ClientAuthenticator (Keycloak Docs Distribution 21.1.2 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Provider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClientAuthenticator, ClientIdAndSecretAuthenticator, JWTClientAuthenticator, JWTClientSecretAuthenticator, X509ClientAuthenticator
```
public interface ClientAuthenticator
extends Provider
```
This interface is for users that want to add custom client authenticators to an authentication flow. You must implement this interface as well as a ClientAuthenticatorFactory. This interface is for verifying client credentials from request. On the adapter side, you must also implement org.keycloak.protocol.oidc.client.authentication.ClientCredentialsProvider , which is supposed to add the client credentials to the request, which will ClientAuthenticator verify on server side

Author:

Marek Posolda

See Also:

ClientIdAndSecretAuthenticator, JWTClientAuthenticator

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  void authenticateClient(ClientAuthenticationFlowContext context)
  Initial call for the authenticator.
  - Methods inherited from interface org.keycloak.provider.Provider
    close

- Method Detail
  - authenticateClient
```
void authenticateClient(ClientAuthenticationFlowContext context)
```
    Initial call for the authenticator. This method should check the current HTTP request to determine if the request satisfies the ClientAuthenticator's requirements. If it doesn't, it should send back a challenge response by calling the ClientAuthenticationFlowContext.challenge(Response).
    
    Parameters:
    
    context -