docs/daprdocs/content/en/reference/components-reference/supported-middleware/middleware-oauth2clientcredentials.md

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The OAuth2 client credentials [HTTP middleware]({{< ref middleware.md >}}) enables the OAuth2 Client Credentials flow on a Web API without modifying the application. This design separates authentication/authorization concerns from the application, so that application operators can adopt and configure authentication/authorization providers without impacting the application code.

Component format

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: oauth2clientcredentials
spec:
  type: middleware.http.oauth2clientcredentials
  version: v1
  metadata:
  - name: clientId
    value: "<your client ID>"
  - name: clientSecret
    value: "<your client secret>"
  - name: scopes
    value: "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email"
  - name: tokenURL
    value: "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token"
  - name: headerName
    value: "authorization"

{{% alert title="Warning" color="warning" %}} The above example uses secrets as plain strings. It is recommended to use a secret store for the secrets as described [here]({{< ref component-secrets.md >}}). {{% /alert %}}

Spec metadata fields

Field	Details	Example
clientId	The client ID of your application that is created as part of a credential hosted by a OAuth-enabled platform
clientSecret	The client secret of your application that is created as part of a credential hosted by a OAuth-enabled platform
scopes	A list of space-delimited, case-sensitive strings of scopes which are typically used for authorization in the application	"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email"
tokenURL	The endpoint is used by the client to obtain an access token by presenting its authorization grant or refresh token	"https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token"
headerName	The authorization header name to forward to your application	"authorization"
endpointParamsQuery	Specifies additional parameters for requests to the token endpoint	true
authStyle	Optionally specifies how the endpoint wants the client ID & client secret sent. See the table of possible values below	0

Possible values for authStyle

Value	Meaning
1	Sends the "client_id" and "client_secret" in the POST body as application/x-www-form-urlencoded parameters.
2	Sends the "client_id" and "client_secret" using HTTP Basic Authorization. This is an optional style described in the OAuth2 RFC 6749 section 2.3.1.
0	Means to auto-detect which authentication style the provider wants by trying both ways and caching the successful way for the future.

Dapr configuration

To be applied, the middleware must be referenced in a [configuration]({{< ref configuration-concept.md >}}). See [middleware pipelines]({{< ref "middleware.md#customize-processing-pipeline">}}).

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Configuration
metadata:
  name: appconfig
spec:
  httpPipeline:
    handlers:
    - name: oauth2clientcredentials
      type: middleware.http.oauth2clientcredentials

Related links

• [Middleware]({{< ref middleware.md >}})
• [Configuration concept]({{< ref configuration-concept.md >}})
• [Configuration overview]({{< ref configuration-overview.md >}})