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OAuth 2.0 Resource Server Opaque Token

Minimal Dependencies for Introspection

As described in Minimal Dependencies for JWT most of Resource Server support is collected in spring-security-oauth2-resource-server. However unless a custom OpaqueTokenIntrospector is provided, the Resource Server will fallback to NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector. Meaning that both spring-security-oauth2-resource-server and oauth2-oidc-sdk are necessary in order to have a working minimal Resource Server that supports opaque Bearer Tokens. Please refer to spring-security-oauth2-resource-server in order to determine the correct version for oauth2-oidc-sdk.

Minimal Configuration for Introspection

Typically, an opaque token can be verified via an OAuth 2.0 Introspection Endpoint, hosted by the authorization server. This can be handy when revocation is a requirement.

When using Spring Boot, configuring an application as a resource server that uses introspection consists of two basic steps. First, include the needed dependencies and second, indicate the introspection endpoint details.

Specifying the Authorization Server

To specify where the introspection endpoint is, simply do:

spring:
  security:
    oauth2:
      resourceserver:
        opaque-token:
          introspection-uri: https://idp.example.com/introspect
          client-id: client
          client-secret: secret

Where idp.example.com/introspect is the introspection endpoint hosted by your authorization server and client-id and client-secret are the credentials needed to hit that endpoint.

Resource Server will use these properties to further self-configure and subsequently validate incoming JWTs.

When using introspection, the authorization server’s word is the law. If the authorization server responses that the token is valid, then it is.

And that’s it!

Startup Expectations

When this property and these dependencies are used, Resource Server will automatically configure itself to validate Opaque Bearer Tokens.

This startup process is quite a bit simpler than for JWTs since no endpoints need to be discovered and no additional validation rules get added.

Runtime Expectations

Once the application is started up, Resource Server will attempt to process any request containing an Authorization: Bearer header:

GET / HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer some-token-value # Resource Server will process this

So long as this scheme is indicated, Resource Server will attempt to process the request according to the Bearer Token specification.

Given an Opaque Token, Resource Server will

  1. Query the provided introspection endpoint using the provided credentials and the token

  2. Inspect the response for an { 'active' : true } attribute

  3. Map each scope to an authority with the prefix SCOPE_

The resulting Authentication#getPrincipal, by default, is a Spring Security OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal object, and Authentication#getName maps to the token’s sub property, if one is present.

From here, you may want to jump to:

How Opaque Token Authentication Works

Next, let’s see the architectural components that Spring Security uses to support opaque token Authentication in servlet-based applications, like the one we just saw.

OpaqueTokenAuthenticationProvider is an AuthenticationProvider implementation that leverages a OpaqueTokenIntrospector to authenticate an opaque token.

Let’s take a look at how OpaqueTokenAuthenticationProvider works within Spring Security. The figure explains details of how the AuthenticationManager in figures from Reading the Bearer Token works.

opaquetokenauthenticationprovider
Figure 1. OpaqueTokenAuthenticationProvider Usage

number 1 The authentication Filter from Reading the Bearer Token passes a BearerTokenAuthenticationToken to the AuthenticationManager which is implemented by ProviderManager.

number 2 The ProviderManager is configured to use an AuthenticationProvider of type OpaqueTokenAuthenticationProvider.

number 3 OpaqueTokenAuthenticationProvider introspects the opaque token and adds granted authorities using an OpaqueTokenIntrospector. When authentication is successful, the Authentication that is returned is of type BearerTokenAuthentication and has a principal that is the OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal returned by the configured OpaqueTokenIntrospector. Ultimately, the returned BearerTokenAuthentication will be set on the SecurityContextHolder by the authentication Filter.

Looking Up Attributes Post-Authentication

Once a token is authenticated, an instance of BearerTokenAuthentication is set in the SecurityContext.

This means that it’s available in @Controller methods when using @EnableWebMvc in your configuration:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@GetMapping("/foo")
public String foo(BearerTokenAuthentication authentication) {
    return authentication.getTokenAttributes().get("sub") + " is the subject";
}
@GetMapping("/foo")
fun foo(authentication: BearerTokenAuthentication): String {
    return authentication.tokenAttributes["sub"].toString() + " is the subject"
}

Since BearerTokenAuthentication holds an OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal, that also means that it’s available to controller methods, too:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@GetMapping("/foo")
public String foo(@AuthenticationPrincipal OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal principal) {
    return principal.getAttribute("sub") + " is the subject";
}
@GetMapping("/foo")
fun foo(@AuthenticationPrincipal principal: OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal): String {
    return principal.getAttribute<Any>("sub").toString() + " is the subject"
}

Looking Up Attributes Via SpEL

Of course, this also means that attributes can be accessed via SpEL.

For example, if using @EnableGlobalMethodSecurity so that you can use @PreAuthorize annotations, you can do:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@PreAuthorize("principal?.attributes['sub'] == 'foo'")
public String forFoosEyesOnly() {
    return "foo";
}
@PreAuthorize("principal?.attributes['sub'] == 'foo'")
fun forFoosEyesOnly(): String {
    return "foo"
}

Overriding or Replacing Boot Auto Configuration

There are two @Beans that Spring Boot generates on Resource Server’s behalf.

The first is a SecurityFilterChain that configures the app as a resource server. When use Opaque Token, this SecurityFilterChain looks like:

Default Opaque Token Configuration

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@Bean
public SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
    http
        .authorizeHttpRequests(authorize -> authorize
            .anyRequest().authenticated()
        )
        .oauth2ResourceServer(OAuth2ResourceServerConfigurer::opaqueToken);
    return http.build();
}
@Bean
open fun filterChain(http: HttpSecurity): SecurityFilterChain {
    http {
        authorizeRequests {
            authorize(anyRequest, authenticated)
        }
        oauth2ResourceServer {
            opaqueToken { }
        }
    }
    return http.build()
}

If the application doesn’t expose a SecurityFilterChain bean, then Spring Boot will expose the above default one.

Replacing this is as simple as exposing the bean within the application:

Custom Opaque Token Configuration

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class MyCustomSecurityConfiguration {
    @Bean
    public SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        http
            .authorizeHttpRequests(authorize -> authorize
                .requestMatchers("/messages/**").hasAuthority("SCOPE_message:read")
                .anyRequest().authenticated()
            )
            .oauth2ResourceServer(oauth2 -> oauth2
                .opaqueToken(opaqueToken -> opaqueToken
                    .introspector(myIntrospector())
                )
            );
        return http.build();
    }
}
@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
class MyCustomSecurityConfiguration {
    @Bean
    open fun filterChain(http: HttpSecurity): SecurityFilterChain {
        http {
            authorizeRequests {
                authorize("/messages/**", hasAuthority("SCOPE_message:read"))
                authorize(anyRequest, authenticated)
            }
            oauth2ResourceServer {
                opaqueToken {
                    introspector = myIntrospector()
                }
            }
        }
        return http.build()
    }
}

The above requires the scope of message:read for any URL that starts with /messages/.

Methods on the oauth2ResourceServer DSL will also override or replace auto configuration.

For example, the second @Bean Spring Boot creates is an OpaqueTokenIntrospector, which decodes String tokens into validated instances of OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@Bean
public OpaqueTokenIntrospector introspector() {
    return new NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector(introspectionUri, clientId, clientSecret);
}
@Bean
fun introspector(): OpaqueTokenIntrospector {
    return NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector(introspectionUri, clientId, clientSecret)
}

If the application doesn’t expose an OpaqueTokenIntrospector bean, then Spring Boot will expose the above default one.

And its configuration can be overridden using introspectionUri() and introspectionClientCredentials() or replaced using introspector().

If the application doesn’t expose an OpaqueTokenAuthenticationConverter bean, then spring-security will build BearerTokenAuthentication.

Or, if you’re not using Spring Boot at all, then all of these components - the filter chain, an OpaqueTokenIntrospector and an OpaqueTokenAuthenticationConverter can be specified in XML.

The filter chain is specified like so:

Default Opaque Token Configuration

  • Xml

<http>
    <intercept-uri pattern="/**" access="authenticated"/>
    <oauth2-resource-server>
        <opaque-token introspector-ref="opaqueTokenIntrospector"
                authentication-converter-ref="opaqueTokenAuthenticationConverter"/>
    </oauth2-resource-server>
</http>

And the OpaqueTokenIntrospector like so:

Opaque Token Introspector

  • Xml

<bean id="opaqueTokenIntrospector"
        class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.server.resource.introspection.NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector">
    <constructor-arg value="${spring.security.oauth2.resourceserver.opaquetoken.introspection_uri}"/>
    <constructor-arg value="${spring.security.oauth2.resourceserver.opaquetoken.client_id}"/>
    <constructor-arg value="${spring.security.oauth2.resourceserver.opaquetoken.client_secret}"/>
</bean>

And the OpaqueTokenAuthenticationConverter like so:

Opaque Token Authentication Converter

  • Xml

<bean id="opaqueTokenAuthenticationConverter"
        class="com.example.CustomOpaqueTokenAuthenticationConverter"/>

Using introspectionUri()

An authorization server’s Introspection Uri can be configured as a configuration property or it can be supplied in the DSL:

Introspection URI Configuration

  • Java

  • Kotlin

  • Xml

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class DirectlyConfiguredIntrospectionUri {
    @Bean
    public SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        http
            .authorizeHttpRequests(authorize -> authorize
                .anyRequest().authenticated()
            )
            .oauth2ResourceServer(oauth2 -> oauth2
                .opaqueToken(opaqueToken -> opaqueToken
                    .introspectionUri("https://idp.example.com/introspect")
                    .introspectionClientCredentials("client", "secret")
                )
            );
        return http.build();
    }
}
@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
class DirectlyConfiguredIntrospectionUri {
    @Bean
    open fun filterChain(http: HttpSecurity): SecurityFilterChain {
        http {
            authorizeRequests {
                authorize(anyRequest, authenticated)
            }
            oauth2ResourceServer {
                opaqueToken {
                    introspectionUri = "https://idp.example.com/introspect"
                    introspectionClientCredentials("client", "secret")
                }
            }
        }
        return http.build()
    }
}
<bean id="opaqueTokenIntrospector"
        class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.server.resource.introspection.NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector">
    <constructor-arg value="https://idp.example.com/introspect"/>
    <constructor-arg value="client"/>
    <constructor-arg value="secret"/>
</bean>

Using introspectionUri() takes precedence over any configuration property.

Using introspector()

More powerful than introspectionUri() is introspector(), which will completely replace any Boot auto configuration of OpaqueTokenIntrospector:

Introspector Configuration

  • Java

  • Kotlin

  • Xml

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class DirectlyConfiguredIntrospector {
    @Bean
    public SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        http
            .authorizeHttpRequests(authorize -> authorize
                .anyRequest().authenticated()
            )
            .oauth2ResourceServer(oauth2 -> oauth2
                .opaqueToken(opaqueToken -> opaqueToken
                    .introspector(myCustomIntrospector())
                )
            );
        return http.build();
    }
}
@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
class DirectlyConfiguredIntrospector {
    @Bean
    open fun filterChain(http: HttpSecurity): SecurityFilterChain {
        http {
            authorizeRequests {
                authorize(anyRequest, authenticated)
            }
            oauth2ResourceServer {
                opaqueToken {
                    introspector = myCustomIntrospector()
                }
            }
        }
        return http.build()
    }
}
<http>
    <intercept-uri pattern="/**" access="authenticated"/>
    <oauth2-resource-server>
        <opaque-token introspector-ref="myCustomIntrospector"/>
    </oauth2-resource-server>
</http>

This is handy when deeper configuration, like authority mapping, JWT revocation, or request timeouts, is necessary.

Exposing a OpaqueTokenIntrospector @Bean

Or, exposing a OpaqueTokenIntrospector @Bean has the same effect as introspector():

@Bean
public OpaqueTokenIntrospector introspector() {
    return new NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector(introspectionUri, clientId, clientSecret);
}

Configuring Authorization

An OAuth 2.0 Introspection endpoint will typically return a scope attribute, indicating the scopes (or authorities) it’s been granted, for example:

{ …​, "scope" : "messages contacts"}

When this is the case, Resource Server will attempt to coerce these scopes into a list of granted authorities, prefixing each scope with the string "SCOPE_".

This means that to protect an endpoint or method with a scope derived from an Opaque Token, the corresponding expressions should include this prefix:

Authorization Opaque Token Configuration

  • Java

  • Kotlin

  • Xml

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class MappedAuthorities {
    @Bean
    public SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        http
            .authorizeHttpRequests(authorizeRequests -> authorizeRequests
                .requestMatchers("/contacts/**").hasAuthority("SCOPE_contacts")
                .requestMatchers("/messages/**").hasAuthority("SCOPE_messages")
                .anyRequest().authenticated()
            )
            .oauth2ResourceServer(OAuth2ResourceServerConfigurer::opaqueToken);
        return http.build();
    }
}
@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
class MappedAuthorities {
    @Bean
    open fun filterChain(http: HttpSecurity): SecurityFilterChain {
       http {
            authorizeRequests {
                authorize("/contacts/**", hasAuthority("SCOPE_contacts"))
                authorize("/messages/**", hasAuthority("SCOPE_messages"))
                authorize(anyRequest, authenticated)
            }
           oauth2ResourceServer {
               opaqueToken { }
           }
        }
        return http.build()
    }
}
<http>
    <intercept-uri pattern="/contacts/**" access="hasAuthority('SCOPE_contacts')"/>
    <intercept-uri pattern="/messages/**" access="hasAuthority('SCOPE_messages')"/>
    <oauth2-resource-server>
        <opaque-token introspector-ref="opaqueTokenIntrospector"/>
    </oauth2-resource-server>
</http>

Or similarly with method security:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@PreAuthorize("hasAuthority('SCOPE_messages')")
public List<Message> getMessages(...) {}
@PreAuthorize("hasAuthority('SCOPE_messages')")
fun getMessages(): List<Message?> {}

Extracting Authorities Manually

By default, Opaque Token support will extract the scope claim from an introspection response and parse it into individual GrantedAuthority instances.

For example, if the introspection response were:

{
    "active" : true,
    "scope" : "message:read message:write"
}

Then Resource Server would generate an Authentication with two authorities, one for message:read and the other for message:write.

This can, of course, be customized using a custom OpaqueTokenIntrospector that takes a look at the attribute set and converts in its own way:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

public class CustomAuthoritiesOpaqueTokenIntrospector implements OpaqueTokenIntrospector {
    private OpaqueTokenIntrospector delegate =
            new NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector("https://idp.example.org/introspect", "client", "secret");

    public OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal introspect(String token) {
        OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal principal = this.delegate.introspect(token);
        return new DefaultOAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal(
                principal.getName(), principal.getAttributes(), extractAuthorities(principal));
    }

    private Collection<GrantedAuthority> extractAuthorities(OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal principal) {
        List<String> scopes = principal.getAttribute(OAuth2IntrospectionClaimNames.SCOPE);
        return scopes.stream()
                .map(SimpleGrantedAuthority::new)
                .collect(Collectors.toList());
    }
}
class CustomAuthoritiesOpaqueTokenIntrospector : OpaqueTokenIntrospector {
    private val delegate: OpaqueTokenIntrospector = NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector("https://idp.example.org/introspect", "client", "secret")
    override fun introspect(token: String): OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal {
        val principal: OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal = delegate.introspect(token)
        return DefaultOAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal(
                principal.name, principal.attributes, extractAuthorities(principal))
    }

    private fun extractAuthorities(principal: OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal): Collection<GrantedAuthority> {
        val scopes: List<String> = principal.getAttribute(OAuth2IntrospectionClaimNames.SCOPE)
        return scopes
                .map { SimpleGrantedAuthority(it) }
    }
}

Thereafter, this custom introspector can be configured simply by exposing it as a @Bean:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@Bean
public OpaqueTokenIntrospector introspector() {
    return new CustomAuthoritiesOpaqueTokenIntrospector();
}
@Bean
fun introspector(): OpaqueTokenIntrospector {
    return CustomAuthoritiesOpaqueTokenIntrospector()
}

Configuring Timeouts

By default, Resource Server uses connection and socket timeouts of 30 seconds each for coordinating with the authorization server.

This may be too short in some scenarios. Further, it doesn’t take into account more sophisticated patterns like back-off and discovery.

To adjust the way in which Resource Server connects to the authorization server, NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector accepts an instance of RestOperations:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@Bean
public OpaqueTokenIntrospector introspector(RestTemplateBuilder builder, OAuth2ResourceServerProperties properties) {
    RestOperations rest = builder
            .basicAuthentication(properties.getOpaquetoken().getClientId(), properties.getOpaquetoken().getClientSecret())
            .setConnectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(60))
            .setReadTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(60))
            .build();

    return new NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector(introspectionUri, rest);
}
@Bean
fun introspector(builder: RestTemplateBuilder, properties: OAuth2ResourceServerProperties): OpaqueTokenIntrospector? {
    val rest: RestOperations = builder
            .basicAuthentication(properties.opaquetoken.clientId, properties.opaquetoken.clientSecret)
            .setConnectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(60))
            .setReadTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(60))
            .build()
    return NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector(introspectionUri, rest)
}

Using Introspection with JWTs

A common question is whether or not introspection is compatible with JWTs. Spring Security’s Opaque Token support has been designed to not care about the format of the token — it will gladly pass any token to the introspection endpoint provided.

So, let’s say that you’ve got a requirement that requires you to check with the authorization server on each request, in case the JWT has been revoked.

Even though you are using the JWT format for the token, your validation method is introspection, meaning you’d want to do:

spring:
  security:
    oauth2:
      resourceserver:
        opaque-token:
          introspection-uri: https://idp.example.org/introspection
          client-id: client
          client-secret: secret

In this case, the resulting Authentication would be BearerTokenAuthentication. Any attributes in the corresponding OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal would be whatever was returned by the introspection endpoint.

But, let’s say that, oddly enough, the introspection endpoint only returns whether or not the token is active. Now what?

In this case, you can create a custom OpaqueTokenIntrospector that still hits the endpoint, but then updates the returned principal to have the JWTs claims as the attributes:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

public class JwtOpaqueTokenIntrospector implements OpaqueTokenIntrospector {
    private OpaqueTokenIntrospector delegate =
            new NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector("https://idp.example.org/introspect", "client", "secret");
    private JwtDecoder jwtDecoder = new NimbusJwtDecoder(new ParseOnlyJWTProcessor());

    public OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal introspect(String token) {
        OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal principal = this.delegate.introspect(token);
        try {
            Jwt jwt = this.jwtDecoder.decode(token);
            return new DefaultOAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal(jwt.getClaims(), NO_AUTHORITIES);
        } catch (JwtException ex) {
            throw new OAuth2IntrospectionException(ex);
        }
    }

    private static class ParseOnlyJWTProcessor extends DefaultJWTProcessor<SecurityContext> {
    	JWTClaimsSet process(SignedJWT jwt, SecurityContext context)
                throws JOSEException {
            return jwt.getJWTClaimsSet();
        }
    }
}
class JwtOpaqueTokenIntrospector : OpaqueTokenIntrospector {
    private val delegate: OpaqueTokenIntrospector = NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector("https://idp.example.org/introspect", "client", "secret")
    private val jwtDecoder: JwtDecoder = NimbusJwtDecoder(ParseOnlyJWTProcessor())
    override fun introspect(token: String): OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal {
        val principal = delegate.introspect(token)
        return try {
            val jwt: Jwt = jwtDecoder.decode(token)
            DefaultOAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal(jwt.claims, NO_AUTHORITIES)
        } catch (ex: JwtException) {
            throw OAuth2IntrospectionException(ex.message)
        }
    }

    private class ParseOnlyJWTProcessor : DefaultJWTProcessor<SecurityContext>() {
        override fun process(jwt: SignedJWT, context: SecurityContext): JWTClaimsSet {
            return jwt.jwtClaimsSet
        }
    }
}

Thereafter, this custom introspector can be configured simply by exposing it as a @Bean:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@Bean
public OpaqueTokenIntrospector introspector() {
    return new JwtOpaqueTokenIntrospector();
}
@Bean
fun introspector(): OpaqueTokenIntrospector {
    return JwtOpaqueTokenIntrospector()
}

Calling a /userinfo Endpoint

Generally speaking, a Resource Server doesn’t care about the underlying user, but instead about the authorities that have been granted.

That said, at times it can be valuable to tie the authorization statement back to a user.

If an application is also using spring-security-oauth2-client, having set up the appropriate ClientRegistrationRepository, then this is quite simple with a custom OpaqueTokenIntrospector. This implementation below does three things:

  • Delegates to the introspection endpoint, to affirm the token’s validity

  • Looks up the appropriate client registration associated with the /userinfo endpoint

  • Invokes and returns the response from the /userinfo endpoint

  • Java

  • Kotlin

public class UserInfoOpaqueTokenIntrospector implements OpaqueTokenIntrospector {
    private final OpaqueTokenIntrospector delegate =
            new NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector("https://idp.example.org/introspect", "client", "secret");
    private final OAuth2UserService oauth2UserService = new DefaultOAuth2UserService();

    private final ClientRegistrationRepository repository;

    // ... constructor

    @Override
    public OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal introspect(String token) {
        OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal authorized = this.delegate.introspect(token);
        Instant issuedAt = authorized.getAttribute(ISSUED_AT);
        Instant expiresAt = authorized.getAttribute(EXPIRES_AT);
        ClientRegistration clientRegistration = this.repository.findByRegistrationId("registration-id");
        OAuth2AccessToken token = new OAuth2AccessToken(BEARER, token, issuedAt, expiresAt);
        OAuth2UserRequest oauth2UserRequest = new OAuth2UserRequest(clientRegistration, token);
        return this.oauth2UserService.loadUser(oauth2UserRequest);
    }
}
class UserInfoOpaqueTokenIntrospector : OpaqueTokenIntrospector {
    private val delegate: OpaqueTokenIntrospector = NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector("https://idp.example.org/introspect", "client", "secret")
    private val oauth2UserService = DefaultOAuth2UserService()
    private val repository: ClientRegistrationRepository? = null

    // ... constructor

    override fun introspect(token: String): OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal {
        val authorized = delegate.introspect(token)
        val issuedAt: Instant? = authorized.getAttribute(ISSUED_AT)
        val expiresAt: Instant? = authorized.getAttribute(EXPIRES_AT)
        val clientRegistration: ClientRegistration = repository!!.findByRegistrationId("registration-id")
        val accessToken = OAuth2AccessToken(BEARER, token, issuedAt, expiresAt)
        val oauth2UserRequest = OAuth2UserRequest(clientRegistration, accessToken)
        return oauth2UserService.loadUser(oauth2UserRequest)
    }
}

If you aren’t using spring-security-oauth2-client, it’s still quite simple. You will simply need to invoke the /userinfo with your own instance of WebClient:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

public class UserInfoOpaqueTokenIntrospector implements OpaqueTokenIntrospector {
    private final OpaqueTokenIntrospector delegate =
            new NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector("https://idp.example.org/introspect", "client", "secret");
    private final WebClient rest = WebClient.create();

    @Override
    public OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal introspect(String token) {
        OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal authorized = this.delegate.introspect(token);
        return makeUserInfoRequest(authorized);
    }
}
class UserInfoOpaqueTokenIntrospector : OpaqueTokenIntrospector {
    private val delegate: OpaqueTokenIntrospector = NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector("https://idp.example.org/introspect", "client", "secret")
    private val rest: WebClient = WebClient.create()

    override fun introspect(token: String): OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal {
        val authorized = delegate.introspect(token)
        return makeUserInfoRequest(authorized)
    }
}

Either way, having created your OpaqueTokenIntrospector, you should publish it as a @Bean to override the defaults:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@Bean
OpaqueTokenIntrospector introspector() {
    return new UserInfoOpaqueTokenIntrospector(...);
}
@Bean
fun introspector(): OpaqueTokenIntrospector {
    return UserInfoOpaqueTokenIntrospector(...)
}