oidc-provider
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OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server implementation for Node.js with OpenID Connect
oidc-provider is an OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server with OpenID Connect and many additional features and standards implemented.
Table of Contents
The following specifications are implemented by oidc-provider:
Note that not all features are enabled by default, check the configuration section on how to enable them.
Supported Access Token formats:
The following draft specifications are implemented by oidc-provider:
Updates to draft specification versions are released as MINOR library versions,
if you utilize these specification implementations consider using the tilde ~ operator in your
package.json since breaking changes may be introduced as part of these version updates. Alternatively
acknowledge the version and be notified of breaking changes as part of
your CI.
Filip Skokan has certified that oidc-provider
conforms to the following profiles of the OpenID Connect™ protocol
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You may check the example folder or follow a step by step example to see which of those fits your desired application setup.
Also be sure to check the available configuration docs section.
oidc-provider can be mounted to existing connect, express, fastify, hapi, or koa applications, see how. The provider allows to be extended and configured in various ways to fit a variety of uses. See the documentation.
const { Provider } = require('oidc-provider');
const configuration = {
// ... see /docs for available configuration
clients: [{
client_id: 'foo',
client_secret: 'bar',
redirect_uris: ['http://lvh.me:8080/cb'],
// ... other client properties
}],
};
const oidc = new Provider('http://localhost:3000', configuration);
oidc.listen(3000, () => {
console.log('oidc-provider listening on port 3000, check http://localhost:3000/.well-known/openid-configuration');
});
Collection of useful configurations use cases are available over at recipes.
oidc-provider instances are event emitters, using event handlers you can hook into the various actions and i.e. emit metrics that react to specific triggers. See the list of available emitted event names and their description.
FAQs
OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server implementation for Node.js with OpenID Connect
The npm package oidc-provider receives a total of 24,839 weekly downloads. As such, oidc-provider popularity was classified as popular.
We found that oidc-provider demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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