Test OpenID Connect with command line tools¶
We present here how to test the OpenID Connect protocol (authorization code flow) with commande line tools, like curl.
We use in this example a public OIDC provider based on LL::NG: https://oidctest.wsweet.org
Authentication¶
The first step is to obtain a valid SSO session on the portal. The standard solution is to use a web browser and log into the portal, then get the value of the SSO cookie.
In our case, to be able to use only command lines, we will use portal REST API (which requires to adapt the requireToken configuration to get cookie value in JSON response (see REST services). This should not be what you will on a production service.
Example of REST service usage, with credentials dwho/dwho:
curl -X POST -d user=dwho -d password=dwho -H 'Accept: application/json' 'https://oidctest.wsweet.org/oauth2/'
The session id is displayed in JSON response:
{
"error" : "0",
"id" : "0640f95827111f00ba7ad5863ba819fe46cfbcecdb18ce525836369fb4c8350b",
"result" : 1
}
Authorization code¶
In the first step of authorization code flow, we request a temporary code, ont the authorize end point.
- Parameters needed:
SSO session id (will be passed in lemonldap cookie, adapt the name if needed)
Client ID: given by your OIDC provider, we use here private
Scope: depends on which information you need, we will use here openid profile email
Redirect URI: shoud match the value registered in your OIDC provider, we will use here http://localhost
The OIDC provide will return the code in the location header, so we just output this reponse header:
curl -s -D - -o /dev/null -b lemonldap=0640f95827111f00ba7ad5863ba819fe46cfbcecdb18ce525836369fb4c8350b 'https://oidctest.wsweet.org/oauth2/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=private&scope=openid+profile+email&redirect_uri=http://localhost' | grep '^location'
The value of the location header is:
location: http://localhost?code=294b0facd91a0fa92762edc48d18369e99c330ba2b8fb05ab2c45999fcef6e17&session_state=BpB8KRMBEDUs%2B7lAjsz4DRk3E0RJImxgUbMsCFFAUa8%3D.N3dVOFg3a2RpNXVJK3ltSldrYXZjUjhtU0tvd29sWkpuWWJJbll5ZGs5NzhZMnh5bmQwd0IxRmJVWUxJSTlkWDBnSWZ2SWFVZmU0UnRaMkVJVjNUY3c9PQ
So we get the code value: 94b0facd91a0fa92762edc48d18369e99c330ba2b8fb05ab2c45999fcef6e17
This code has a short lifetime, we will use it to get access token and ID token in the next step
Tokens¶
- In this step, we exchange the authorization code against tokens:
Access token
ID token
Refresh token (optional)
- Parameters needed:
Authorization code: see previous step
Grant type: we use here authorization_code
Redirect URI: same value as the one used in the previous step
Client ID and Client Secret: given by your OIDC provider, we use here private/tardis
curl -X POST -d grant_type=authorization_code -d 'redirect_uri=http://localhost' -d code=94b0facd91a0fa92762edc48d18369e99c330ba2b8fb05ab2c45999fcef6e17 -u 'private:tardis' 'https://oidctest.wsweet.org/oauth2/token' | json_pp
The JSON response looks like this:
{
"access_token" : "a88b8dde538719e55c3cb8fbd14d06ed77853c685a62abf6ecb88d86228a9c64",
"expires_in" : 3600,
"id_token" : "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6Im9pZGN0ZXN0IiwidHlwIjoiSldUIn0.eyJhdXRoX3RpbWUiOjE2MTQxNjAwMDYsImlhdCI6MTYxNDE2MzIxOCwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9vaWRjdGVzdC53c3dlZXQub3JnLyIsImF0X2hhc2giOiJIVGswOVNjSjRObEFua3k5SGFFX2VRIiwiYWNyIjoibG9hLTIiLCJleHAiOjE2MTQxNjY4MTgsInN1YiI6ImR3aG8iLCJhenAiOiJwcml2YXRlIiwiYXVkIjpbInByaXZhdGUiXX0.N3TNufjKLzKM3qiIitA7JHUei4L572XjF6AcVl7UAFB6efdGUCiAL7amlUl0FgjZfzW9bzvulBVDidoYSicIaysIdI4KkjmjpVN0Z3gOSu0ecuk5p8fD1KbX6-tmA3txeR18nzfhdckq-S-6Lx7wrWpPNyrzGx-FImbOaUPN2yeVhKPXhdyHJbzI0RqJETxnBkyW-CLEzAJyq3rCUVX-D8kHADvg6a42QQyPdxvBuGrdBfyDDDb_Py13H1qhn40NnuFknR1wSahsY6U97uUooyk-0_U4J3XJAHySjCtivtSeP0fM_5eblMuh6WdVjrfnUF0xnCTbCa2gYRlTS38BkqcsWY26PXoRAOo31a1cmB5sMSZyPtRF9UZcmGiNBIymMMdFgVAJONb6uliiTS5j9-nkmHOqVC-XJ6tuiU3ZSBQ8nCRyNW2LaCzpJ5c3ytP9yYQtyT8HmhN0VnXob3K1uJEA_Xcu4sADjtrm-LbrGiwaVMkfu-C6YIrbuC9riOW6TneV2gAzAjXPOW_UZeXrCrx66GHIJPsJIq29UfbTN5Pxo9SH2yKw6PSfxevkZhBIhEXCOMaIUHrlWz2jDBBzPIWeiSRbK_MRtejQmdRUs8nqdq-McVwnFiUMDt1KZXxqScTtMDF_Lo9oK2RaCijEJ7MSPEscr_YOyp3KIq2FLVg",
"refresh_token" : "19434440ed4da2803e8ba9d91cb2eabd5b8bd12af2609429bda03ed487e6ef57",
"token_type" : "Bearer"
}
The access token will be used for the last step, to get information about the user.
The ID Token is a JWT (JSON Web Token) and can be parsed easily, as this is the concatenation of 3 JSON strings encoded in base 64: base64(header).base64(payload).base64(signature).
Decoding the payload gives:
{
"acr" : "loa-2",
"at_hash" : "HTk09ScJ4NlAnky9HaE_eQ",
"aud" : [
"private"
],
"auth_time" : 1614160006,
"azp" : "private",
"exp" : 1614166818,
"iat" : 1614163218,
"iss" : "https://oidctest.wsweet.org/",
"sub" : "dwho"
}
User info¶
This step is optional and allows to fetch user information linked to scopes requested in the first step.
- Parameters needed:
Access token, used as bearer authorization
curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer a88b8dde538719e55c3cb8fbd14d06ed77853c685a62abf6ecb88d86228a9c64' 'https://oidctest.wsweet.org/oauth2/userinfo' | json_pp
JSON response:
{
"email" : "dwho@badwolf.org",
"name" : "Doctor Who",
"preferred_username" : "dwho",
"sub" : "dwho"
}
Introspection¶
You can the validity of the access token with the introspection endpoint.
- Parameters needed:
Client ID and Client Secret, used as basic authorization
Access token, sent as POST data
curl -u private:tardis -X POST -d 'token=a88b8dde538719e55c3cb8fbd14d06ed77853c685a62abf6ecb88d86228a9c64' 'https://oidctest.wsweet.org/oauth2/introspect' | json_pp
JSON response:
{
"active" : true,
"client_id" : "private",
"exp" : 1630684115,
"iss" : "https://oidctest.wsweet.org/",
"scope" : "openid profile email",
"sub" : "dwho"
}
Refresh an access token¶
If the access token has expired, you can get a new one with the refresh token.
- Parameters needed:
Grant type: we use here refresh_token, sent as POST data
Refresh token, sent as POST data
Client ID and Client Secret, used as basic authorization
curl -X POST -d grant_type=refresh_token -d refresh_token=19434440ed4da2803e8ba9d91cb2eabd5b8bd12af2609429bda03ed487e6ef57 -u 'private:tardis' 'https://oidctest.wsweet.org/oauth2/token' | json_pp
JSON response:
{
"access_token" : "78929118546b1a11a2e3b607f607d0ccb73d72bbd95c59d0b03ae69ffa17f41a",
"expires_in" : 3600,
"id_token" : "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6Im9pZGN0ZXN0IiwidHlwIjoiSldUIn0.eyJhdXRoX3RpbWUiOjE2MTQxNjAwMDYsImlhdCI6MTYxNDE2MzIxOCwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9vaWRjdGVzdC53c3dlZXQub3JnLyIsImF0X2hhc2giOiJIVGswOVNjSjRObEFua3k5SGFFX2VRIiwiYWNyIjoibG9hLTIiLCJleHAiOjE2MTQxNjY4MTgsInN1YiI6ImR3aG8iLCJhenAiOiJwcml2YXRlIiwiYXVkIjpbInByaXZhdGUiXX0.N3TNufjKLzKM3qiIitA7JHUei4L572XjF6AcVl7UAFB6efdGUCiAL7amlUl0FgjZfzW9bzvulBVDidoYSicIaysIdI4KkjmjpVN0Z3gOSu0ecuk5p8fD1KbX6-tmA3txeR18nzfhdckq-S-6Lx7wrWpPNyrzGx-FImbOaUPN2yeVhKPXhdyHJbzI0RqJETxnBkyW-CLEzAJyq3rCUVX-D8kHADvg6a42QQyPdxvBuGrdBfyDDDb_Py13H1qhn40NnuFknR1wSahsY6U97uUooyk-0_U4J3XJAHySjCtivtSeP0fM_5eblMuh6WdVjrfnUF0xnCTbCa2gYRlTS38BkqcsWY26PXoRAOo31a1cmB5sMSZyPtRF9UZcmGiNBIymMMdFgVAJONb6uliiTS5j9-nkmHOqVC-XJ6tuiU3ZSBQ8nCRyNW2LaCzpJ5c3ytP9yYQtyT8HmhN0VnXob3K1uJEA_Xcu4sADjtrm-LbrGiwaVMkfu-C6YIrbuC9riOW6TneV2gAzAjXPOW_UZeXrCrx66GHIJPsJIq29UfbTN5Pxo9SH2yKw6PSfxevkZhBIhEXCOMaIUHrlWz2jDBBzPIWeiSRbK_MRtejQmdRUs8nqdq-McVwnFiUMDt1KZXxqScTtMDF_Lo9oK2RaCijEJ7MSPEscr_YOyp3KIq2FLVg",
"token_type" : "Bearer"
}
Logout¶
To kill SSO session, call the OIDC logout endpoint. By default a confirmation is requested, but you can bypass it by adding confirm=1 to URL.
- Parameters needed:
SSO session id (will be passed in lemonldap cookie)
curl -s -D - -o /dev/null -b lemonldap=0640f95827111f00ba7ad5863ba819fe46cfbcecdb18ce525836369fb4c8350b 'https://oidctest.wsweet.org/oauth2/logout?confirm=1'
The session is deleted on server side and the cookie is destroyed in the browser. You can use the introspection endpoint to verify that the access token is no longer valid.