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Currently if I want to generate an API token for an API using the Auth0::Client, I must do the following:
```ruby
client = Auth0::Client.new(api_identifier: "my-api-identifier", **options)
api_token = client.api_token("my-api-identifier")
do_something(api_token) # Make a request to this API with the api token as the Authorization bearer.
```
However `Auth0::Client.new` will actually already request this api token on initialize, however this token is not available via any public interface.
This commit moves the `Auth0::Client#get_token` to a public method (formerly private).
Now when in need of any API token for an API, we can do the following:
```ruby
client = Auth0::Client.new(api_identifier: "my-api-identifier", **options)
api_token = client.get_token # No need for redundant request to `/oauth/token`.
do_something(api_token) # i.e make an http request to this API using the API token as the Authorization bearer.
```
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kishore7snehil
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The @return tag says [String] but the method can return nil when @token is nil and no @client_id/@client_secret is configured (the else branch returns @token which could be nil).
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@return [String, nil] the API token, or nil if no token is available and credentials are not configured.
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This one could mislead. It tells callers to nil-guard against a scenario that means the client is broken. A misconfigured client should fail loudly at init, not silently return nil. Documenting nil as valid makes a bug look like expected behavior.
…move debug comment, assert return value in test
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Summary
Auth0::Client#get_tokena public method (previously private)/oauth/tokenrequestget_tokendirectly instead of viasend(:get_token)This takes forward the community contribution from #648 by @ttstarck.
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