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  • Operating mode of OAuth 2.0 authentication
  • How OpenID authentication works
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Stored procedures
Performs an authentication using:
  • the OAuth 2.0 protocol on any web service.
  • Windows the OpenID protocol on any web service.
  • New in version 2024
    Windows a JWT token.
Example
// Example used to retrieve a token to perform a request on Dropbox
OAuth2Params is OAuth2Parameters
OAuth2Params.ClientID = "01234567890123456789" 
OAuth2Params.ClientSecret = "98765432109876543210"
OAuth2Params.AuthURL = "https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize"
OAuth2Params.TokenURL = "https://api.dropboxapi.com/oauth2/token"
OAuth2Params.AdditionalParameters = "force_reapprove=false"
<COMPILE IF ConfigurationType<>Site>
// If you are not using a website, you need to specify a localhost redirect URL
OAuth2Params.RedirectionURL = "http://localhost:9874/"
<END>

// Ask for authentication: opens the login window
MyToken is AuthToken = AuthIdentify(OAuth2Params)

// Request authenticated on a Dropbox API
req is httpRequest
req.Method = httpPost
req.URL = "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder"
req.AuthToken = MyToken // Authentication token
req.ContentType = "application/json"
vAPIParam is Variant
vAPIParam.path = "/Homework/math"
vAPIParam.recursive = False
vAPIParam.include_media_info = False
vAPIParam.include_deleted = False
vAPIParam.include_has_explicit_shared_members = False
req.Content = VariantToJSON(vAPIParam)

HTTPresponse is httpResponse = HTTPSend(req)
let Data = JSONToVariant(HTTPresponse.Content)
// Use the incoming data...
Syntax

Authentication via the OAuth 2.0 protocol (asynchronous syntax) Hide the details

AuthIdentify(<Authentication parameters> , <WLanguage procedure>)
<Authentication parameters>: OAuth2Parameters variable
Name of the OAuth2Parameters variable containing the parameters describing the elements required to retrieve the access token.
<WLanguage procedure>: Procedure name
Name of the WLanguage procedure ("callback") called during the authentication. For more details on this procedure, see Parameters of the procedure used by AuthIdentify.
Windows

Authentication via the OpenID protocol Hide the details

<Result> = AuthIdentify(<Authentication parameters>)
<Result>: AuthToken variable
AuthToken variable corresponding to the token containing the access information for the next requests that require authentication.
<Authentication parameters>: OpenIDParameters variable
Name of the OpenIDParameters variable containing the parameters describing the elements required to retrieve the access token.
Windows

Authentication via the OpenID protocol (asynchronous syntax) Hide the details

AuthIdentify(<Authentication parameters> , <WLanguage procedure>)
<Authentication parameters>: OpenIDParameters variable
Name of the OpenIDParameters variable containing the parameters describing the elements required to retrieve the access token.
<WLanguage procedure>: Procedure name
Name of the WLanguage procedure ("callback") called during the authentication. For more details on this procedure, see Parameters of the procedure used by AuthIdentify.
New in version 2024
Windows

Using a JWT authentication Hide the details

<Result> = AuthIdentify(<Authentication parameters>)
<Result>: AuthToken variable
AuthToken variable corresponding to the token containing the access information for the next requests that require authentication.
<Authentication parameters>: JWTParameters variable
Name of the JWTParameters variable containing the parameters describing the elements required to retrieve the access token.
New in version 2024
Windows

Using a JWT authentication (asynchronous syntax) Hide the details

AuthIdentify(<Authentication parameters> , <WLanguage procedure>)
<Authentication parameters>: JWTParameters variable
Name of the JWTParameters variable containing the parameters describing the elements required to retrieve the access token.
<WLanguage procedure>: Procedure name
Name of the WLanguage procedure ("callback") called during the authentication. For more details on this procedure, see Parameters of the procedure used by AuthIdentify.
Remarks

Operating mode of OAuth 2.0 authentication

The steps of OAuth 2.0 authentication performed by AuthIdentify are as follows:
  • Running a first HTTP request to ask for an authorization (authorization URL specified in the OAuth2Parameters variable).
  • Opening an OAuth 2.0 authentication window. The authentication window is defined by each service.
  • After the authentication, the server returns an authorization code to request an access token. This code is added as parameter of second URL (access token URL specified in the OAuth2Parameters variable).
  • Running the second HTTP request to ask for the access token. The result is a JSON buffer that contains, among other elements, the access token ("access_token") to be used for the requests that require authentication. The AuthToken variable contains the information found in this JSON buffer. This access token will be used by the calls to the APIs of the web service.
To use the APIs of the web service, simply use HTTPSend with a variable of type httpRequest defining the request to be executed.
The AuthToken variable will be assigned to the AuthToken property of the httpRequest variable (see example).
In this case, the server will receive the HTTP "Authorization" header with a value in the following format: "Authorization: Bearer xxx_access_token_xxx".
Caution:
  • If the server does not return the access token in the format of JSON code according to the OAuth2.0 standard, an error will occur and the token will not be retrieved. The server response can be retrieved via the ServerResponse property of the AuthToken variable.
  • If the server does not support the HTTP "Authorization" header for transmitting the access token, this transmission must be done by the developer according to the format expected by the requested service.
    The following example allows you to use the web service of Facebook. In this case, the access token must be specified on the request URL.

    How OpenID authentication works

    The following are OpenID authentication steps performed by AuthIdentify:
    • Running a first HTTP request to ask for an authorization (authorization URL specified in the OpenIDParameters variable).
    • Opening an OpenID authentication window. The authentication window is defined by each service.
    • Executing a second HTTP request to get the access token after the authentication. The result is a JSON buffer that contains, among other elements, the access token ("access_token") to be used for the requests that require authentication. The AuthToken variable contains the information found in this JSON buffer. This access token will be used by the calls to the APIs of the web service.
    To authenticate the user, simply use OpenIDReadIdentity and specify the AuthToken variable.
    Caution: If the server does not return the access token in the format of JSON code according to the OAuth2.0 standard, an error will occur and the token will not be retrieved. The server response can be retrieved via the ServerResponse property of the AuthToken variable.
    Related Examples:
    WD OAuth Training (WINDEV): WD OAuth
    [ + ] OAuth allows you to act as user of an external platform without knowing the identifiers (user name and password) of this user.
    Several external platforms (among which Google, Twitter, Facebook) propose APIs for which you have the ability to connect with the information belonging to one of their users. This identification is performed via OAuth. Therefore, all the requests performed on their services (API, ...) will require an access token identifying both the application (the "client") and the user.
    The example proposes to connect to Google and Microsoft via the AuthConnect function and the OAuth2Parameter type.
    Business / UI classification: Business Logic
    Component: wd290ggl.dll
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    Last update: 01/18/2024

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