com.nimbusds.oauth2.sdk

Class AuthorizationRequest

java.lang.Object

com.nimbusds.oauth2.sdk.AbstractRequest

com.nimbusds.oauth2.sdk.AuthorizationRequest

All Implemented Interfaces:

Message, Request

Direct Known Subclasses:

OIDCAuthorizationRequest

@Immutable
public class AuthorizationRequest
extends AbstractRequest

Authorisation request. Used to authenticate an end-user and request the end-user's consent to grant the client access to a protected resource. This class is immutable.

Extending classes may define additional request parameters as well as enforce tighter requirements on the base parameters.

Example HTTP request:

 https://server.example.com/authorize?
 response_type=code
 &client_id=s6BhdRkqt3
 &state=xyz
 &redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fclient%2Eexample%2Ecom%2Fcb
 

Related specifications:

• OAuth 2.0 (RFC 6749), sections 4.1.1 and 4.2.1.

Author:

Vladimir Dzhuvinov

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AuthorizationRequest(URL uri, ResponseType rt, ClientID clientID) Creates a new minimal authorisation request.
AuthorizationRequest(URL uri, ResponseType rt, ClientID clientID, URL redirectURI, Scope scope, State state) Creates a new authorisation request.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ClientID	getClientID() Gets the client identifier.
URL	getRedirectURI() Gets the redirection URI.
ResponseType	getResponseType() Gets the response type.
Scope	getScope() Gets the scope.
State	getState() Gets the state.
static AuthorizationRequest	parse(HTTPRequest httpRequest) Parses an authorisation request from the specified HTTP request.
static AuthorizationRequest	parse(URL uri, Map<String,String> params) Parses an authorisation request from the specified parameters.
static AuthorizationRequest	parse(URL uri, String query) Parses an authorisation request from the specified URL query string.
HTTPRequest	toHTTPRequest() Returns the matching HTTP request.
HTTPRequest	toHTTPRequest(HTTPRequest.Method method) Returns the matching HTTP request.
Map<String,String>	toParameters() Returns the parameters for this authorisation request.
String	toQueryString() Returns the URL query string for this authorisation request.

Methods inherited from class com.nimbusds.oauth2.sdk.AbstractRequest

getURI

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AuthorizationRequest

public AuthorizationRequest(URL uri,
                    ResponseType rt,
                    ClientID clientID)

Creates a new minimal authorisation request.

Parameters:

uri - The URI of the authorisation endpoint. May be null if the toHTTPRequest() method will not be used.

rt - The response type. Corresponds to the response_type parameter. Must not be null.

clientID - The client identifier. Corresponds to the client_id parameter. Must not be null.

AuthorizationRequest

public AuthorizationRequest(URL uri,
                    ResponseType rt,
                    ClientID clientID,
                    URL redirectURI,
                    Scope scope,
                    State state)

Creates a new authorisation request.

Parameters:

uri - The URI of the authorisation endpoint. May be null if the toHTTPRequest() method will not be used.

rt - The response type. Corresponds to the response_type parameter. Must not be null.

clientID - The client identifier. Corresponds to the client_id parameter. Must not be null.

redirectURI - The redirection URI. Corresponds to the optional redirect_uri parameter. null if not specified.

scope - The request scope. Corresponds to the optional scope parameter. null if not specified.

state - The state. Corresponds to the recommended state parameter. null if not specified.

Method Detail

getResponseType

public ResponseType getResponseType()

Gets the response type. Corresponds to the response_type parameter.

Returns:

The response type.

getClientID

public ClientID getClientID()

Gets the client identifier. Corresponds to the client_id parameter.

Returns:

The client identifier.

getRedirectURI

public URL getRedirectURI()

Gets the redirection URI. Corresponds to the optional redirection_uri parameter.

Returns:

The redirection URI, null if not specified.

getScope

public Scope getScope()

Gets the scope. Corresponds to the optional scope parameter.

Returns:

The scope, null if not specified.

getState

public State getState()

Gets the state. Corresponds to the recommended state parameter.

Returns:

The state, null if not specified.

toParameters

public Map<String,String> toParameters()
                                throws SerializeException

Returns the parameters for this authorisation request.

Example parameters:

 response_type = code
 client_id     = s6BhdRkqt3
 state         = xyz
 redirect_uri  = https://client.example.com/cb
 

Returns:

The parameters.

Throws:

SerializeException - If this authorisation request couldn't be serialised to an parameters map.

toQueryString

public String toQueryString()
                     throws SerializeException

Returns the URL query string for this authorisation request.

Note that the '?' character preceding the query string in an URL is not included in the returned string.

Example URL query string:

 response_type=code
 &client_id=s6BhdRkqt3
 &state=xyz
 &redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fclient%2Eexample%2Ecom%2Fcb
 

Returns:

The URL query string.

Throws:

SerializeException - If this authorisation request couldn't be serialised to an URL query string.

toHTTPRequest

public HTTPRequest toHTTPRequest(HTTPRequest.Method method)
                          throws SerializeException

Returns the matching HTTP request.

Parameters:

method - The HTTP request method which can be GET or POST. Must not be null.

Returns:

The HTTP request.

Throws:

SerializeException - If the authorisation request message couldn't be serialised to an HTTP request.

toHTTPRequest

public HTTPRequest toHTTPRequest()
                          throws SerializeException

Description copied from interface: Request

Returns the matching HTTP request.

Returns:

The HTTP request.

Throws:

SerializeException - If the request message couldn't be serialised to an HTTP request.

parse

public static AuthorizationRequest parse(URL uri,
                         Map<String,String> params)
                                  throws ParseException

Parses an authorisation request from the specified parameters.

Example parameters:

 response_type = code
 client_id     = s6BhdRkqt3
 state         = xyz
 redirect_uri  = https://client.example.com/cb
 

Parameters:

uri - The URI of the authorisation endpoint. May be null if the toHTTPRequest() method will not be used.

params - The parameters. Must not be null.

Returns:

The authorisation request.

Throws:

ParseException - If the parameters couldn't be parsed to an authorisation request.

parse

public static AuthorizationRequest parse(URL uri,
                         String query)
                                  throws ParseException

Parses an authorisation request from the specified URL query string.

Example URL query string:

 response_type=code
 &client_id=s6BhdRkqt3
 &state=xyz
 &redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fclient%2Eexample%2Ecom%2Fcb
 

Parameters:

uri - The URI of the authorisation endpoint. May be null if the toHTTPRequest() method will not be used.

query - The URL query string. Must not be null.

Returns:

The authorisation request.

Throws:

ParseException - If the query string couldn't be parsed to an authorisation request.

parse

public static AuthorizationRequest parse(HTTPRequest httpRequest)
                                  throws ParseException

Parses an authorisation request from the specified HTTP request.

Example HTTP request (GET):

 https://server.example.com/authorize?
 response_type=code
 &client_id=s6BhdRkqt3
 &state=xyz
 &redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fclient%2Eexample%2Ecom%2Fcb
 

Parameters:

httpRequest - The HTTP request. Must not be null.

Returns:

The authorisation request.

Throws:

ParseException - If the HTTP request couldn't be parsed to an authorisation request.