oidc-provider

oidc-provider is an OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server with [OpenID Connect][openid-connect] and many
additional features and standards implemented.

Table of Contents

- Implemented specs & features
- Certification
- Get started
- Documentation & Configuration
- Recipes
- Events

Implemented specs & features

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._

- [RFC6749 - OAuth 2.0][oauth2] & [OpenID Connect Core 1.0][core]
- [OpenID Connect Discovery 1.0][discovery]
- [OpenID Connect Dynamic Client Registration 1.0][registration] and [RFC7591 - OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration Protocol][oauth2-registration]
- [OpenID Connect RP-Initiated Logout 1.0][rpinitiated-logout]
- [OpenID Connect Back-Channel Logout 1.0][backchannel-logout]
- [OAuth 2.0 Form Post Response Mode][form-post]
- [RFC7009 - OAuth 2.0 Token Revocation][revocation]
- [RFC7592 - OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration Management Protocol][registration-management]
- [RFC7636 - Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE)][pkce]
- [RFC7662 - OAuth 2.0 Token Introspection][introspection]
- [RFC8252 - OAuth 2.0 for Native Apps BCP (AppAuth)][oauth-native-apps]
- [RFC8628 - OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant (Device Flow)][device-flow]
- [RFC8705 - OAuth 2.0 Mutual TLS Client Authentication and Certificate Bound Access Tokens (MTLS)][mtls]
- [RFC8707 - OAuth 2.0 Resource Indicators][resource-indicators]
- [RFC9101 - OAuth 2.0 JWT-Secured Authorization Request (JAR)][jar]
- [RFC9126 - OAuth 2.0 Pushed Authorization Requests (PAR)][par]
- [RFC9207 - OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server Issuer Identifier in Authorization Response][iss-auth-resp]
- [Financial-grade API Security Profile 1.0 - Part 2: Advanced (FAPI)][fapi]
- [JWT Secured Authorization Response Mode for OAuth 2.0 (JARM)][jarm]
- [OpenID Connect Client Initiated Backchannel Authentication Flow - Core 1.0 (CIBA)][ciba]

Supported Access Token formats:

- Opaque
- [JSON Web Token (JWT) Profile for OAuth 2.0 Access Tokens][jwt-at]
- [Platform-Agnostic Security Tokens (PASETO)][paseto-at]

The following draft specifications are implemented by oidc-provider:

- [JWT Response for OAuth Token Introspection - draft 10][jwt-introspection]
- [Financial-grade API: Client Initiated Backchannel Authentication Profile (FAPI-CIBA) - Implementer's Draft 01][fapi-ciba]
- [OAuth 2.0 Demonstration of Proof-of-Possession at the Application Layer (DPoP) - draft 03][dpop]

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.

Certification

[][openid-certified-link]
Filip Skokan has [certified][openid-certified-link] that [oidc-provider][npm-url]
conforms to the following profiles of the OpenID Connect™ protocol

- Basic OP, Implicit OP, Hybrid OP, Config OP, Dynamic OP, Form Post OP, 3rd Party-Init OP
- Back-Channel OP, RP-Initiated OP
- FAPI 1.0 Advanced Final (w/ Private Key JWT, MTLS, JARM, PAR)
- FAPI 1.0 Second Implementer's Draft (w/ Private Key JWT, MTLS, PAR)
- FAPI-CIBA OP (w/ Private Key JWT, MTLS, Ping mode, Poll mode)

Sponsor

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Support

If you or your business use oidc-provider, or you need help using/upgrading the module, please consider becoming a [sponsor][support-sponsor] so I can continue maintaining it and adding new features carefree. The only way to guarantee you get feedback from the author & sole maintainer of this module is to support the package through GitHub Sponsors.

Get started

You may check the example folder or follow a [step by step example][example-repo] to see
which of those fits your desired application setup.

Also be sure to check the available configuration docs section.

Documentation & Configuration

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.

``js
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');
});
``

Recipes

Collection of useful configurations use cases are available over at recipes.

Events

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.

[npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/oidc-provider
[openid-certified-link]: https://openid.net/certification/
[openid-connect]: https://openid.net/connect/
[core]: https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html
[discovery]: https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html
[oauth2-registration]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7591.html
[registration]: https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-registration-1_0.html
[form-post]: https://openid.net/specs/oauth-v2-form-post-response-mode-1_0.html
[oauth2]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6749.html
[oauth2-bearer]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6750.html
[revocation]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7009.html
[introspection]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7662.html
[pkce]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7636.html
[example-repo]: https://github.com/panva/node-oidc-provider-example
[backchannel-logout]: https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-backchannel-1_0-final.html
[registration-management]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7592.html
[oauth-native-apps]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8252.html
[jar]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9101.html
[device-flow]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8628.html
[jwt-introspection]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-jwt-introspection-response-10
[sponsor-auth0]: https://a0.to/try-auth0
[mtls]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8705.html
[dpop]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-dpop-03
[resource-indicators]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8707.html
[jarm]: https://openid.net/specs/oauth-v2-jarm.html
[jwt-at]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9068.html
[paseto-at]: https://paseto.io
[support-sponsor]: https://github.com/sponsors/panva
[par]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9126.html
[rpinitiated-logout]: https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-rpinitiated-1_0-final.html
[iss-auth-resp]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9207.html
[fapi]: https://openid.net/specs/openid-financial-api-part-2-1_0.html
[ciba]: https://openid.net/specs/openid-client-initiated-backchannel-authentication-core-1_0-final.html
[fapi-ciba]: https://openid.net/specs/openid-financial-api-ciba-ID1.html