Error trying to retrieve access_token through OAuth2.0

[tommythongsythavong]

I am trying to get an access token through OAuth2.0 but everytime I try to do it, I just receive the error below.

Error:: "Cannot use client_credentials with a consumer marked as \"public\". Calls for auto generated consumers should use urn:bitbucket:oauth2:jwt instead.", "error": "invalid_grant"}

I am trying to send a POST request through HTTPClient but I am not sure what I am doing wrong here.

Code below:

private static async Task<Token> GetEligibleToken()
 {
 var client = new HttpClient();
 string baseAddress = "https://bitbucket.org/site/oauth2/access_token";

 string grant_type = "client_credentials";
 string client_id = "id";
 string client_secret = "secret";

 var form = new Dictionary<string, string>
  {
    {"grant_type", grant_type},
    {"client_id", client_id},
    {"client_secret", client_secret},
  };

 HttpResponseMessage tokenResponse = await client.PostAsync(baseAddress, new FormUrlEncodedContent(form));
 var jsonContent = await tokenResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
 Token tok = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Token>(jsonContent);
 Console.WriteLine(tok);
 return tok;
}

[Mark C]

Hi @tommythongsythavong

Welcome to the community.

Based on the error message, I believe you'll need to make your consumer keys private.
You'll need to tick the "This is a private consumer" checkbox similar to the screenshot below:

Here are the exact steps:

1. Go to your workspace - https://bitbucket.org/workspace_id_here/
2. Click Settings
3. Click OAuth consumers (Under Apps and Features)
4. Click the 3-dotted-icon next to your consumer keys > Click Edit
5. Lastly, tick the "This is a private consumer" checkbox to make it private

Try again after that and let me know how it goes.

Regards,
Mark C

[John Marsh]

Hi @Mark C

I don't know if that worked for the OP but it has just worked for me.

Thanks

John