diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/target
+Cargo.lock
+.env
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "paypal-rs"
+version = "0.0.1"
+authors = ["Edgar <git@edgarluque.com>"]
+description = "A library that wraps the paypal api asynchronously."
+keywords = ["paypal", "api", "async"]
+categories = ["api-bindings", "asynchronous"]
+readme = "README.md"
+edition = "2018"
+
+
+[dependencies]
+reqwest = { version = "0.10", features = ["json"] }
+tokio = { version = "0.2", features = ["full"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+log = "0.4"
+dotenv = "0.15.0"
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# paypal-rs
+
+A rust library that wraps the [paypal api](https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api) asynchronously.
+
+Currently in early development.
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diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
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+use std::fmt;
+use std::error::Error;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct GetAccessTokenError;
+
+impl fmt::Display for GetAccessTokenError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "error getting access token")
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for GetAccessTokenError {}
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diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
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+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests;
+
+pub mod errors;
+
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+pub const LIVE_ENDPOINT: &str = "https://api.paypal.com";
+pub const SANDBOX_ENDPOINT: &str = "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com";
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct AccessToken {
+    pub scope: String,
+    pub access_token: String,
+    pub token_type: String,
+    pub app_id: String,
+    pub expires_in: u64,
+    pub nonce: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Auth<'a> {
+    pub client_id: &'a str,
+    pub secret: &'a str,
+    pub access_token: Option<AccessToken>,
+    pub expires: Option<Instant>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Client<'a> {
+    pub client: reqwest::Client,
+    pub sandbox: bool,
+    pub auth: Auth<'a>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Client<'a> {
+    pub fn new(client_id: &'a str, secret: &'a str, sandbox: bool) -> Client<'a> {
+        Client {
+            client: reqwest::Client::new(),
+            sandbox,
+            auth: Auth {
+                client_id,
+                secret,
+                access_token: None,
+                expires: None,
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn endpoint(&self) -> &str {
+        if self.sandbox {
+            SANDBOX_ENDPOINT
+        } else {
+            LIVE_ENDPOINT
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn get_access_token(&mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        let res = self
+            .client
+            .post(format!("{}/v1/oauth2/token", self.endpoint()).as_str())
+            .basic_auth(self.auth.client_id, Some(self.auth.secret))
+            .header("Content-Type", "x-www-form-urlencoded")
+            .header("Accept", "application/json")
+            .body("grant_type=client_credentials")
+            .send()
+            .await?;
+
+        if res.status().is_success() {
+            let token = res.json::<AccessToken>().await?;
+            self.auth.expires = Some(Instant::now() + Duration::new(token.expires_in, 0));
+            self.auth.access_token = Some(token);
+            println!("{:#?}", self.auth);
+        } else {
+            println!("status = {:#?}", res.status());
+            println!("res = {:#?}", res);
+            return Err(Box::new(errors::GetAccessTokenError));
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
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+use crate::*;
+use dotenv::dotenv;
+use std::env;
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn it_works() {
+    dotenv().ok();
+    let clientid = env::var("PAYPAL_CLIENTID").unwrap();
+    let secret = env::var("PAYPAL_SECRET").unwrap();
+
+    let mut client = Client::new(
+        clientid.as_str(),
+        secret.as_str(),
+        true,
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(client.get_access_token().await.is_err(), false, "should not error");
+    println!("{:#?}", client);
+}