Dev portal sample app for Device code flow.

This sample shows how to use the openid-client library with Node.js to:

• Authenticate a user via openid-client using the the device flow authorization grant type.
• Successfully make an API request to userinfo endpoint to return the authenticated users details.

Running the sample app:

1. Configure your .env file variables. You can refer to the .env.example file with the required variables to run this sample.
2. From the CLI enter npm install
3. After successfully intalling node_modules, from the CLI start the sample application by running npm run start
4. navigate to http://localhost:3000 in your browser and follow the on screen prompts to authenticate your app using the device flow authentication grant type with IBM Security Verify.

User flow

• Click the Device code button to call the Authorization server to retrieve a valid device code.
• Copy the code and goto the provided link to authenticate using the device code
• The application begins polling the authorization server for a valid access token
• When the authentication process is complete you can view the authenticated users information.

Troubleshooting

• CLI displaying npm ERR! code E401 when trying to run npm install. Delete the package-lock.json file and run npm install again.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

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