@littleware/little-authn v1.0.5

TL;DR

Open Id Connect client initially targeting AWS Cognito as an Identity Provider providing the @littleware/little-authn node package.

TOC

• devtest

Login flow

Refer to the documentation for AWS Cognitoflow for an overview of the OIDC client login flow.

Authorization code flow

The @littleware/little-authn/commonjs/bin/oidcClient.js module provides methods for a service (as an OIDC client) to assist with the Authorization code flow, and establishing a user session with the application.

• acquire a user token via the OIDC Authorization flow, issue the acquired identity token to the authenticating user's web client as a secure cookie
• validate the identity token in a web client's cookie to authenticate user requests.

Implicit Flow

• https://auth.frickjack.com/login?response_type=token&client_id=WHATEVER&redirect_uri=http://localhost:3000/auth/login.html&state=STATE&scope=openid+profile+email
• http://localhost:3000/auth/login.html#access_token=frickfrackfroo&id_token=blablabla&state=STATE&token_type=Bearer&expires_in=3600
• https://cognito-idp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/us-east-1_yanFUVDYv/.well-known/jwks.json
• https://medium.com/@robert.broeckelmann/openid-connect-authorization-code-flow-with-aws-cognito-246997abd11a
• https://cognito-idp.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/us-east-2_qTPWoNk4p/.well-known/openid-configuration

Lambda Integration

docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/var/task lambci/lambda:nodejs10.x lambda.lambdaHandler