Auth0 Python CLI authenticating via Authorization Code + PKCE flow, then accessing the management API

This sample demonstrates how to authenticate a command line app, normally done via Client Credentials, using the Authorization Code flow with PKCE. It is done by starting up a browser window to do the authentication. The token is used to access the management API.

The flow is documented here: https://auth0.com/docs/api-auth/tutorials/authorization-code-grant-pkce

In addition we use the state parameter (as a nonce) to ensure against replay attack: https://auth0.com/docs/protocols/oauth2/oauth-state

Running the App

To run the sample, make sure you have python and pip installed.

• You will need to create your app as a Native app. Set the callback URL to: http://127.0.0.1:5000/callback
• Populate .env with the client ID and tenant for your Auth0 app.
• Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install the dependencies.
• Run python login.py.

The python script will open up a window in your browser to log in.

• Log in

The browser window will tell you to return to your app (for technical reasons, it is difficult to kill the browser window automatically)

• Return to your shell

The app will list the clients available in the tenant (by accessing the management API).

Security considerations

The app should be flagged as allowed to access the management API, as well as any user allowed to use the app. These can be enforced with a rule like

  var audience = '';
  audience = audience ||
    (context.request && context.request.query && context.request.query.audience) ||
    (context.request && context.request.body && context.request.body.audience);
  if (audience === 'https://gateley-empire-life.auth0.com/api/v2/') {
    var client_authorized = context.clientMetadata && context.clientMetadata.ManagementAPIAccess === "True";
    user.app_metadata = user.app_metadata || {};
    var user_authorized = user.app_metadata.roles.indexOf('cli') !== -1;
    if (client_authorized && user_authorized) {
      context.accessToken.scope = "read:clients read:connections";
      callback(null, user, context);
    } else {
      callback(new UnauthorizedError('Access denied'));
    }
  } else {
    callback(null, user, context);
  }
}

Th app metadata should have ManagementAPIAccess set to true, and a user should have their app metada include cli in their roles

What is Auth0?

Auth0 helps you to:

• Add authentication with multiple authentication sources, either social like Google, Facebook, Microsoft Account, LinkedIn, GitHub, Twitter, Box, Salesforce, among others,or enterprise identity systems like Windows Azure AD, Google Apps, Active Directory, ADFS or any SAML Identity Provider.
• Add authentication through more traditional username/password databases.
• Add support for linking different user accounts with the same user.
• Support for generating signed JSON Web Tokens to call your APIs and flow the user identity securely.
• Analytics of how, when and where users are logging in.
• Pull data from other sources and add it to the user profile, through JavaScript rules.

Create a free account in Auth0

1. Go to Auth0 and click Sign Up.
2. Use Google, GitHub or Microsoft Account to login.

Issue Reporting

If you have found a bug or if you have a feature request, please report them at this repository issues section. Please do not report security vulnerabilities on the public GitHub issue tracker. The Responsible Disclosure Program details the procedure for disclosing security issues.

Author

Auth0

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.