I am an Auth0 noob, and am able to create a new user with the Management API after I get a token for the using the Management API for my specific Auth0 application. My question is, how do I procure a authentication JWT for a specific user using username and password, but with using API, not a browse…

The Resource Owner Password endpoint can obtain an id_token through the API (non browser-based). Please ensure to read the Remarks about setting the grant_types for your client to support this endpoint: https://auth0.com/docs/api/authentication#resource-owner-password

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Well, I tried the resource owner password endpoint, and I keep getting the following error: {"error":"unauthorized_client","error_description":"Grant type 'password' not allowed for the client.","error_uri":"https://auth0.com/docs/clients/client-grant-types"} I think we could benefit from a simple …

The following document outlines using the new grant types with Realm support: Call Your API Using Resource Owner Password Flow You will need to PATCH your client to allow the http://auth0.com/oauth/grant-type/password-realm grant_type, outlined here: Application Grant Types

Thanks, Prashant. I was able to get this working. So, I have management API working for creating users etc. and then the authentication API working for getting an access_token for a user. How does one validate a user for that access_token using your API (I assume use Authentication API, but what RES…

You’ll need to elaborate on what you mean by “validate a user for that access_token using your API”. Are you talking about API Authentication and Authorization , or just validate the token in your application? Access_tokens are meant to be used to make API calls to your protected API. For your applic…

Here’s what I want, in steps: Get a user registered using Mgmt API (OK) Get an access_token based on username and password (OK) For any user-specific REST API in my application (not the Auth0 application, my application server, for which I am using your service), I need the token access_token whic…

The Authentication API is to use in your applications to authenticate a user. The Management API is for you to use as an administrator of your account, to control account/user/client settings. Your scenario would use API Authorization flows. Please review the following documentation: [image…

My feeling is that Auth0 has become a really confusing, messy and over complicated solution. Also, this change was a major change to the workflow and it has not been communicated properly.

I agree. Auth0 looks and feels painfully over-architected, without simple solutions to common workflows.

How to obtain user JWT token from username/password?

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dan.woda June 29, 2020, 9:04pm 13

Solved here: Simply getting a JWT in exchange for a user/pass

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