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Validate an Access Token

Use this API to check the status of a session that was started via either the Authentication or Username/Password flow.

Resource URL

https://<region>.onelogin.com/oidc/token/introspection

Header Parameter

new Buffer(`${this.client_id}:${this.client_secret}`).toString('base64');

Resource Parameter

Request Parameter

Sample Request Body

token=MmVkMTIyNGUtODI5MC00YzQ4LThkZmQtYzUzYmMzODBkYjY3UV4nmxKh4z....&token_type_hint=access_token

Sample Response

{
    "active": true,
    "token_type": "access_token",
    "sub": "32916209",
    "client_id": "cc0e6bc0-644a-0135-fd0d-02d3582f0df061892",
    "exp": 1507952334,
    "iat": 1507948734,
    "iss": "https://openid-connect.onelogin.com/oidc",
    "jti": "OTY3MjhlZGMtNmVlMS00N2ZjLTk4OGItM2RhODgyYWExODNk"
}

{
    "active": false
}

{
    "error": "invalid_request",
    "error_description": "missing required parameter(s). (token)"
}

Response Elements

Sample Code

cURL

Replace sample values indicated by < > with your actual values.

curl -XPOST "https://<region>.onelogin.com/oidc/token/introspection" \
-H "Authorization: Basic <base64 encoded client_id:client_secret>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-d "token=<access_token>&token_type_hint=access_token"

Postman Collection

Replace sample variables indicated by {{ }} with your actual values.

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  A: SAML for Native Mobile Apps(Android and IOS)

  Answered Apr 02 2018

  session you've established with an SSO provider) between native apps that also support SAML the same way. https://spin.atomicobject.com/2016/09/01/sharing-web-data-wkwebview/ Basically, if you do this, you'll also be supporting SSO on mobile via SAML (or OpenID Connect, if you go that route) …

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  Q: How to use onelogin SSO with AngularJS?

  Asked Jun 20 2016

  questions: 1> Onelogin is using SAML instead of OpenID Connect. I am not asking what's the difference between these two, but what is recommended since everyone is moving towards OpenID Connect? 2> Does Onelogin supports AngularJS? I don't see any documentation for onelogin API with AngularJS & Node See Here … I was looking into Onelogin for SSO. We have applications written in .NET, AngularJS + Node. None of these applications are mobile applications. After going through their documentation I have few …

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  A: Does OneLogin support client session management via OIDC?

  Answered Nov 16 2018

  https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-session-1_0.html: 2.1. OpenID Provider Discovery Metadata These OpenID Provider Metadata parameters MUST be included in the Server's discovery … responses when Session Management and Discovery are supported: check_session_iframe ... end_session_endpoint ... I don't see these metadata parameters in the OneLogin discovery metadata, so it looks like Session Management is not supported. …

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  A: How to Validate an Access Token for OAuth2 + PCKE flow

  Answered Apr 25 2019

  returned from the auth code flow https://developers.onelogin.com/openid-connect/api/authorization-code-grant worked, and the access_token only returned {"active":false} after it expired. Make sure you are not setting the Authorization header, and only set your client_id in the payload. … I'm using OIDC with PKCE, and I managed to call the https://openid-connect.onelogin.com/oidc/token/introspection endpoint with a token retrieved via the authorization code flow: $ curl -i -d "token …

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  A: XMLHttpRequest has been blocked by CORS policy - https://openid-connect-eu.onelogin.com/oidc/token

  Answered May 23 2019

  , which is documented here: https://developers.onelogin.com/openid-connect/api/id-token OneLogin also has sample code for this: https://github.com/onelogin/onelogin-oidc-node/tree/master/2.%20Implicit%20Flow … Javascript prevents POST calls to other domains at the browser level unless they are expressly permitted by the service (and OneLogin doesn't permit this, for security reasons) I'll add that doing …

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