Id or Application Id, which can be obtain from Azure Active directory by creating an application.
grant_type: It is type of authentication
username: User name register with Power BI
password: User Password
scope: Scope

OAuthResult:
public class OAuthResult
{
	[JsonProperty("token_type")]
	public string TokenType { get; set; }
	[JsonProperty("scope")]
	public string Scope { get; set; }
	[JsonProperty("expires_in")]
	public int ExpiresIn { get; set; }
	[JsonProperty("ext_expires_in")]
	public int ExtExpiresIn { get; set; }
	[JsonProperty("expires_on")]
	public int ExpiresOn { get; set; }
	[JsonProperty("not_before")]
	public int NotBefore { get; set; }
	[JsonProperty("resource")]
	public string Resource { get; set; }
	[JsonProperty("access_token")]
	public string AccessToken { get; set; }
	[JsonProperty("refresh_token")]
	public string RefreshToken { get; set; }
	[JsonProperty("id_token")]
	public string TokenId { get; set; }
}

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