UserInfo

OpenID Connect 1.0 endpoint for obtaining attributes of a Human Service Consumer conform scope defined in access token.

Request

HTTP methods

  • POST

Headers

Authorization
String.
Oauth 2.0 authorization based on bearer token. MUST contain “Bearer “ + access token value. How to retrieve the access token can be found at Access Token Endpoint section.
Content-Type
String.
Defines request body content type. MUST be application/json. It can also contain characters encoding format like charset=UTF-8.

Parameters

Example

> Authorization: Bearer IIeDIrdnYo2ngwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwSDEZMBcGA1UEAwwQaVNIQ
< Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

POST connect/userinfo

Response

Headers

Content-Type
String.
Defines response body content type. MUST be equal to application/jwt.

HTTP status codes

200 OK
When a valid request is sent an OK result should be returned.
400 Bad Request
When an access token is valid but request itself is invalid.
401 Unauthorized
When Authorization header is either missing, invalid or token has already expired.

Parameters

Since response Content-Type is application/jwt it should be expected to retrieve a signed JWT. JWT should be iSHARE compliant and its payload should contain delegation evidence. In addition, JWT payload might also contain the following parameters:

first_name
String. Optional.
First name of the human who’s access token is used.
last_name
String. Optional.
Last name of the human who’s access token is used.
gender
String. Optional.
Gender of the human who’s access token is used. Available values are male, female, TBD.
company_id
String. Optional.
TBD.
company_name
String. Optional
TBD.

200 OK Example

< Content-Type: application/jwt

example TBD

Decoded JWT Payload

{
    "example": "TBD"
}