How to retrieve PayPal REST Api access-token using node

Question

How to get the PayPal access-token needed to leverage the REST Api by using node?

Answer 1

Also, you can use axios, and async/await:

const axios = require('axios');

(async () => {
  try {
    const { data: { access_token } } = await axios({
      url: 'https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token',
      method: 'post',
      headers: {
        Accept: 'application/json',
        'Accept-Language': 'en_US',
        'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
      },
      auth: {
        username: client_id,
        password: client_secret,
      },
      params: {
        grant_type: 'client_credentials',
      },
    });

    console.log('access_token: ', access_token);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error(e);
  }
})();