---
title: Backchannel callbacks
description: Nodes use these callbacks to recover additional information from the request, such as a header or a certificate.
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section_ids:
  httpcallback: HttpCallback
  languagecallback: LanguageCallback
  scripttextoutputcallback: ScriptTextOutputCallback
  x509certificatecallback: X509CertificateCallback
---

# Backchannel callbacks

Nodes use these callbacks to recover additional information from the request, such as a header or a certificate.

## HttpCallback

Accesses user credentials sent in the `Authorization` header:

```
Authorization: Basic bXlDbGllbnQ6Zm9yZ2Vyb2Nr
```

* Class to import

  `com.sun.identity.authentication.spi.HttpCallback`

## LanguageCallback

Retrieves the locale from the request header for localizing text presented to the user.

* Class to import

  `javax.security.auth.callback.LanguageCallback`

## ScriptTextOutputCallback

Inserts a script into the page presented to the user; for example, to collect data about the user's environment.

* Class to import

  `com.sun.identity.authentication.callbacks.ScriptTextOutputCallback`

## X509CertificateCallback

Retrieves an X.509 certificate, for example, from a header.

* Class to import

  `com.sun.identity.authentication.spi.X509CertificateCallback`