github.com/RichardKnop/go-oauth2-server @v1.0.4

Go OAuth2 Server

This service implements OAuth 2.0 specification. Excerpts from the specification are included in this README file to describe different grant types. Please read the full spec for more detailed information.

• OAuth 2.0
• Client Authentication
• Grant Types
  • Authorization Code
  • Implicit
  • Resource Owner Password Credentials
  • Client Credentials
• Refreshing An Access Token
• Token Introspection
• Plugins
• Session Storage
• Dependencies
• Setup
• etcd
• consul
• postgres
• Compile & Run Data
• Testing
• Docker
• Docker Compose
• Supporting the project

OAuth 2.0

Client Authentication

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-3.2.1

Clients must authenticate with client credentials (client ID and secret) when issuing requests to /v1/oauth/tokens endpoint. Basic HTTP authentication should be used.

Grant Types

Authorization Code

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-4.1

The authorization code grant type is used to obtain both access tokens and refresh tokens and is optimized for confidential clients. Since this is a redirection-based flow, the client must be capable of interacting with the resource owner's user-agent (typically a web browser) and capable of receiving incoming requests (via redirection) from the authorization server.

+----------+
| Resource |
|   Owner  |
|          |
+----------+
     ^
     |
    (B)
+----|-----+          Client Identifier      +---------------+
|         -+----(A)-- & Redirection URI ---->|               |
|  User-   |                                 | Authorization |
|  Agent  -+----(B)-- User authenticates --->|     Server    |
|          |                                 |               |
|         -+----(C)-- Authorization Code ---<|               |
+-|----|---+                                 +---------------+
  |    |                                         ^      v
 (A)  (C)                                        |      |
  |    |                                         |      |
  ^    v                                         |      |
+---------+                                      |      |
|         |>---(D)-- Authorization Code ---------'      |
|  Client |          & Redirection URI                  |
|         |                                             |
|         |<---(E)----- Access Token -------------------'
+---------+       (w/ Optional Refresh Token)

The client initiates the flow by directing the resource owner's user-agent to the authorization endpoint. The client includes its client identifier, requested scope, local state, and a redirection URI to which the authorization server will send the user-agent back once access is granted (or denied).

http://localhost:8080/web/authorize?client_id=test_client_1&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com&response_type=code&state=somestate&scope=read_write

The authorization server authenticates the resource owner (via the user-agent).

The authorization server then establishes whether the resource owner grants or denies the client's access request.

If the request fails due to a missing, invalid, or mismatching redirection URI, or if the client identifier is missing or invalid, the authorization server SHOULD inform the resource owner of the error and MUST NOT automatically redirect the user-agent to the invalid redirection URI.

If the resource owner denies the access request or if the request fails for reasons other than a missing or invalid redirection URI, the authorization server informs the client by adding the error parameter to the query component of the redirection URI.

https://www.example.com/?error=access_denied&state=somestate

Assuming the resource owner grants access, the authorization server redirects the user-agent back to the client using the redirection URI provided earlier (in the request or during client registration). The redirection URI includes an authorization code and any local state provided by the client earlier.

https://www.example.com/?code=7afb1c55-76e4-4c76-adb7-9d657cb47a27&state=somestate

The client requests an access token from the authorization server's token endpoint by including the authorization code received in the previous step. When making the request, the client authenticates with the authorization server. The client includes the redirection URI used to obtain the authorization code for verification.

curl --compressed -v localhost:8080/v1/oauth/tokens \
    -u test_client_1:test_secret \
    -d "grant_type=authorization_code" \
    -d "code=7afb1c55-76e4-4c76-adb7-9d657cb47a27" \
    -d "redirect_uri=https://www.example.com"

The authorization server authenticates the client, validates the authorization code, and ensures that the redirection URI received matches the URI used to redirect the client before. If valid, the authorization server responds back with an access token and, optionally, a refresh token.

{
  "user_id": "1",
  "access_token": "00ccd40e-72ca-4e79-a4b6-67c95e2e3f1c",
  "expires_in": 3600,
  "token_type": "Bearer",
  "scope": "read_write",
  "refresh_token": "6fd8d272-375a-4d8a-8d0f-43367dc8b791"
}

Implicit

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-4.2

The implicit grant type is used to obtain access tokens (it does not support the issuance of refresh tokens) and is optimized for public clients known to operate a particular redirection URI. These clients are typically implemented in a browser using a scripting language such as JavaScript.

Since this is a redirection-based flow, the client must be capable of interacting with the resource owner's user-agent (typically a web browser) and capable of receiving incoming requests (via redirection) from the authorization server.

Unlike the authorization code grant type, in which the client makes separate requests for authorization and for an access token, the client receives the access token as the result of the authorization request.

The implicit grant type does not include client authentication, and relies on the presence of the resource owner and the registration of the redirection URI. Because the access token is encoded into the redirection URI, it may be exposed to the resource owner and other applications residing on the same device.

+----------+
| Resource |
|  Owner   |
|          |
+----------+
     ^
     |
    (B)
+----|-----+          Client Identifier     +---------------+
|         -+----(A)-- & Redirection URI --->|               |
|  User-   |                                | Authorization |
|  Agent  -|----(B)-- User authenticates -->|     Server    |
|          |                                |               |
|          |<---(C)--- Redirection URI ----<|               |
|          |          with Access Token     +---------------+
|          |            in Fragment
|          |                                +---------------+
|          |----(D)--- Redirection URI ---->|   Web-Hosted  |
|          |          without Fragment      |     Client    |
|          |                                |    Resource   |
|     (F)  |<---(E)------- Script ---------<|               |
|          |                                +---------------+
+-|--------+
  |    |
 (A)  (G) Access Token
  |    |
  ^    v
+---------+
|         |
|  Client |
|         |
+---------+

The client initiates the flow by directing the resource owner's user-agent to the authorization endpoint. The client includes its client identifier, requested scope, local state, and a redirection URI to which the authorization server will send the user-agent back once access is granted (or denied).

http://localhost:8080/web/authorize?client_id=test_client_1&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com&response_type=token&state=somestate&scope=read_write

The authorization server authenticates the resource owner (via the user-agent).

The authorization server then establishes whether the resource owner grants or denies the client's access request.

If the request fails due to a missing, invalid, or mismatching redirection URI, or if the client identifier is missing or invalid, the authorization server SHOULD inform the resource owner of the error and MUST NOT automatically redirect the user-agent to the invalid redirection URI.

If the resource owner denies the access request or if the request fails for reasons other than a missing or invalid redirection URI, the authorization server informs the client by adding the following parameters to the fragment component of the redirection URI.

https://www.example.com/#error=access_denied&state=somestate

Assuming the resource owner grants access, the authorization server redirects the user-agent back to the client using the redirection URI provided earlier. The redirection URI includes he access token in the URI fragment.

https://www.example.com/#access_token=087902d5-29e7-417b-a339-b57a60d6742a&expires_in=3600&scope=read_write&state=somestate&token_type=Bearer

The user-agent follows the redirection instructions by making a request to the web-hosted client resource (which does not include the fragment per [RFC2616]). The user-agent retains the fragment information locally.

The web-hosted client resource returns a web page (typically an HTML document with an embedded script) capable of accessing the full redirection URI including the fragment retained by the user-agent, and extracting the access token (and other parameters) contained in the fragment.

The user-agent executes the script provided by the web-hosted client resource locally, which extracts the access token.

The user-agent passes the access token to the client.

Resource Owner Password Credentials

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-4.3

The resource owner password credentials grant type is suitable in cases where the resource owner has a trust relationship with the client, such as the device operating system or a highly privileged application. The authorization server should take special care when enabling this grant type and only allow it when other flows are not viable.

This grant type is suitable for clients capable of obtaining the resource owner's credentials (username and password, typically using an interactive form). It is also used to migrate existing clients using direct authentication schemes such as HTTP Basic or Digest authentication to OAuth by converting the stored credentials to an access token.

+----------+
| Resource |
|  Owner   |
|          |
+----------+
     v
     |    Resource Owner
     (A) Password Credentials
     |
     v
+---------+                                  +---------------+
|         |>--(B)---- Resource Owner ------->|               |
|         |         Password Credentials     | Authorization |
| Client  |                                  |     Server    |
|         |<--(C)---- Access Token ---------<|               |
|         |    (w/ Optional Refresh Token)   |               |
+---------+                                  +---------------+

The resource owner provides the client with its username and password.

The client requests an access token from the authorization server's token endpoint by including the credentials received from the resource owner. When making the request, the client authenticates with the authorization server.

curl --compressed -v localhost:8080/v1/oauth/tokens \
    -u test_client_1:test_secret \
    -d "grant_type=password" \
    -d "username=test@user" \
    -d "password=test_password" \
    -d "scope=read_write"

The authorization server authenticates the client and validates the resource owner credentials, and if valid, issues an access token.

{
  "user_id": "1",
  "access_token": "00ccd40e-72ca-4e79-a4b6-67c95e2e3f1c",
  "expires_in": 3600,
  "token_type": "Bearer",
  "scope": "read_write",
  "refresh_token": "6fd8d272-375a-4d8a-8d0f-43367dc8b791"
}

Client Credentials

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-4.4

The client can request an access token using only its client credentials (or other supported means of authentication) when the client is requesting access to the protected resources under its control, or those of another resource owne