For an API developer to integrate with OAuth 2.0, the resource must accept and validate the OAuth 2.0 access token (step 1 below). Once the token has been received, the resource can then validate the access token against the PingFederate authorization server (step 2). The response from the access token validation will include attributes that the resource can use for authorization decisions.


Oauth use a token

Note:
  • This section will demonstrate the manual method of validating an access token through code. This effort could also be handled by an API gateway / service bus architecture or by the API validating a JWT formatted token internally.
  • The OAuth 2.0 specifications do not define a standard mechanism for access token validation. The process described in this section is specific to a PingFederate implementation.