Spring Security

Spring Security Authorization API

The Authorization API from Spring Security — 1 operation(s) for authorization.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Identity & Access Management BC-620.20

Operations 1

GET /oauth2/authorize OAuth2 Authorization Request #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/oauth2/index.html
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Documentation
https://docs.spring.io/spring-authorization-server/docs/current/reference/html/
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GettingStarted
https://docs.spring.io/spring-authorization-server/docs/current/reference/html/getting-started.html

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spring-security/refs/heads/main/openapi/spring-security-authorization-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-authorization-server

Other Resources

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OAuth2 Client Documentation
https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/oauth2/client/index.html
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OAuth2 Resource Server
https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/oauth2/resource-server/index.html
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Authorization Server
https://spring.io/projects/spring-authorization-server

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OpenAPI Specification

spring-security-authorization-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Spring Security Authorization API
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Authorization across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: spring-authorization-server-openapi.yml, spring-security-oauth2-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: http://localhost:9000
  description: Default authorization server port
- url: http://localhost:8080
  description: Default application server
tags:
- name: Authorization
paths:
  /oauth2/authorize:
    get:
      operationId: authorizationRequest
      summary: OAuth2 Authorization Request
      description: Initiates the OAuth 2.1 authorization code flow with PKCE
      tags:
      - Authorization
      parameters:
      - name: response_type
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - code
      - name: client_id
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: redirect_uri
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uri
      - name: scope
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: state
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: code_challenge
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: code_challenge_method
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - S256
      responses:
        '302':
          description: Redirect to login or consent
    servers:
    - url: http://localhost:9000
      description: Default authorization server port
components:
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
x-refined-from:
- spring-authorization-server-openapi.yml
- spring-security-oauth2-openapi.yml