Overview

User
Aidbox has a SCIM User Resource.
Attributes:
element
type
description
id
string
​
email
string
​
password
string
Hash of password
identifier
Identifier[]
​
userName
​
​
Create Users
To create user you can use CRUD API, e.g. POST /User and PUT /User/
User Login
Human User can use /auth/login to log in with credentials defined in a User resource
System can authenticate a User as it is specified in OAuth 2.0 spec. For example, you can get access token via
POST /auth/token
client_id: password-client
grant_type: password
username: [email protected]
password: password
Note for such authentification a Client resource should be created
You can find different authorization flow examples in the Auth Sandbox in the Aidbox ui
GET /auth/userinfo returns info about current User session
Activate/Deactivate Users
To control User active status you can change User.inactive attribute by setting true or false value. Deactivating user doesn't affect Session's activation.
Sessions
For each user login Aidbox creates Session resource
Get last 10 sessions
select cts, resource#>>'{user,id}'
from session
order by cts desc
limit 10
Session expiration
Basically, all sessions stored in Aidbox are infinite, and you have to manage session expiration by yourself manually.
However since Aidbox v:2205 Session.exp field was added. It represents NumericDate from RFC7519 and it identifies the expiration time after which the Session will not be accepted for processing.
You can specify auth.*.access_token_expiration (in seconds) on Client resource, so Session.exp field will be propagated once corresponding grant_type is used to launch a Session.
Client
To provide programmatic access to Aidbox you have to register a client - Client resource.
Client resource must have grant_types attribute defining authentification scheme for this Client.
​Application grant types (or flows) are methods through which applications can gain Access Tokens and by which you grant limited access to your resources to another entity without exposing credentials.
Grant types are choosed appropriately based on the grant_types property of your Auth0-registered Application. The OAuth 2.0 protocol supports several types of grants, which allow different types of access. To see available grant types and grant type mapping refer to the doc.
Other required attributes are determined based on the values of this attribute grant_types is an array of strings, possible values are:
basic
client_credentials
password
implicit
authorization_code
code
You can find different authorization flow examples in the Auth Sandbox in the Aidbox ui

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User

Create Users

User Login

Activate/Deactivate Users

Sessions

Session expiration

Client