# OpenID Connect SDK (client and server) for Go
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## What Is It
This project is an easy-to-use client (RP) and server (OP) implementation for the `OIDC` (OpenID Connect) standard written for `Go`.
The RP is certified for the [basic](https://www.certification.openid.net/plan-detail.html?public=true&plan=uoprP0OO8Z4Qo) and [config](https://www.certification.openid.net/plan-detail.html?public=true&plan=AYSdLbzmWbu9X) profile.
Whenever possible we tried to reuse / extend existing packages like `OAuth2 for Go`.
## Basic Overview
The most important packages of the library:
/pkg
/client clients using the OP for retrieving, exchanging and verifying tokens
/rp definition and implementation of an OIDC Relying Party (client)
/rs definition and implementation of an OAuth Resource Server (API)
/op definition and implementation of an OIDC OpenID Provider (server)
/oidc definitions shared by clients and server
/example
/client/api example of an api / resource server implementation using token introspection
/client/app web app / RP demonstrating authorization code flow using various authentication methods (code, PKCE, JWT profile)
/client/github example of the extended OAuth2 library, providing an HTTP client with a reuse token source
/client/service demonstration of JWT Profile Authorization Grant
/server examples of an OpenID Provider implementations (including dynamic) with some very basic login UI
## How To Use It
Check the `/example` folder where example code for different scenarios is located.
```bash
# start oidc op server
# oidc discovery http://localhost:9998/.well-known/openid-configuration
go run github.com/zitadel/oidc/v3/example/server
# start oidc web client (in a new terminal)
CLIENT_ID=web CLIENT_SECRET=secret ISSUER=http://localhost:9998/ SCOPES="openid profile" PORT=9999 go run github.com/zitadel/oidc/v3/example/client/app
```
- open http://localhost:9999/login in your browser
- you will be redirected to op server and the login UI
- login with user `test-user@localhost` and password `verysecure`
- the OP will redirect you to the client app, which displays the user info
for the dynamic issuer, just start it with:
```bash
go run github.com/zitadel/oidc/v3/example/server/dynamic
```
the oidc web client above will still work, but if you add `oidc.local` (pointing to 127.0.0.1) in your hosts file you can also start it with:
```bash
CLIENT_ID=web CLIENT_SECRET=secret ISSUER=http://oidc.local:9998/ SCOPES="openid profile" PORT=9999 go run github.com/zitadel/oidc/v3/example/client/app
```
> Note: Usernames are suffixed with the hostname (`test-user@localhost` or `test-user@oidc.local`)
## Features
| | Relying party | OpenID Provider | Specification |
| -------------------- | ------------- | --------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| Code Flow | yes | yes | OpenID Connect Core 1.0, [Section 3.1][1] |
| Implicit Flow | no[^1] | yes | OpenID Connect Core 1.0, [Section 3.2][2] |
| Hybrid Flow | no | not yet | OpenID Connect Core 1.0, [Section 3.3][3] |
| Client Credentials | not yet | yes | OpenID Connect Core 1.0, [Section 9][4] |
| Refresh Token | yes | yes | OpenID Connect Core 1.0, [Section 12][5] |
| Discovery | yes | yes | OpenID Connect [Discovery][6] 1.0 |
| JWT Profile | yes | yes | [RFC 7523][7] |
| PKCE | yes | yes | [RFC 7636][8] |
| Token Exchange | yes | yes | [RFC 8693][9] |
| Device Authorization | yes | yes | [RFC 8628][10] |
| mTLS | not yet | not yet | [RFC 8705][11] |
[1]: "3.1. Authentication using the Authorization Code Flow"
[2]: "3.2. Authentication using the Implicit Flow"
[3]: "3.3. Authentication using the Hybrid Flow"
[4]: "9. Client Authentication"
[5]: "12. Using Refresh Tokens"
[6]: "OpenID Connect Discovery 1.0 incorporating errata set 1"
[7]: "JSON Web Token (JWT) Profile for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants"
[8]: "Proof Key for Code Exchange by OAuth Public Clients"
[9]: "OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange"
[10]: "OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant"
[11]: "OAuth 2.0 Mutual-TLS Client Authentication and Certificate-Bound Access Tokens"
## Contributors
Made with [contrib.rocks](https://contrib.rocks).
### Resources
For your convenience you can find the relevant guides linked below.
- [OpenID Connect Core 1.0 incorporating errata set 1](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html)
- [OIDC/OAuth Flow in Zitadel (using this library)](https://zitadel.com/docs/guides/integrate/login-users)
## Supported Go Versions
For security reasons, we only support and recommend the use of one of the latest two Go versions (:white_check_mark:).
Versions that also build are marked with :warning:.
| Version | Supported |
| ------- | ------------------ |
| <1.18 | :x: |
| 1.18 | :warning: |
| 1.19 | :white_check_mark: |
| 1.20 | :white_check_mark: |
## Why another library
As of 2020 there are not a lot of `OIDC` library's in `Go` which can handle server and client implementations. ZITADEL is strongly committed to the general field of IAM (Identity and Access Management) and as such, we need solid frameworks to implement services.
### Goals
- [Certify this library as OP](https://openid.net/certification/#OPs)
### Other Go OpenID Connect libraries
[https://github.com/coreos/go-oidc](https://github.com/coreos/go-oidc)
The `go-oidc` does only support `RP` and is not feasible to use as `OP` that's why we could not rely on `go-oidc`
[https://github.com/ory/fosite](https://github.com/ory/fosite)
We did not choose `fosite` because it implements `OAuth 2.0` on its own and does not rely on the golang provided package. Nonetheless this is a great project.
## License
The full functionality of this library is and stays open source and free to use for everyone. Visit
our [website](https://zitadel.com) and get in touch.
See the exact licensing terms [here](LICENSE)
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[^1]: https://github.com/zitadel/oidc/issues/135#issuecomment-950563892