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Oauth2 Authentication Token contains OID of Azure Application ID rather than User ID

I am writing an application that implements SSO using Oatuh2. Azure AD is the IDP.

After submitting a post request to the Azure AD Token Endpoint, the received token contains the Azure AD Application ID rather than the User ID. Post https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant id}/oauth2/v2.0/token

The contents of the post request are as follows:

headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'Accept-Charset': 'UTF-8'}
    data = {"grant_type": "client_credentials",
            "client_id": self.client_id,
            "client_secret": '****',
            "redirect_uri": 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/nativeclient',
            "code": self.code,
            "scope": 'api://{applicationID}/.default openid email'
            }

I am assuming that either an endpoint is being used in correctly or that an ID being used in the post request is incorrect, but they all look correct to me.

Solution

  • You are using the client credentials grant type which is meant for identifying applications, not users. You should be using the authorization_code grant type to exchange the code for the user's tokens.

    With client credentials, it is correct that you are getting a token with the application's id, it's how it is supposed to work.