def _authenticate(consumer_key, consumer_secret):
 token_data = {'client_id': consumer_key, 'client_secret': consumer_secret, 'grant_type': 'client_credentials', 'scope': 'SMS'}
 token_resource = 'https://api.telstra.com/v1/oauth/token'
 token_response = requests.get(token_resource, params=token_data, timeout=10).json()
 if ('error' in token_response):
  return False
 return token_response

def _authenticate ( consumer_key , consumer_secret ) : token_data = { 'client_id' : consumer_key , 'client_secret' : consumer_secret , 'grant_type' : 'client_credentials' , 'scope' : 'SMS' } token_resource = 'https://api.telstra.com/v1/oauth/token' token_response = requests . get ( token_resource , params = token_data , timeout = 10 ) . json ( ) if ( 'error' in token_response ) : return False return token_response
authenticate with the telstra api .