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title: "Generating Credentials With C#"
slug: "generating-credentials-with-c"
updated: 2023-11-07T19:50:30Z
published: 2023-11-07T19:50:30Z
canonical: "wiki.cobblestonesoftware.com/generating-credentials-with-c"
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# Generating Credentials With C#

## How to Generate Credentials (C#)

#### Getting Started

You will need to download the zip file [**CobbleStone®'s REST API Overview and Sample Application**](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/REST%20API%202.0%20Sample%20Application%2020211008.zip) for access to endpoints.

#### REST API URLs

To find your API URL:

SaaS Clients can view the [How To: Locate API Information (SaaS Clients)](/v1/docs/how-to-locate-api-information-saas) article

Deployed Clients can view the [How To: Locate API Information (Deployed Clients)](/v1/docs/how-to-locate-api-information-deployed) article

#### Setting Up in Visual Studio

UnZip the file downloaded from the **Getting Started** section above.

Open Visual Studio and make sure you have the RestSharp DLL via NuGet. It is strongly recommended (but not required) to use the [RestSharp DLL via NuGet version 106.15.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/RestSharp#versions-body-tab) to consume our API as it makes it easier with fewer lines of code.

Must use Version 106.15.0This app depends on RestSharp version 106.15.0 from NuGet as **newer versions will cause the code to break**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/image-1667498495622.png)

Select View > Open Solution Explorer (if it isn’t already visible) and open the frmMain.cs class file

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/image-1667402348983.png)

#### Getting Authorized

Right click the Text field ClientID, click Properties, replace the value with your Client ID

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/image-1669045362722.png)

Repeat this step with Client Secret

Repeat this step with the URL

Press Start

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/image-1667498851901.png)

#### Build and Test Access

The app will build and click Authenticate

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/image-1669045671924.png)

Your results will appear below:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/image-1669045894729.png)