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Before you can start using the code below you will need to get the following secrets from Genius Sports Support Team:
Client ID
Client Secret
API Key
To access uat environment, add .uat to the URLs documented in the section below:
https://uat.auth.api.geniussports.com/oauth2/token
https://platform.uat.matchstate.api.geniussports.com/api/v1
1. Obtaining an Access Token for the Match State Platform API
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var url = "https://auth.api.geniussports.com/oauth2/token";
var body = new Dictionary<string, string> {
{"grant_type", "client_credentials"},
{"client_id", "CLIENT_ID"},
{"client_secret", "CLIENT_SECRET"}
};
var httpClient = new HttpClient();
var response = await httpClient.PostAsync(url, new FormUrlEncodedContent(body));
var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
var tokenEnvelope = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(responseBody);
var accessToken = tokenEnvelope["access_token"].ToString(); |
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Please refer to Authenticating against Genius Sports APIs for more information about authenticating against our API’s in both the User Acceptance Testing and Production environments. |
2. Consuming the Fixture Schedule
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Important: The FIXTURE_ID should be scheduled in a period of 7 between 5 days in the past and 2 days in the future, by the Match State Platform Schedule API in order for the Access Control API to return a channel & token.
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