Get Azure Token using Service Principal (SP) in Python

Get_Azure_Token_with_SP_in_Python.md

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• requests library

Code Snippet

import os
import requests
import json

def get_new_token(client_id, client_secret, tenant):

    auth_server_url = f"https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/token"

    token_req_payload = {
        'grant_type': 'client_credentials',
        'scope': 'https://management.azure.com/.default'
    }

    token_response = requests.post(
        auth_server_url,
        data = token_req_payload,
        auth = (client_id, client_secret),
        verify = True,
        allow_redirects = False
    )

    tokens = json.loads(token_response.text)
    return tokens['access_token']