api.js

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var CONSUMER_KEY = process.env.CONSUMERKEY || '<replace with your consumer key>';
var CONSUMER_SECRET = process.env.CONSUMERSECRET || '<replace with your consumer secret>';
var BASE_URL = 'https://developer.api.autodesk.com';

var request = require('request');

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exports.getToken = function (req, res) {

  var params = {
    client_id: CONSUMER_KEY,
    client_secret: CONSUMER_SECRET,
    grant_type: 'client_credentials'
  };

  request.post(BASE_URL + '/authentication/v1/authenticate',
    { form: params },
    function (error, response, body) {
      if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
        var authResponse = JSON.parse(body);
        res.send(authResponse.access_token);
      }
    }
  );
};