AADSTS70002: Error validating credentials. AADSTS50012: Invalid client secret is provided

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When I am trying to create an authentication header using the below code. I am getting an error saying "AADSTS70002: Error validating credentials. AADSTS50012: Invalid client secret is provided." Now, I am sure, that the secret which I used in the code is not matching with the one used in my AAD app registration. Can anybody help me on how to get the client secret, from my app registrations or how to add a new application identifier in my O365 account directory.

private string GetAuthenticationHeader(AuthenticationInformation authenticationInformation){
    try{
        return RetryHelper.InvokeWithRetries(() =>
        {
            var clientCredential = new ClientCredential(authenticationInformation.ClientId, authenticationInformation.AppSecret);
            var ac = new AuthenticationContext(authenticationInformation.Authority);
            AuthenticationResult ar = ac.AcquireToken(authenticationInformation.Resource, clientCredential);
            return ar.CreateAuthorizationHeader();
        });
    }
    catch (Exception ex){
        return ex.Message;
    }
}
2 Answers

I was getting this error while trying to get the graph token via fiddler. this was because my secret key had few unnecessary characters like + and /.

secret key must be encoded before making request.

I replaced + by %2B and my fiddler request in my secret key and it worked like a charm.

Invalid client secret error on Azure App Service

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