Yes, we could do this -- my impression though was that the auth code
flow is considered more secure. (I admit I'm not entirely sure how the
Keycloak implicit grant flow differs from direct access grants --
whenever I look at OAuth documentation it just mentions the explicit and
implicit flows.)
On Wed, Apr 27, 2016, at 12:14 PM, Bill Burke wrote:
Ues direct grants?
On 4/27/2016 11:17 AM, Aikeaguinea wrote:
> As I understand it, using the authorization code flow rather than the
> implicit flow is recommended where possible.
>
> We have a server-side client application, but the user agents making
> requests are not browsers, but instead our own code.
>
> I'm not entirely sure how to make the authorization code flow work
> without a browser. For instance, if on the command line I request
>
> curl
>
'http://host:port/auth/realms/foo/protocol/openid-connect/auth?response_type=code&client_id=test-client&state=state&redirect_uri=http://www.example.com/hello-world'
>
> Then (assuming the parameters are correct) I get back an HTML login page
> with a form. In order to submit the credentials, I would need to dig the
> URL out of the action of the form and then submit a request like
>
> curl -X POST -d 'username=test-user' -d 'password=test1234'
>
'http://host:port/auth/realms/foo/login-actions/authenticate?code=Ctr79aRsbwPPkC4nEeT2vR9-TuC31uuXngQXoHQH6FE.ef26cfcd-a35b-4d1e-a4f7-49790f6e2f00&execution=a86f56da-9900-4f1d-a461-f18617a2333b'
>
> Three questions:
> 1. Is there some reason I shouldn't be trying to implement the
> authorization code flow like this?
>
> 2. Is there a way to get the proper login action back without having to
> dig it out of an HTML form? I've tried adding --header "Accept:
> application/json" to the command but this has no effect.
>
> 3. Is there a way of submitting credentials other than by using form
> parameters? I've tried HTTP basic auth but it doesn't work for me.
>
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