---
title: PAAP client request
description: The PingAccess agent protocol (PAAP) flow begins when the client makes an HTTP 1.1 request to a server where an agent is set up in the filter or interception chain in front of an application or other protected resource.
component: pingaccess
version: 9.0
page_id: pingaccess:agents_and_integrations:pa_ap_client_request
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingaccess/9.0/agents_and_integrations/pa_ap_client_request.html
revdate: February 1, 2024
section_ids:
  example: Example
  example-2: Example
  example-3: Example
---

# PAAP client request

The PingAccess agent protocol (PAAP) flow begins when the client makes an HTTP 1.1 request to a server where an agent is set up in the filter or interception chain in front of an application or other protected resource.

## Example

**Unauthenticated user request**

The following example demonstrates a request coming from an unauthenticated user:

```
GET /application/headers HTTP/1.1
Host: http://example.com/
Connection: keep-alive
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,/;q=0.8
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_9_4) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/37.0.2062.120 Safari/537.36
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8
Cookie: nonce=6424266c-ca9b-4e1f-9fde-d1860bfa2582
```

## Example

**OIDC Connect flow request**

The following example demonstrates a request that's part of the OpenID Connect (OIDC) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
\<p>An authentication protocol built on top of OAuth that authenticates users and enables clients (relying parties) of all types to request and receive information about authenticated sessions and users. OIDC is extensible, allowing clients to use optional features such as encryption of identity data, discovery of OpenID Providers (OAuth authorization servers), and session management.\</p>
\</div>)* authentication flow. For brevity, the POST body isn't included.

```
POST /pa/oidc/cb HTTP/1.1
Host: http://example.com/
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 1557
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,/;q=0.8
Origin: https://rhel-test.englab.corp.pingidentity.com:9031
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_9_4) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/37.0.2062.120 Safari/537.36
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8
Cookie: nonce=b000c6a2-4a03-4bde-be29-956456cd1d2a
```

## Example

**Authenticated resource request**

The following example demonstrates an authenticated request for a resource:

```
GET /application/headers HTTP/1.1
Host: http://example.com/
Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,/;q=0.8
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_9_4) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/37.0.2062.120 Safari/537.36
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8
Cookie: PA.post=eyJraWQiOiJhcCIsImFsZyI6IkVTMjU2In0.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.VRsuSs0LBnlHoJ2k-j0BDdLoGeVdqWD35n9ZxFhphEHFe7tfQ6onKAjRdXLR5rtwPBkJHkLaTLD8Yqcsf0izVw
```