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httprequestmessage with authorization .net 5

//setup reusable http client
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
Uri baseUri = new Uri(url);
client.BaseAddress = baseUri;
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Clear();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.ConnectionClose = true;

//Post body content
var values = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();
values.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("grant_type", "client_credentials"));
var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(values);

var authenticationString = $"{clientId}:{clientSecret}";
var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(authenticationString));

var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "/oauth2/token");
requestMessage.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", base64EncodedAuthenticationString);
requestMessage.Content = content;

//make the request
var task = client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
var response = task.Result;
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
string responseBody = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
Console.WriteLine(responseBody);