MaskinportenTokenGetter

This is a simple tool to get a Maskinporten token or Altinn token.

Installation MacOS

Use the install script for MacOS named install_mac.sh to install the tool. Below are some manual steps to install the tool if that is preferred.

For ARM 64

dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-arm64 --self-contained --output ~/.token-getter

For x64

dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-x64 --self-contained --output ~/.token-getter

Then create a symlink to the executable in the path

sudo ln -s ~/.token-getter/token-getter /usr/local/bin/token-getter

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/token-getter

Installation Windows

Use the install script for windows named install_windows.bat to install the tool. Below are some manual steps to install the tool if that is preferred.

Terminal must be run as administrator for the following steps

mkdir "C:\Program Files\token-getter"

For x64

dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained
xcopy .\bin\Release\net8.0\win-x64 "C:\Program Files\token-getter" /E /I /H

For x86

dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x86 --self-contained
xcopy .\bin\Release\net8.0\win-x86 "C:\Program Files\token-getter" /E /I /H

setx /M PATH "%PATH%;C:\Program Files\token-getter"

Usage

Check the help for the tool by running the following command

token-getter --help

Generate a token

To generate a token, run the following command

token-getter generate -c <credentials-set> -s <scopes> -t <type> -e <environment>

Use token-getter generate --help to get more information about the command.

Example:

token-getter generate -c tt02_ae_so -t altinn -e test -s altinn:serviceowner altinn:events.publish

Credentials

The tool provides a way of setting up multiple sets of credentials through the commands: