ddtxra / python-console-keycloak-example

A simple python console application showing how to obtain access grants with OIDC Keycloak console clients

python-console-keycloak-example

A client application, configured as an OIDC client in Keycloak that shows how to obtain access grants, using the OAuth's Resource Owner Password Credentials

Keycloak configuration (if not done already)

Create a new OIDC client in keycloak, with "Access Type" set to "confidential" and optionally disable the option "Standard Flow Enabled" and save it. Click again on the client and go under Credentials tab, you will see the secret.

Usage

Copy keycloak.json.template to keycloak.json or to any filename of your choice and change the values according to your environment. If the filename is different than keycloak.json, pass the filename as argument.

python KCAuth.py <filename>

Developers

Usage of the library

from KCAuth import KCAuth

kcAuth = KCAuth("keycloak.json")
kcAuth.getAccessToken()

Curl usage

#Use the access token as follows
ACCESS_TOKEN=<copy-your-access-token-from-the-python-script>
RESOURCE_URL=http://localhost:8080/my-protected-resource
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" $RESOURCE_URL