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Heads up! As part of our efforts to improve security and standards-based interoperability, we have implemented several new features in our authentication flows and made changes to existing ones. For an overview of these changes, and details on how you adopt them, refer to Introducing OIDC Conformant Authentication.

Dynamic Application Registration enables you to register applications dynamically. These applications can be either first-party or third-party applications.

This feature is based on the OpenID Connect Dynamic Client Registration specification and in this article we will see how you can enable and use it.

Enable dynamic registration

By default, the feature is disabled for all tenants. To change this, you have to:

  • update some tenant settings
  • promote the connections you will use with your dynamic applications to domain connections, and
  • update your application's login page (if you use Lock)

Auth0 supports Open Dynamic Registration, which means that if you enable this feature, anyone will be able to create applications in your tenant without a token.

Update tenant settings

Set the enable_dynamic_client_registration flag to true in your tenant's settings.

This can be done by enabling the OIDC Dynamic Application Registration toggle on your tenant's Advanced Settings page.

Alternatively, you can update this flag using the Update tenant settings endpoint.




  

    
  


  
  

    
      

        
curl --request PATCH \
  --url 'https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/tenants/settings' \
  --header 'authorization: Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  --header 'cache-control: no-cache' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "flags": { "enable_dynamic_client_registration": true } }'

      

    
      

        
var client = new RestClient("https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/tenants/settings");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);
request.AddHeader("cache-control", "no-cache");
request.AddHeader("authorization", "Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN");
request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{ \"flags\": { \"enable_dynamic_client_registration\": true } }", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

      

    
      

        
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/tenants/settings"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{ \"flags\": { \"enable_dynamic_client_registration\": true } }")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("authorization", "Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN")
	req.Header.Add("cache-control", "no-cache")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

      

    
      

        
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/tenants/settings")
  .header("content-type", "application/json")
  .header("authorization", "Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN")
  .header("cache-control", "no-cache")
  .body("{ \"flags\": { \"enable_dynamic_client_registration\": true } }")
  .asString();

      

    
      

        
var settings = {
  "async": true,
  "crossDomain": true,
  "url": "https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/tenants/settings",
  "method": "PATCH",
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "authorization": "Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "cache-control": "no-cache"
  },
  "processData": false,
  "data": "{ \"flags\": { \"enable_dynamic_client_registration\": true } }"
}

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

      

    
      

        
var request = require("request");

var options = { method: 'PATCH',
  url: 'https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/tenants/settings',
  headers: 
   { 'cache-control': 'no-cache',
     authorization: 'Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN',
     'content-type': 'application/json' },
  body: { flags: { enable_dynamic_client_registration: true } },
  json: true };

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);

  console.log(body);
});


      

    
      

        
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

NSDictionary *headers = @{ @"content-type": @"application/json",
                           @"authorization": @"Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN",
                           @"cache-control": @"no-cache" };
NSDictionary *parameters = @{ @"flags": @{ @"enable_dynamic_client_registration": @YES } };

NSData *postData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:parameters options:0 error:nil];

NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/tenants/settings"]
                                                       cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
                                                   timeoutInterval:10.0];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"PATCH"];
[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];
[request setHTTPBody:postData];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
                                            completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
                                                if (error) {
                                                    NSLog(@"%@", error);
                                                } else {
                                                    NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
                                                    NSLog(@"%@", httpResponse);
                                                }
                                            }];
[dataTask resume];

      

    
      

        
$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/tenants/settings",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{ \"flags\": { \"enable_dynamic_client_registration\": true } }",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    "authorization: Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "cache-control: no-cache",
    "content-type: application/json"
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

      

    
      

        
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("")

payload = "{ \"flags\": { \"enable_dynamic_client_registration\": true } }"

headers = {
    'content-type': "application/json",
    'authorization': "Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    'cache-control': "no-cache"
    }

conn.request("PATCH", "/YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/tenants/settings", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

      

    
      

        
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/tenants/settings")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
request["authorization"] = 'Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN'
request["cache-control"] = 'no-cache'
request.body = "{ \"flags\": { \"enable_dynamic_client_registration\": true } }"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

      

    
      

        
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "content-type": "application/json",
  "authorization": "Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN",
  "cache-control": "no-cache"
]
let parameters = ["flags": ["enable_dynamic_client_registration": true]]

let postData = NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(parameters, options: nil, error: nil)

var request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: "https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/tenants/settings")!,
                                        cachePolicy: .UseProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.HTTPMethod = "PATCH"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.HTTPBody = postData

let session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
let dataTask = session.dataTaskWithRequest(request, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    println(error)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? NSHTTPURLResponse
    println(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()

      

    
  





You need to update the API2_ACCESS_TOKEN with a valid token with the scope update:tenant_settings. See How to get a Management APIv2 Token for details on how to do so.


Promote connections


Applications registered via the Dynamic Application Registration Endpoint can only authenticate users using connections flagged as Domain Connections. These connections will be open for any dynamic application to allow users to authenticate.


You can promote a connection to domain level using the Update a Connection endpoint.





  

    
  


  
  

    
      

        
curl --request PATCH \
  --url 'https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/connections/CONNECTION_ID' \
  --header 'authorization: Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  --header 'cache-control: no-cache' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "is_domain_connection": true }'

      

    
      

        
var client = new RestClient("https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/connections/CONNECTION_ID");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);
request.AddHeader("cache-control", "no-cache");
request.AddHeader("authorization", "Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN");
request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{ \"is_domain_connection\": true }", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

      

    
      

        
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/connections/CONNECTION_ID"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{ \"is_domain_connection\": true }")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("authorization", "Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN")
	req.Header.Add("cache-control", "no-cache")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

      

    
      

        
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/connections/CONNECTION_ID")
  .header("content-type", "application/json")
  .header("authorization", "Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN")
  .header("cache-control", "no-cache")
  .body("{ \"is_domain_connection\": true }")
  .asString();

      

    
      

        
var settings = {
  "async": true,
  "crossDomain": true,
  "url": "https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/connections/CONNECTION_ID",
  "method": "PATCH",
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "authorization": "Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "cache-control": "no-cache"
  },
  "processData": false,
  "data": "{ \"is_domain_connection\": true }"
}

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

      

    
      

        
var request = require("request");

var options = { method: 'PATCH',
  url: 'https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/connections/CONNECTION_ID',
  headers: 
   { 'cache-control': 'no-cache',
     authorization: 'Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN',
     'content-type': 'application/json' },
  body: { is_domain_connection: true },
  json: true };

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);

  console.log(body);
});


      

    
      

        
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

NSDictionary *headers = @{ @"content-type": @"application/json",
                           @"authorization": @"Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN",
                           @"cache-control": @"no-cache" };
NSDictionary *parameters = @{ @"is_domain_connection": @YES };

NSData *postData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:parameters options:0 error:nil];

NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/connections/CONNECTION_ID"]
                                                       cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
                                                   timeoutInterval:10.0];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"PATCH"];
[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];
[request setHTTPBody:postData];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
                                            completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
                                                if (error) {
                                                    NSLog(@"%@", error);
                                                } else {
                                                    NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
                                                    NSLog(@"%@", httpResponse);
                                                }
                                            }];
[dataTask resume];

      

    
      

        
$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/connections/CONNECTION_ID",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{ \"is_domain_connection\": true }",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    "authorization: Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "cache-control: no-cache",
    "content-type: application/json"
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

      

    
      

        
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("")

payload = "{ \"is_domain_connection\": true }"

headers = {
    'content-type': "application/json",
    'authorization': "Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    'cache-control': "no-cache"
    }

conn.request("PATCH", "/YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/connections/CONNECTION_ID", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

      

    
      

        
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/connections/CONNECTION_ID")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
request["authorization"] = 'Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN'
request["cache-control"] = 'no-cache'
request.body = "{ \"is_domain_connection\": true }"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

      

    
      

        
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "content-type": "application/json",
  "authorization": "Bearer API2_ACCESS_TOKEN",
  "cache-control": "no-cache"
]
let parameters = ["is_domain_connection": true]

let postData = NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(parameters, options: nil, error: nil)

var request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: "https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/api/v2/connections/CONNECTION_ID")!,
                                        cachePolicy: .UseProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.HTTPMethod = "PATCH"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.HTTPBody = postData

let session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
let dataTask = session.dataTaskWithRequest(request, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    println(error)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? NSHTTPURLResponse
    println(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()

      

    
  





Where:


    

  • API2_ACCESS_TOKEN: Α valid Auth0 API2 token with the scope update:connections
    • 

  • CONNECTION_ID: Τhe Id of the connection to be promoted
    • 



Update the login page


To use the Auth0's Universal Login with the Dynamic Application feature, you need to use at least version 10.7.x of Lock, and set __useTenantInfo: config.isThirdPartyClient when instantiating Lock.


Sample script:


<script src="https://cdn.auth0.com/js/lock/10.7/lock.min.js"></script>
...
<script>
  // Decode utf8 characters properly
  var config = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob('@@config@@'))));

  var connection = config.connection;
  var prompt = config.prompt;
  var languageDictionary;
  var language;
  if (config.dict && config.dict.signin && config.dict.signin.title) {
    languageDictionary = { title: config.dict.signin.title };
  } else if (typeof config.dict === 'string') {
    language = config.dict;
  }

  var lock = new Auth0Lock(config.clientID, config.auth0Domain, {
    auth: {
      redirectUrl: config.callbackURL,
      responseType: config.callbackOnLocationHash ? 'token' : 'code',
      params: config.internalOptions
    },
    assetsUrl:  config.assetsUrl,
    allowedConnections: connection ? [connection] : null,
    rememberLastLogin: !prompt,
    language: language,
    languageDictionary: languageDictionary,
    closable: false,
    __useTenantInfo: config.isThirdPartyClient
  });

  lock.show();
</script>



Use dynamic registration


In this section we will see how you can dynamically register and configure an application.


Register your application


In order to dynamically register an application with Auth0, you need to send an HTTP POST message to the Application Registration endpoint: https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/oidc/register. Note that Auth0 supports Open Dynamic Registration, which means that the endpoint will accept a registration request without an Access Token.


To create an application with the name My Dynamic Client and the callback URLs https://client.example.com/callback and https://client.example.com/callback2, use the following snippet.





  

    
  


  
  

    
      

        
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/oidc/register' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{"client_name":"My Dynamic Client","redirect_uris": ["https://client.example.com/callback", "https://client.example.com/callback2"]}'

      

    
      

        
var client = new RestClient("https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/oidc/register");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\"client_name\":\"My Dynamic Client\",\"redirect_uris\": [\"https://client.example.com/callback\", \"https://client.example.com/callback2\"]}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

      

    
      

        
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/oidc/register"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\"client_name\":\"My Dynamic Client\",\"redirect_uris\": [\"https://client.example.com/callback\", \"https://client.example.com/callback2\"]}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

      

    
      

        
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/oidc/register")
  .header("content-type", "application/json")
  .body("{\"client_name\":\"My Dynamic Client\",\"redirect_uris\": [\"https://client.example.com/callback\", \"https://client.example.com/callback2\"]}")
  .asString();

      

    
      

        
var settings = {
  "async": true,
  "crossDomain": true,
  "url": "https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/oidc/register",
  "method": "POST",
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "application/json"
  },
  "processData": false,
  "data": "{\"client_name\":\"My Dynamic Client\",\"redirect_uris\": [\"https://client.example.com/callback\", \"https://client.example.com/callback2\"]}"
}

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

      

    
      

        
var request = require("request");

var options = { method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/oidc/register',
  headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
  body: 
   { client_name: 'My Dynamic Client',
     redirect_uris: 
      [ 'https://client.example.com/callback',
        'https://client.example.com/callback2' ] },
  json: true };

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);

  console.log(body);
});


      

    
      

        
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

NSDictionary *headers = @{ @"content-type": @"application/json" };
NSDictionary *parameters = @{ @"client_name": @"My Dynamic Client",
                              @"redirect_uris": @[ @"https://client.example.com/callback", @"https://client.example.com/callback2" ] };

NSData *postData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:parameters options:0 error:nil];

NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/oidc/register"]
                                                       cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
                                                   timeoutInterval:10.0];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];
[request setHTTPBody:postData];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
                                            completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
                                                if (error) {
                                                    NSLog(@"%@", error);
                                                } else {
                                                    NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
                                                    NSLog(@"%@", httpResponse);
                                                }
                                            }];
[dataTask resume];

      

    
      

        
$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/oidc/register",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{\"client_name\":\"My Dynamic Client\",\"redirect_uris\": [\"https://client.example.com/callback\", \"https://client.example.com/callback2\"]}",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    "content-type: application/json"
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

      

    
      

        
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("")

payload = "{\"client_name\":\"My Dynamic Client\",\"redirect_uris\": [\"https://client.example.com/callback\", \"https://client.example.com/callback2\"]}"

headers = { 'content-type': "application/json" }

conn.request("POST", "/YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/oidc/register", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

      

    
      

        
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/oidc/register")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\"client_name\":\"My Dynamic Client\",\"redirect_uris\": [\"https://client.example.com/callback\", \"https://client.example.com/callback2\"]}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

      

    
      

        
import Foundation

let headers = ["content-type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [
  "client_name": "My Dynamic Client",
  "redirect_uris": ["https://client.example.com/callback", "https://client.example.com/callback2"]
]

let postData = NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(parameters, options: nil, error: nil)

var request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: "https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/oidc/register")!,
                                        cachePolicy: .UseProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.HTTPBody = postData

let session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
let dataTask = session.dataTaskWithRequest(request, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    println(error)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? NSHTTPURLResponse
    println(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()

      

    
  





Where:


    

  • client_name: The name of the Dynamic Application to be created
    • 

  • redirect_uris (required): An array of URLs that Auth0 will deem valid to call at the end of an authentication flow
    • 



Optionally, you can set a value for token_endpoint_auth_method, which can be none or client_secret_post (default value).


The response includes the basic application information.


HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "client_name": "My Dynamic Application",
  "client_id": "8SXWY6j3afl2CP5ntwEOpMdPxxy49Gt2",
  "client_secret": "Q5O...33P",
  "redirect_uris": [
    "https://client.example.com/callback",
    "https://client.example.com/callback2"
  ],
  "client_secret_expires_at": 0
}



Where:


    

  • client_id: Unique application identifier. This is the ID you will use while configuring your apps to use Auth0. It is generated by the system and it cannot be modified.
    • 

  • client_secret: Alphanumeric 64-bit application secret. This value is used by applications to authenticate to the token endpoint and for signing and validating ID Tokens.
    • 

  • client_secret_expires_at: Time at which the client_secret will expire. For Auth0 this value will always be zero (0) which means that the application never expires.
    • 



Make a note of the Client ID and Secret, as these are the most important pieces for executing authentication and authorization flows.


Also, keep in mind that third-party developers are not allowed to modify the application settings. In case this is necessary, they need to contact the tenant owner with their request.


Configure your application


Now that you have a Client ID and Secret, you can configure your application to authenticate users with Auth0.


We will go through a simple example, that shows how to call an API from a client-side web app, using the Implicit Grant. For a list of tutorials on how to authenticate and authorize users, based on your application type, see the API Authorization page.


First, you need to configure your application to send the user to the authorization URL:


https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/authorize?
  audience={API_AUDIENCE}&
  scope={SCOPE}&
  response_type={RESPONSE_TYPE}&
  client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID&
  redirect_uri=https://YOUR_APP/callback&
  nonce={CRYPTOGRAPHIC_NONCE}
  state={OPAQUE_VALUE}



Where:


    

  • 

    audience (optional): The target API for which the Client Application is requesting access on behalf of the user. Set this parameter if you need API access.
    

    • 

  • 

    scope (optional): The scopes which you want to request authorization for. These must be separated by a space. You can request any of the standard OIDC scopes about users, such as profile and email, custom claims that must conform to a namespaced format (see panel below for more info), or any scopes supported by the target API (for example, read:contacts). Set this parameter if you need API access.
    

    
            
    
              
    Custom claims namespaced format
    
            
    
          
    
          
    In order to add custom claims to ID Tokens or Access Tokens, they must conform to a namespaced format to avoid possible collisions with standard OpenID Connect claims. For example, if you choose the namespace https://foo.com/ and you want to add a custom claim named myclaim, you would name the claim https://foo.com/myclaim, instead of myclaim.
    

    

    • 

  • 

    response_type: The response type. For Implicit Grant you can either use token or id_token token. This will specify the type of token you will receive at the end of the flow. Use token to get only an access_token, or id_token token to get both an id_token and an access_token.
    

    • 

  • 

    client_id: Your application's Client ID.
    

    • 

  • 

    redirect_uri: The URL to which the Authorization Server (Auth0) will redirect the User Agent (Browser) after authorization has been granted by the User. The access_token (and optionally an id_token) will be available in the hash fragment of this URL. This URL must be specified as a valid callback URL under the Application Settings of your application.
    

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  • 

    state: An opaque value the applications add to the initial request that the authorization server includes when redirecting the back to the application. This value must be used by the application to prevent CSRF attacks.
    

    • 

  • 

    nonce: A string value which will be included in the ID Token response from Auth0, used to prevent token replay attacks. It is required for response_type=id_token token.
    

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For example:


<a href="https://YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN/authorize?scope=appointments%20contacts&audience=appointments:api&response_type=id_token%20token&client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID&redirect_uri=https://YOUR_APP/callback">
  Sign In
</a>



This call will redirect the user to Auth0, and upon successful authentication, back to your application (specifically to the redirect_uri).


If you need API access, then following the authentication, you need to extract the Access Token from the hash fragment of the URL, and use it to make calls to the API, by passing it as a Bearer token in the Authorization header of the HTTP request.


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