Password grant
In a password grant use case two OAuth clients are registered with SSO. The first client may be a "native application" presenting user interfaces to the end-user. The first client may also for example be a simple command-line client or other backend application in a server-to-server integration scenario. The second client is usually a web service or resource server providing API services to the first client.
The first client wants to get an access token for calling the resource server API services. The resource server validates the access token it receives by calling the tokeninfo service. The tokeninfo service returns claims and attributes describing the authenticated user.
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Sequence diagram of password grant |
Access Token Request
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-4.3.2
POST /uas/oauth2/token
Required parameters
- grant_type = password
Allowed by default
- scope = openid <resource id …>
The value "openid" and one or more OAuth Client Identifiers of resource servers. See Registeration Response
- client_id & client_secret
OAuth Client Identifier and Secret of the native application
- username & password
The username and password of the end-user
POST https://sso.example.com/uas/oauth2/token Authorization: Basic MTc2MjQxNDM3NDoqKio= Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded grant_type=password&scope=1762414374&username=user1&password=***
Access Token Response
Instructions on page Authorization code grant and web single sign-on
Resource Server Request
Instructions on page Authorization code grant and web single sign-on
TokenInfo Request
Instructions on page Authorization code grant and web single sign-on
TokenInfo Response
Instructions on page Authorization code grant and web single sign-on