OIDCDesktop Component
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The OIDCDesktop component provides an easy way to add OpenID Connect-based SSO to your desktop application.
Syntax
TciOIDCDesktop
Remarks
The OIDCDesktop component provides a simple way to authenticate users using OpenID Connect, making it easy to add SSO support to desktop applications. Identity management can be performed by OpenID Providers such as Microsoft, Google, Apple, GitHub, GitLab, Okta, or others.
OpenID Connect is an extension of the OAuth 2.0 specification that adds user authentication (ID Tokens) along with the authorization received by the OAuth provider (access tokens). In OpenID Connect, the OpenID Provider is the third-party service that will handle the actual authentication of the user, similar to the authorization server in OAuth 2.0. On the other side, the application that wants authentication is called the Relying Party. In OAuth 2.0, this would be similar to the OAuth client. Like in OAuth, when the application needs to authenticate a user, it redirects the user to the OpenID Provider's authorization server. The authorization server will authenticate the user, get authorization from the user to allow the application access to their profile, then get redirect back to the application's web server for further processing.
For ease-of-use, the OIDCDesktop component will handle launching a web server for your application, removing the need for your application to parse and validate the response from the authorization server. In accordance with recommendations for desktop applications from the OAuth 2.0 specification and the OpenID Connect standard, the web server is hosted on a localhost instance.
Once the redirect has been processed, the application typically makes an additional request to the OpenID Provider's token server for an ID Token, access token, and refresh token.
Setup
Typically, the Relying Party will need to register their application with the OpenID Provider. This will give the OpenID Provider knowledge about the Relying Party. The exact information needed depends on the OpenID Provider that is being used, but typically this will include the redirect_uri to which users will be returned after authentication has been completed. Once registered, the OpenID Provider will also provide the Relying Party with some information. Typically the following values will be provided by the OpenID Provider:
- Client Id (Required)
- Client Secret (Optional)
- Discovery Document URL (Recommended)
Once the application has been registered, the Relying Party can begin authenticating users.
Discovery
To start, a Relying Party will need to get information about the OpenID Provider they are connecting to. The OIDC standard uses discovery documents to provide information about an OpenID Provider to a Relying Party. The OpenID Provider should host their discovery document at the domain of the issuer with /.well-known/openid-configuration concatenated at the end. For example, if the issuer is https://example.com, the discovery document URL would be:
https://example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
This document stores important information that is required to correctly make requests and validate responses from an OpenID Provider.
Usage: Getting the Discovery Document
The component simplifies requesting and parsing the discovery document. The RequestDiscoveryDoc method will make a request to the specified discovery document URL. It will retrieve the discovery document and parse the commonly used information from it, setting the properties in the DiscoveryDocDetails property. For example:
oidc.RequestDiscoveryDoc("https://example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration");
string issuer = oidc.DiscoveryDocDetails.Issuer;
This discovery document does change from time to time, but typically it can be cached to reduce the number of requests being made by the Relying Party. To save the discovery document for later, the Content property can be queried to get the raw JSON document. When the discovery document needs to be reloaded, the LoadDiscoveryDoc method can be used to reload the document. For example:
oidc.RequestDiscoveryDoc("https://example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration");
string raw_document = oidc.DiscoveryDocDetails.Content;
//Save raw_document for later
oidc.LoadDiscoveryDoc(raw_document);
The following properties and methods handle requesting, loading, or parsing discovery documents:
Signing Certificates
The discovery document also provides a URI for the JSON Web Key Set (JWKS) that will be used to verify ID Tokens (see below). Each JSON Web Key Set contains one or more public certificates (keys) that correspond to a private key that can be used when an OpenID provider signs an ID Token. These keys are often rotated periodically but can generally be cached to reduce the amount of requests being made by the Relying Party.
Usage: Requesting and Reloading Signing Certificates
The RequestSignerCerts method can be used to request the JWKS directly from the JWKS URI. This method will set the SignerJWKS property which is automatically parsed to fill the SignerCerts properties. If the SignerCerts properties is empty and the component needs to verify the ID Token, the component will automatically make this request.
To reduce the number of requests made by the Relying Party, the LoadSignerJWKS method can be used to parse the SignerJWKS again. This allows the Relying Party to cache the SignerJWKS property and reuse it later, reducing the amount of times the JWKS is requested from the OpenID Provider.
oidc.RequestDiscoveryDoc("https://example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration");
oidc.RequestSignerCerts();
string raw_jwks = oidc.SignerJWKS; //Save or Cache for later.
//Continue on with operations that need to verify an ID Token.
//Sometime later with a new instance.
oidc.SignerJWKS = raw_jwks;
oidc.LoadSignerJWKS();
//Continue on with new operations that need to verify an ID Token.
Authenticate a User
Once configured, the OIDCDesktop component can be used to authenticate a user. When ready, call AuthenticateUser and the component will handle getting authorization, requesting token, and parsing/validating the ID token automatically.
The process starts by launching a browser window to the authorization URL generated by the component based on the discovery document. Typically, the OpenID provider's authorization server will ask the user to authenticate and then ask if they want to authorize the relying party (your application). If the user provides authorization (aka. consent) the authorization server will then redirect the user back to the relying party.
The component will start an embedded web server to listen for the redirect and automatically set the ReturnURL property so that the OpenID provider will know where to redirect the user. The WebServerPort and WebServerSSLEnabled properties can be used to control where and how the web server is listening for the authorization response.
Once the user has been redirected, the web server will parse the information from the response, and then proceed depending on the GrantType. The ID token will parsed and validated once it is received. See Verifying ID Tokens below for more information.
Authorization Code
The most commonly used grant type, the authorization code grant type returns an "authorization code" in the code parameter. By default, the internal web server will automatically parse the authorization code from the redirect, then use it in a secondary request to the token server along with the ClientId, ClientSecret (optional), AuthorizationScope, and ReturnURL. The response from the token server will contain the ID Token, access token, and optional refresh token.
Usage: Authorization Code
//Get OpenID Provider Settings
oidc.RequestDiscoveryDoc("https://example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration");
//Relying Party Settings
oidc.GrantType = ogtAuthorizationCode;
oidc.ClientId = "Relying Party ID";
oidc.ClientSecret = "Relying Party Secret Value";
oidc.AuthorizationScope = "openid profile email";
try {
oidc.AuthenticateUser();
} catch (Exception e) {
//Error handling if there is an issue authenticating the user.
}
string access_token = oidc.AccessToken;
string id_token = oidc.IdTokenInfo.IdTokenContent;
Implicit
The implicit grant type returns the ID Token and access token directly to the relying party from the authorization server rather than using the token server. It is largely considered deprecated due to security concerns, so the authorization code and hybrid grant types are highly recommended.
Since the response contains the tokens themselves, the values are too long for a typical query string. Instead, they are returned to the web server using URI fragments. Due to the limitation of URI fragments, the web server is unable to retrieve them directly. Instead, the page that the web server provides contains a JS script that will convert the parameters and send them to the back end for the web server.
Some OpenID providers support the ResponseMode parameter which allows for extensions of the OAuth protocol. One commonly supported response mode is the form_post mode. This will instead have the authorization make a form post to the web server, which removes the need for the secondary scripts, and is the recommended path when supported. See ResponseMode for more information.
Hybrid
This grant type uses concepts from both the implicit and authorization code grant types. Typically, this is used to provide the ID token in the authorization response along with an authorization code to retrieve an access token and refresh token. Similarly to the implicit grant type, URI fragments are used by default but some OpenID providers support the form_post extension.
Refresh Tokens
Refresh tokens allow Relying Parties to skip obtaining authorization again for users that have already provided it once. Refresh tokens are typically given during the authorization code and hybrid grant types after receiving the tokens from the token server. The exact specifics about how refresh tokens work depends on the OpenID Provider, but when the RefreshToken property is set before calling AuthenticateUser, the request will be made without the authorization code and the RefreshToken will be used instead.
Usage: Refresh Tokens
//Get OpenID Provider Settings
oidc.RequestDiscoveryDoc("https://example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration");
oidc.RefreshToken = "REFRESH_TOKEN";
//Relying Party Settings
oidc.GrantType = ogtAuthorizationCode;
oidc.ClientId = "Relying Party ID";
oidc.ClientSecret = "Relying Party Secret Value";
oidc.AuthorizationScope = "openid profile email";
try {
oidc.AuthenticateUser();
} catch (Exception e) {
//Error handling if there is an issue authenticating the user.
}
string access_token = oidc.AccessToken;
string id_token = oidc.IdTokenInfo.IdTokenContent;
string refresh_token = oidc.RefreshToken; //Sometimes a new refresh token is provided
Verifying ID Tokens
When a Relying Party receives an ID Token, it can verify the token to confirm the identity of the user that it represents. The component will automatically validate the ID Token after calling AuthenticateUser.
The validation process checks the different JWT claims in the ID Token along with the signature using one of the keys from the JWKS provided by the OpenID Provider (see Signing Certificates). The following claims are used to validate the ID Token:
iss | The issuer claim, checked that it matches the issuer provided in the discovery document. |
aud | The audience claim, checked that it matches the ClientId for the Relying Party. |
exp | The expiration claim, checked that the current time is before the specified value. |
iat | The "issued at" claim, checked that it is present and not set to 1-1-1970 (Unix Epoch). |
nbf | The "not before" claim, checked that the current time is after the specified value. |
Usage: Validate and Parse an ID Token
In a case where an ID Token is provided directly to the component, the ValidateIdToken method can be used to validate it, and the ParseIdToken method can be used to parse it. The following example will set up the component with the information needed to validate and parse the ID Token.
//OpenID Provider
oidc.RequestDiscoveryDoc("https://example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration");
oidc.RequestSignerCerts();
//Relying Party
oidc.ClientId = "Relying Party ID";
oidc.IdTokenInfo.IdTokenContent = "ID_TOKEN";
try {
oidc.ValidateIdToken();
} catch (Exception e) {
//If there is any validation issues.
}
//Parse the validated ID Token.
oidc.ParseIdToken();
string issuer = oidc.IdTokenInfo.Issuer;
User Information
OpenID Providers give information about users through claims. These claims can be found in an ID Token or by calling the UserInfo endpoint to request the information directly.
When commonly used claims are parsed from an ID Token or the response from the UserInfo endpoint, the component will set the properties in the UserDetails property with the corresponding information. If there is a claim that is not found in the UserDetails property, the GetIdTokenClaim and the GetUserInfoClaim methods can be used to search for specific claims.
Usage: Request UserInfo
To make a request to the UserInfo endpoint, the component will need to have the AccessToken property set. Additionally, the discovery document can be used to get the UserInfo endpoint. The following code example assumes that the AccessToken has been set to a cached token from the current user session.
oidc.RequestDiscoveryDoc("https://example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration");
oidc.AccessToken = "ACCESS_TOKEN";
oidc.RequestUserInfo();
string email = oidc.UserDetails.Email;
string custom_claim = oidc.GetUserInfoClaim("/json/custom_claim");
Property List
The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
AccessToken | The access token received from an OpenID provider. |
AuthorizationScope | The authorization scope used during authorization. |
AuthzResponseCode | The error code from a recent authorization attempt. |
AuthzResponseDesc | The error description from a recent authorization attempt. |
ClientId | The Id of the client assigned when registering the application. |
ClientSecret | The secret value for the client assigned when registering the application. |
DiscoveryDocDetails | Details about the OpenID provider's discovery document. |
Firewall | A set of properties related to firewall access. |
FollowRedirects | Determines what happens when the server issues a redirect. |
GrantType | The grant type defining the authentication flow. |
IdTokenInfo | Information about the current ID Token. |
OtherHeaders | Other headers as determined by the user (optional). |
Params | The parameters to be included in the request to the authorization server or received in the response. |
Proxy | A set of properties related to proxy access. |
RefreshToken | The refresh token received from or sent to the token server. |
ReturnURL | The URL where the user (browser) returns after authorization. |
SignerCerts | The signing certificates from an OpenID provider. |
SignerJWKS | The JSON Web Key Set provided by an OpenID provider. |
SSLAcceptServerCert | Instructs the component to unconditionally accept the server certificate that matches the supplied certificate. |
SSLCert | The certificate to be used during Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) negotiation. |
SSLProvider | The Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) implementation to use. |
SSLServerCert | The server certificate for the last established connection. |
State | An opaque value used to maintain state between the request and response. |
Timeout | The timeout for the component. |
UseNonce | Whether the Nonce parameter is added. |
UsePKCE | Whether Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) should be used. |
UserDetails | The claims about the user. |
WebServerPort | The local port on which the embedded web server listens. |
WebServerSSLCert | The certificate with the private key to use when a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is enabled. |
WebServerSSLEnabled | Whether the web server requires Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections. |
Method List
The following is the full list of the methods of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
AddParam | Adds a name-value pair to the query string parameters of the outgoing request. |
AuthenticateUser | Authenticates a user to the application. |
Config | Sets or retrieves a configuration setting. |
DoEvents | This method processes events from the internal message queue. |
GetDiscoveryMetadata | Gets a specific metadata value from the discovery document. |
GetIdTokenClaim | Gets a specific claim from the ID Token. |
GetQueryParam | Gets a specific claim from the authorization response. |
GetUserInfoClaim | Gets a specific claim from the UserInfo response. |
Interrupt | This method interrupts the current method. |
LoadDiscoveryDoc | Loads in a raw discovery document. |
LoadSignerJWKS | Loads in the signer JWKS directly from a raw JWKS blob. |
ParseIdToken | Parses an ID Token. |
RequestDiscoveryDoc | Requests the OpenID Discovery Document. |
RequestSignerCerts | Requests the signing certificates from the OpenID provider. |
RequestUserInfo | Requests the information of a user. |
Reset | This method will reset the component. |
StartWebServer | Starts the embedded web server. |
StopWebServer | Stops the embedded web server. |
ValidateIdToken | Validates an ID Token. |
Event List
The following is the full list of the events fired by the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
Error | Fired when information is available about errors during data delivery. |
LaunchBrowser | Fires before launching a browser with the authorization URL. |
Log | Fired once for each log message. |
Redirect | Fired when a redirection is received from the server. |
SSLServerAuthentication | Fired after the server presents its certificate to the client. |
SSLStatus | Fired when secure connection progress messages are available. |
Config Settings
The following is a list of config settings for the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
AccessTokenExp | The expiration date for the access token. |
AuthErrorURI | The URI that provides more information about the authorization error. |
AuthorizationCode | The authorization code to be exchanged with the token server. |
Display | The requested display options to present to the end user. |
ExpectedAudience | The expected audience when validating an ID Token. |
ExpectedIssuer | The expected Issuer when validating an ID Token. |
IDTokenHint | An ID Token value to be used as a hint about the user's session. |
IdTokenVerificationFlags | The checks that are ignored when validating an ID Token. |
LoginHint | The login hint sent to the authorization server. |
Nonce | The nonce value that is used to verify an ID Token. |
PKCEVerifier | The PKCE verifier used to generate the challenge. |
Prompt | The requested conditions under which the authorization server prompts for login. |
ResponseMode | The value of the response_mode parameter. |
ResponseType | The value of the response_type request parameter. |
ServerAuthURL | The URL of the authorization server. |
ServerSignerCertURL | The URL of the signer certificate server. |
ServerTokenURL | The URL of the token server. |
ServerUserInfoURL | The URL of the UserInfo server. |
BrowserResponseTimeout | Specifies the amount of time to wait for a response from the browser. |
WebServerFailedResponse | The custom response that will be displayed to the user if authentication failed. |
WebServerHost | The hostname used by the embedded web server. |
WebServerResponse | The custom response that is displayed to the user. |
AcceptEncoding | Used to tell the server which types of content encodings the client supports. |
AllowHTTPCompression | This property enables HTTP compression for receiving data. |
AllowHTTPFallback | Whether HTTP/2 connections are permitted to fallback to HTTP/1.1. |
Append | Whether to append data to LocalFile. |
Authorization | The Authorization string to be sent to the server. |
BytesTransferred | Contains the number of bytes transferred in the response data. |
ChunkSize | Specifies the chunk size in bytes when using chunked encoding. |
CompressHTTPRequest | Set to true to compress the body of a PUT or POST request. |
EncodeURL | If set to True the URL will be encoded by the component. |
FollowRedirects | Determines what happens when the server issues a redirect. |
GetOn302Redirect | If set to True the component will perform a GET on the new location. |
HTTP2HeadersWithoutIndexing | HTTP2 headers that should not update the dynamic header table with incremental indexing. |
HTTPVersion | The version of HTTP used by the component. |
IfModifiedSince | A date determining the maximum age of the desired document. |
KeepAlive | Determines whether the HTTP connection is closed after completion of the request. |
KerberosSPN | The Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller. |
LogLevel | The level of detail that is logged. |
MaxRedirectAttempts | Limits the number of redirects that are followed in a request. |
NegotiatedHTTPVersion | The negotiated HTTP version. |
OtherHeaders | Other headers as determined by the user (optional). |
ProxyAuthorization | The authorization string to be sent to the proxy server. |
ProxyAuthScheme | The authorization scheme to be used for the proxy. |
ProxyPassword | A password if authentication is to be used for the proxy. |
ProxyPort | Port for the proxy server (default 80). |
ProxyServer | Name or IP address of a proxy server (optional). |
ProxyUser | A user name if authentication is to be used for the proxy. |
SentHeaders | The full set of headers as sent by the client. |
StatusCode | The status code of the last response from the server. |
StatusLine | The first line of the last response from the server. |
TransferredData | The contents of the last response from the server. |
TransferredDataLimit | The maximum number of incoming bytes to be stored by the component. |
TransferredHeaders | The full set of headers as received from the server. |
TransferredRequest | The full request as sent by the client. |
UseChunkedEncoding | Enables or Disables HTTP chunked encoding for transfers. |
UseIDNs | Whether to encode hostnames to internationalized domain names. |
UseProxyAutoConfigURL | Whether to use a Proxy auto-config file when attempting a connection. |
UserAgent | Information about the user agent (browser). |
CloseStreamAfterTransfer | If true, the component will close the upload or download stream after the transfer. |
ConnectionTimeout | Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection. |
FirewallAutoDetect | Tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
FirewallPassword | Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
FirewallPort | The TCP port for the FirewallHost;. |
FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
KeepAliveInterval | The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received. |
KeepAliveTime | The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. |
Linger | When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully. |
LingerTime | Time in seconds to have the connection linger. |
LocalHost | The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
LocalPort | The port in the local host where the component binds. |
MaxLineLength | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found. |
MaxTransferRate | The transfer rate limit in bytes per second. |
ProxyExceptionsList | A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy. |
TCPKeepAlive | Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled. |
TcpNoDelay | Whether or not to delay when sending packets. |
UseIPv6 | Whether to use IPv6. |
UseNTLMv2 | Whether to use NTLM V2. |
LogSSLPackets | Controls whether SSL packets are logged when using the internal security API. |
OpenSSLCADir | The path to a directory containing CA certificates. |
OpenSSLCAFile | Name of the file containing the list of CA's trusted by your application. |
OpenSSLCipherList | A string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL. |
OpenSSLPrngSeedData | The data to seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG). |
ReuseSSLSession | Determines if the SSL session is reused. |
SSLCACerts | A newline separated list of CA certificates to be included when performing an SSL handshake. |
SSLCheckCRL | Whether to check the Certificate Revocation List for the server certificate. |
SSLCheckOCSP | Whether to use OCSP to check the status of the server certificate. |
SSLCipherStrength | The minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption. |
SSLClientCACerts | A newline separated list of CA certificates to use during SSL client certificate validation. |
SSLEnabledCipherSuites | The cipher suite to be used in an SSL negotiation. |
SSLEnabledProtocols | Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols. |
SSLEnableRenegotiation | Whether the renegotiation_info SSL extension is supported. |
SSLIncludeCertChain | Whether the entire certificate chain is included in the SSLServerAuthentication event. |
SSLKeyLogFile | The location of a file where per-session secrets are written for debugging purposes. |
SSLNegotiatedCipher | Returns the negotiated cipher suite. |
SSLNegotiatedCipherStrength | Returns the negotiated cipher suite strength. |
SSLNegotiatedCipherSuite | Returns the negotiated cipher suite. |
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchange | Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm. |
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrength | Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm strength. |
SSLNegotiatedVersion | Returns the negotiated protocol version. |
SSLSecurityFlags | Flags that control certificate verification. |
SSLServerCACerts | A newline separated list of CA certificates to use during SSL server certificate validation. |
TLS12SignatureAlgorithms | Defines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal. |
TLS12SupportedGroups | The supported groups for ECC. |
TLS13KeyShareGroups | The groups for which to pregenerate key shares. |
TLS13SignatureAlgorithms | The allowed certificate signature algorithms. |
TLS13SupportedGroups | The supported groups for (EC)DHE key exchange. |
AbsoluteTimeout | Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts. |
FirewallData | Used to send extra data to the firewall. |
InBufferSize | The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket. |
OutBufferSize | The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket. |
BuildInfo | Information about the product's build. |
CodePage | The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations. |
LicenseInfo | Information about the current license. |
MaskSensitiveData | Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages. |
UseInternalSecurityAPI | Whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation. |
AccessToken Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The access token received from an OpenID provider.
Syntax
property AccessToken: String read get_AccessToken write set_AccessToken;
Default Value
''
Remarks
After authenticating, this property will be populated with the access token from the OpenID provider. When set, the AccessTokenExp configuration setting will also be set with the expiration date of the access token. Once AccessToken is set, you can call RequestUserInfo to retrieve information about the authenticated user. Additionally, depending on the OpenID provider and the AuthorizationScope, it may be used to access other APIs that are supported by the OpenID provider.
Each AccessToken is specific to the user that authorized the OpenID provider to provide it to your application. An AccessToken cannot be shared between multiple users.
AuthorizationScope Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The authorization scope used during authorization.
Syntax
property AuthorizationScope: String read get_AuthorizationScope write set_AuthorizationScope;
Default Value
'openid'
Remarks
This property specifies the authorization scopes sent in the authorization request. The value specified here must be a space-separated list of scopes. For instance, openid profile email. The openid scope must always be present. The default value is openid.
After calling AuthenticateUser, if the authorization server returned the scope parameter, this property will be updated to match.
Along with OpenID Connect scopes, some OpenID providers also support other OAuth 2.0 scopes for various APIs that are also hosted by the OpenID provider. These can often also be added alongside the OpenID scopes. For example, openid profile email offline_access Mail.ReadWrite would be an example of a valid AuthorizationScope when using Microsoft Entra as an OpenID provider.
See the OpenID provider's documentation for supported values.
AuthzResponseCode Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The error code from a recent authorization attempt.
Syntax
property AuthzResponseCode: String read get_AuthzResponseCode;
Default Value
''
Remarks
This property holds the most recent error response code from the most recent response to an authorization (Authz) attempt. This is set when AuthenticateUser is called and the error response parameter is present in the authorization response. A description (if provided) of the error code can be found in the AuthzResponseDesc property. The AuthErrorURI configuration setting may also be set if the request provided a URL to a page that describes the error.
This property is read-only.
AuthzResponseDesc Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The error description from a recent authorization attempt.
Syntax
property AuthzResponseDesc: String read get_AuthzResponseDesc;
Default Value
''
Remarks
This property holds the most recent error response description from the most recent response to an authorization (Authz) attempt. This is set when AuthenticateUser is called and the error_description response parameter is present in the authorization response. The code for this error can be found in the AuthzResponseCode property.
This property is read-only.
ClientId Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The Id of the client assigned when registering the application.
Syntax
property ClientId: String read get_ClientId write set_ClientId;
Default Value
''
Remarks
This property holds the Id of the relying party, also known as the client application, that was assigned when initially registering the application with the OpenID provider. This is also sometimes referred to as the application id or the relying party id. This property is used to build an make the requests made to the authorization and token servers when calling AuthenticateUser method. Additionally, it is used to verify the Audiences property of an ID Token when calling the AuthenticateUser or ValidateIdToken methods.
ClientSecret Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The secret value for the client assigned when registering the application.
Syntax
property ClientSecret: String read get_ClientSecret write set_ClientSecret;
Default Value
''
Remarks
This property holds the secret of the client that might have been assigned when initially registering the application with the OpenID provider. This property is optional depending on the OpenID provider. If provided, it will be used when making a request to the token server when calling AuthenticateUser.
DiscoveryDocDetails Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
Details about the OpenID provider's discovery document.
Syntax
property DiscoveryDocDetails: TciDiscoveryDocDetails read get_DiscoveryDocDetails;
Remarks
This property holds details parsed from the discovery document after RequestDiscoveryDoc or LoadDiscoveryDoc is called.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Please refer to the DiscoveryDocDetails type for a complete list of fields.Firewall Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
A set of properties related to firewall access.
Syntax
property Firewall: TciFirewall read get_Firewall write set_Firewall;
Remarks
This is a Firewall-type property, which contains fields describing the firewall through which the component will attempt to connect.
Please refer to the Firewall type for a complete list of fields.FollowRedirects Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
Determines what happens when the server issues a redirect.
Syntax
property FollowRedirects: TciTFollowRedirects read get_FollowRedirects write set_FollowRedirects;
TciTFollowRedirects = ( frNever, frAlways, frSameScheme );
Default Value
frNever
Remarks
This property determines what happens when the server issues a redirect. Normally, the component returns an error if the server responds with an "Object Moved" message. If this property is set to frAlways (1), the new URL for the object is retrieved automatically every time.
If this property is set to frSameScheme (2), the new URL is retrieved automatically only if the URLScheme is the same; otherwise, the component raises an exception.
NOTE: Following the HTTP specification, unless this property is set to frAlways (1), automatic redirects will be performed only for GET or HEAD requests. Other methods potentially could change the conditions of the initial request and create security vulnerabilities.
Furthermore, if either the new URL server or port are different from the existing one, User and Password are also reset to empty. If, however, this property is set to frAlways (1), the same credentials are used to connect to the new server.
A Redirect event is fired for every URL the product is redirected to. In the case of automatic redirections, the Redirect event is a good place to set properties related to the new connection (e.g., new authentication parameters).
The default value is frNever (0). In this case, redirects are never followed, and the component raises an exception instead.
GrantType Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The grant type defining the authentication flow.
Syntax
property GrantType: TciTGrantTypes read get_GrantType write set_GrantType;
TciTGrantTypes = ( ogtAuthorizationCode, ogtImplicit, ogtHybrid );
Default Value
ogtAuthorizationCode
Remarks
This property defines the grant type used when performing authentication. The value specified here controls the authentication flow.
Possible values for GrantType are:
- ogtAuthorizationCode (0)
- ogtImplicit (1)
- ogtHybrid (2)
When using the AuthenticateUser method, each grant type causes the authorization server to respond differently.
When using ogtAuthorizationCode (Authorization Code Flow - Default), the authorization server returns a code parameter containing the authorization code which is set to the AuthorizationCode setting. The method will then automatically exchange the authorization code for the ID Token, access token, and refresh tokens with the token server.
When using ogtImplicit (Implicit Flow), the authorization server returns the token and id_token parameters. This provides the access token and ID token directly to the web server. This is only recommended for implementations that are in-browser, as this potentially exposes the tokens to the end-user and user agent itself.
When using ogtHybrid (Hybrid Flow), the authorization server returns the code and id_token parameters. This flow is a combination of the authorization code and implicit grant types. Like the implicit grant type, the component will validate the ID Token immediately, then it will exchange the authorization code with the token server receiving an access token and possible ID Token.
Additional Notes
The response_type request parameter is automatically set based on the value specified here. In some cases, multiple values are acceptable and a default value is chosen automatically. To explicitly specify a response_type value for the chosen grant type, set ResponseType after setting this property.
IdTokenInfo Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
Information about the current ID Token.
Syntax
property IdTokenInfo: TciIdTokenInfo read get_IdTokenInfo;
Remarks
This property holds details about the ID Token.
When an ID Token is parsed either by calling ParseIdToken or retrieved after calling AuthenticateUser, this property is populated with the claims that are specific to the ID Token.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Please refer to the IdTokenInfo type for a complete list of fields.OtherHeaders Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
Other headers as determined by the user (optional).
Syntax
property OtherHeaders: String read get_OtherHeaders write set_OtherHeaders;
Default Value
''
Remarks
This property can be set to a string of headers to be appended to the HTTP request headers created from other properties like ContentType and From.
The headers must follow the format Header: Value as described in the HTTP specifications. Header lines should be separated by CRLF ('#13#10') .
Use this property with caution. If this property contains invalid headers, HTTP requests may fail.
This property is useful for extending the functionality of the component beyond what is provided.
This property is not available at design time.
Params Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The parameters to be included in the request to the authorization server or received in the response.
Syntax
property Params: TciOAuthParamList read get_Params write set_Params;
Remarks
This property is a collection of query string parameters to be added in the request when creating the authorization URL. This will also hold the parameters returned in the response.
This property is not available at design time.
Please refer to the OAuthParam type for a complete list of fields.Proxy Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
A set of properties related to proxy access.
Syntax
property Proxy: TciProxy read get_Proxy write set_Proxy;
Remarks
This property contains fields describing the proxy through which the component will attempt to connect.
Please refer to the Proxy type for a complete list of fields.RefreshToken Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The refresh token received from or sent to the token server.
Syntax
property RefreshToken: String read get_RefreshToken write set_RefreshToken;
Default Value
''
Remarks
This property is set by the component when it receives a refresh token after the AuthenticateUser method makes a request to an OpenID provider's token server.
Usage:
In cases where a user's session may last longer than the actual expiration period (see AccessTokenExp) for the user's AccessToken, the RefreshToken can be used to "refresh" the session. "Refreshing" the session allows the application to get a new access token without needing to have the user re-authorize the application again. To have the component use a RefreshToken, first the application will need to save the refresh token in a secure location. Refresh tokens are specific to the user, meaning each user will need to have their own RefreshToken saved. Once the application needs a new AccessToken, it will just set this property before calling the AuthenticateUser method.
Some OpenID providers will also return a newly issued ID Token when using a RefreshToken to get a new AccessToken. Additionally, some OpenID providers will either provide a new RefreshToken or reset the expiration date on the RefreshToken that was used. See the OpenID provider's documentation for more specifics.
ReturnURL Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The URL where the user (browser) returns after authorization.
Syntax
property ReturnURL: String read get_ReturnURL write set_ReturnURL;
Default Value
''
Remarks
This property specifies the URL that is used by the authorization server to redirect the user after the user has finished the authorization process with the authorization server. This property corresponds to the redirect_uri query string parameter when AuthenticateUser creates the authorization URL.
Typically, this is automatically set to the internal web server that is created by the component upon calling AuthenticateUser or StartWebServer.
SignerCerts Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The signing certificates from an OpenID provider.
Syntax
property SignerCerts: TciCertificateList read get_SignerCerts;
Remarks
This property contains a list of certificates from the OpenID provider that are used for signing ID Tokens. This properties can be manually populated using the RequestSignerCerts or LoadSignerJWKS methods.
The properties can be automatically populated when needed if it is empty and a SignerCertURL is available. This can happen when calling the AuthenticateUser or ValidateIdToken methods.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.SignerJWKS Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The JSON Web Key Set provided by an OpenID provider.
Syntax
property SignerJWKS: String read get_SignerJWKS;
Default Value
''
Remarks
This property holds the JSON Web Key Set provided by the OpenID Provider that will be used for signing ID Tokens.
Typically, this is returned from the SignerCertURL when the component makes a request to populate the SignerCerts properties. The RequestSignerCerts method can be used to manually make a request to the SignerCertURL; otherwise, the component will automatically make the request if the properties is not set and it needs the certificates to validate an ID Token.
This property can be saved/cached for later and used to reload the certificates by calling the LoadSignerJWKS method. This can be used to reduce how often the component makes requests to the SignerCertURL server.
This property is read-only.
SSLAcceptServerCert Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
Instructs the component to unconditionally accept the server certificate that matches the supplied certificate.
Syntax
property SSLAcceptServerCert: TciCertificate read get_SSLAcceptServerCert write set_SSLAcceptServerCert;
Remarks
If it finds any issues with the certificate presented by the server, the component will normally terminate the connection with an error.
You may override this behavior by supplying a value for SSLAcceptServerCert. If the certificate supplied in SSLAcceptServerCert is the same as the certificate presented by the server, then the server certificate is accepted unconditionally, and the connection will continue normally.
NOTE: This functionality is provided only for cases in which you otherwise know that you are communicating with the right server. If used improperly, this property may create a security breach. Use it at your own risk.
Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.SSLCert Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The certificate to be used during Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) negotiation.
Syntax
property SSLCert: TciCertificate read get_SSLCert write set_SSLCert;
Remarks
This property includes the digital certificate that the component will use during SSL negotiation. Set this property to a valid certificate before starting SSL negotiation. To set a certificate, you may set the Encoded field to the encoded certificate. To select a certificate, use the store and subject fields.
Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.SSLProvider Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) implementation to use.
Syntax
property SSLProvider: TciTSSLProviders read get_SSLProvider write set_SSLProvider;
TciTSSLProviders = ( sslpAutomatic, sslpPlatform, sslpInternal );
Default Value
sslpAutomatic
Remarks
This property specifies the SSL/TLS implementation to use. In most cases the default value of 0 (Automatic) is recommended and should not be changed. When set to 0 (Automatic), the component will select whether to use the platform implementation or the internal implementation depending on the operating system as well as the TLS version being used.
Possible values are as follows:
0 (sslpAutomatic - default) | Automatically selects the appropriate implementation. |
1 (sslpPlatform) | Uses the platform/system implementation. |
2 (sslpInternal) | Uses the internal implementation. |
In most cases using the default value (Automatic) is recommended. The component will select a provider depending on the current platform.
When Automatic is selected, on Windows, the component will use the platform implementation. On Linux/macOS, the component will use the internal implementation. When TLS 1.3 is enabled via SSLEnabledProtocols, the internal implementation is used on all platforms.
SSLServerCert Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The server certificate for the last established connection.
Syntax
property SSLServerCert: TciCertificate read get_SSLServerCert;
Remarks
This property contains the server certificate for the last established connection.
SSLServerCert is reset every time a new connection is attempted.
This property is read-only.
Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.State Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
An opaque value used to maintain state between the request and response.
Syntax
property State: String read get_State write set_State;
Default Value
''
Remarks
This property optionally holds a string value which will be returned by the authorization server with the response.
Any value may be specified here and it will be returned exactly as it was sent. This can be used to maintain state within the application, and also may be used for security purposes (for instance to prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery). The contents of this property are treated as an opaque value.
Timeout Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The timeout for the component.
Syntax
property Timeout: Integer read get_Timeout write set_Timeout;
Default Value
60
Remarks
If the Timeout property is set to 0, all operations will run uninterrupted until successful completion or an error condition is encountered.
If Timeout is set to a positive value, the component will wait for the operation to complete before returning control.
The component will use DoEvents to enter an efficient wait loop during any potential waiting period, making sure that all system events are processed immediately as they arrive. This ensures that the host application does not freeze and remains responsive.
If Timeout expires, and the operation is not yet complete, the component raises an exception.
NOTE: By default, all timeouts are inactivity timeouts, that is, the timeout period is extended by Timeout seconds when any amount of data is successfully sent or received.
The default value for the Timeout property is 60 seconds.
UseNonce Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
Whether the Nonce parameter is added.
Syntax
property UseNonce: Boolean read get_UseNonce write set_UseNonce;
Default Value
false
Remarks
If this property is set to true, the nonce parameter will be added to the OIDC authorization request when GetAuthorizationURL is called. In OpenID Connect, the nonce parameter is provided during the authorization request. Then, when the OpenID Provider issues an ID Token, they will include the nonce claim with the same value (similar to State).
If the Nonce configuration setting is not set before calling GetAuthorizationURL the component will generate a new one and set the Nonce setting. The same nonce value will need to be supplied to the component before calling the ProcessOIDCResponse or ValidateIdToken methods. When the component validates an ID Token, it will check the Nonce configuration setting if a nonce claim is found. By default, the nonce claim is not required but setting this property to true will require the nonce claim to be present and match the Nonce configuration setting.
UsePKCE Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
Whether Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) should be used.
Syntax
property UsePKCE: Boolean read get_UsePKCE write set_UsePKCE;
Default Value
false
Remarks
If this property is specified, the component will use Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) as defined by RFC 7636 when AuthenticateUser is called. This applies when GrantType is set to the Authorization Code or Hybrid grant types. The PKCE verifier that is generated by the component will be set to the PKCEVerifier configuration setting.
UserDetails Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The claims about the user.
Syntax
property UserDetails: TciUserDetails read get_UserDetails;
Remarks
This property holds details about the user.
When an ID Token is parsed either by calling ParseIdToken or when it is retrieved after calling AuthenticateUser, this property is populated with the claims from the ID Token.
When RequestUserInfo is called, this property is populated from the returned claims.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Please refer to the UserDetails type for a complete list of fields.WebServerPort Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The local port on which the embedded web server listens.
Syntax
property WebServerPort: Integer read get_WebServerPort write set_WebServerPort;
Default Value
0
Remarks
This property specifies the port on which the embedded web server listens. Setting this to 0 (default) enables the system to choose a port at random. The chosen port will be returned when this setting is queried after the server has started listening. This is applicable only when using the embedded web server.
WebServerSSLCert Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
The certificate with the private key to use when a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is enabled.
Syntax
property WebServerSSLCert: TciCertificate read get_WebServerSSLCert write set_WebServerSSLCert;
Remarks
This property specifies the certificate with the private key to use when the embedded web server is used. This setting is applicable only when WebServerSSLEnabled is set to True.
Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.WebServerSSLEnabled Property (OIDCDesktop Component)
Whether the web server requires Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections.
Syntax
property WebServerSSLEnabled: Boolean read get_WebServerSSLEnabled write set_WebServerSSLEnabled;
Default Value
false
Remarks
This setting specifies whether the embedded web server uses a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). If set to True, WebServerSSLCert is required and the server will accept only SSL connections. If set to False, only plaintext connects are supported.
AddParam Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Adds a name-value pair to the query string parameters of the outgoing request.
Syntax
procedure AddParam(ParamName: String; ParamValue: String);
Remarks
This method can be used to add query string parameters to the requests being made by the AuthenticateUser method.
For example, this can be used to set the ui_locales request parameter. This parameter allows you to provide language preferences to the authorization server for a more cohesive user experience. For example, the following informs the authorization server that the user would prefer French (Canada), French (General), and English (General), in that order.
oidc.AddParam("ui_locales", "fr-CA fr en");
AuthenticateUser Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Authenticates a user to the application.
Syntax
procedure AuthenticateUser();
Remarks
This method will attempt to authenticate the current user using the settings from the following properties and fields:
- AuthorizationScope
- ClientId
- ClientSecret
- DiscoveryDocDetails
- GrantType
- RefreshToken
- ReturnURL
- UseNonce
- UsePKCE
If a RefreshToken is not provided to the component, The method will first try to launch a web browser window that directs a user to the configured OpenID Provider's authorization page. See below for more information about refresh tokens. The user will then go through the authorization process with the OpenID Provider, and provide consent to allow the relying party (your application) access to their user information. Then, the OpenID provider will redirect the user back to the application.
At the same time that the user is directed to the authorization server, the component will also start an internal web server that will be listening for the user to get redirected back to it once the authorization process is complete. Once the user has been redirected, the web server will parse the information from the redirect. The exact information retrieved from this redirect depends on the grant type that is being used.
- ogtAuthorizationCode - code
- ogtHybrid - code, id_token
- ogtImplicit - token, id_token
The code parameter holds the authorization code that proves that the authorization process with the user completed successfully. If found by the web server, the component will use that to make a request to the token server, exchanging it for an ID Token, access token, and an optional refresh token.
The id_token and token parameters provide the ID Token and access token respectively. Unlike the code parameter, the tokens are provided directly to the web server without needing to make additional requests to the token server. However, the use of these parameters are often not recommended due to security concerns.
Whenever an ID Token is found by the component either through the response from the token server or from the id_token parameter, the component will automatically parse and validate the ID Token. See ParseIdToken and ValidateIdToken methods for more information.
If a RefreshToken is provided to the component, the method can get a new set of tokens without needing to have a user re-authorize the application. The refresh token is used instead of the authorization code to make the request to the token server. This is useful to improve the user experience by reducing the amount of times the user needs to interact with the OpenID Provider.
Config Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.
Syntax
function Config(ConfigurationString: String): String;
Remarks
Config is a generic method available in every component. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the component.
These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.
To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).
To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.
DoEvents Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
This method processes events from the internal message queue.
Syntax
procedure DoEvents();
Remarks
When DoEvents is called, the component processes any available events. If no events are available, it waits for a preset period of time, and then returns.
GetDiscoveryMetadata Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Gets a specific metadata value from the discovery document.
Syntax
function GetDiscoveryMetadata(metadataName: String): String;
Remarks
This method will search the current discovery document for a specific metadata value. This can take the metadata name or the JSON path. This works on documents that have been provided by both the LoadDiscoveryDoc and RequestDiscoveryDoc methods. For example, to get the authorization endpoint metadata field from the document, both of the following are valid:
Metadata Name
oidc.GetDiscoveryMetadata("authorization_endpoint");
JSON Path
oidc.GetDiscoveryMetadata("/json/authorization_endpoint");
GetIdTokenClaim Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Gets a specific claim from the ID Token.
Syntax
function GetIdTokenClaim(claimName: String): String;
Remarks
This method will search the current ID Token for a specific claim. This can take the claim name (defined by the specification) or a JSON path. For example, to get the audience claim from the ID Token, both of the following are valid:
Claim Name
oidc.GetIdTokenClaim("aud");
JSON Path
oidc.GetIdTokenClaim("/json/aud");
GetQueryParam Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Gets a specific claim from the authorization response.
Syntax
function GetQueryParam(paramName: String): String;
Remarks
This method searches the last response from the latest AuthenticateUser method call for a specific query parameter. For example, if the request that was recently processed by the component contains the state parameter, then the following code would return the value of the state returned from the authorization server.
oidc.AuthenticateUser();
string state = oidc.GetQueryParam("state");
GetUserInfoClaim Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Gets a specific claim from the UserInfo response.
Syntax
function GetUserInfoClaim(claimName: String): String;
Remarks
This method will search the most recent response from the RequestUserInfo method for a specific claim. This can take the claim name (defined by the specification) or a JSON path. For example, to get the audience claim from the response, both of the following are valid:
Claim Name
oidc.GetUserInfoClaim("aud");
JSON Path
oidc.GetUserInfoClaim("/json/aud");
Interrupt Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
This method interrupts the current method.
Syntax
procedure Interrupt();
Remarks
If there is no method in progress, Interrupt simply returns, doing nothing.
LoadDiscoveryDoc Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Loads in a raw discovery document.
Syntax
procedure LoadDiscoveryDoc(documentData: String);
Remarks
This method loads a discovery document directly from the documentData parameter. Typically, this can be used to reload a discovery document that has been previously retrieved by the RequestDiscoveryDoc method.
LoadSignerJWKS Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Loads in the signer JWKS directly from a raw JWKS blob.
Syntax
procedure LoadSignerJWKS(jwksData: String);
Remarks
This method loads the JSON Web Keys Set (JWKS) provided through the jwksData parameter. Calling this method will set the SignerJWKS property and populate the SignerCerts properties without making a request to the SignerCertURL endpoint. Typically, this will be used to reload a JWKS that we previously requested by the RequestSignerCerts method.
ParseIdToken Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Parses an ID Token.
Syntax
procedure ParseIdToken();
Remarks
This method parses the current ID Token. If the method is able to successfully parse the ID Token, it will populate the IdTokenInfo and UserDetails properties. Any uncommon or custom claims can be retrieved by calling the GetIdTokenClaim method. The ID Token can be populated directly by setting the IdTokenContent property or by calling the AuthenticateUser method. As a note, the AuthenticateUser method will automatically parse and validate any ID Token's if they are found during the authorization or authentication process.
See ValidateIdToken for information on validating an ID Token.
RequestDiscoveryDoc Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Requests the OpenID Discovery Document.
Syntax
procedure RequestDiscoveryDoc(URL: String);
Remarks
This method gets the OpenID Connect Discovery Document specified by the URL parameter and parses the response. The discovery document contains details about the OpenID Provider configuration including endpoint URLs, supported claims and response types, and more.
The discovery document URL is typically published by an OpenID Provider (OP) and must be known before calling this method. The format of the URL is standardized and typically takes the form:
https://www.youropenidserver.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
Call RequestDiscoveryDoc before calling GetAuthorizationURL to populate the component properties with information required to request authorization. The retrieved information includes endpoint URLs as well as the OpenID public certificates used to verify the signature on the ID Token. After calling this method, the DiscoveryDocDetails property is populated. The Content property may be stored and reloaded using the LoadDiscoveryDoc method to avoid calling RequestDiscoveryDoc on subsequent authorization requests.
To access values not automatically parsed by the component, the GetDiscoveryMetadata method can be used to query for a specific metadata entry.
RequestSignerCerts Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Requests the signing certificates from the OpenID provider.
Syntax
procedure RequestSignerCerts();
Remarks
This method makes a request to the SignerCertURL to get the current signer certificates for the OpenID provider. The OpenID provider will return a JSON Web Key Set (JWKS) that represents the set of signing certificates that might be used when signing ID Tokens. The component will automatically populate the SignerCerts properties with the signer certificates parsed from the JWKS. Additionally, this method will set the SignerJWKS property with the returned JWKS. The SignerJWKS property can be saved for later and used with the LoadSignerJWKS method to avoid needing to use this method for subsequent requests.
RequestUserInfo Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Requests the information of a user.
Syntax
procedure RequestUserInfo();
Remarks
This method makes a request to get a specific user's info based on the current AccessToken. The request is made to the UserInfo endpoint which is defined by the UserInfoURL property when parsed from a discovery document. The URL can also be provided directly to the component by setting the ServerUserInfoURL configuration setting.
When a valid response is returned from the UserInfo endpoint, the component will populate the properties in the UserDetails property. For uncommon or custom claims, the GetUserInfoClaim method can be used to get claims not covered by the UserDetails property.
Reset Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
This method will reset the component.
Syntax
procedure Reset();
Remarks
This method will reset the component's properties to their default values.
StartWebServer Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Starts the embedded web server.
Syntax
procedure StartWebServer();
Remarks
This method starts the embedded web server. This method can be used to manually start the embedded web server. Under normal circumstances, this is not needed as the component will automatically start and stop the web server when AuthenticateUser is called. You may decide, however, to start the web server manually before calling AuthenticateUser. When called, this method will also populate ReturnURL with the address of the embedded server.
StopWebServer Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Stops the embedded web server.
Syntax
procedure StopWebServer();
Remarks
This method stops the embedded web server. Under normal circumstances, the web server will be stopped automatically during the authorization process when AuthenticateUser is called.
ValidateIdToken Method (OIDCDesktop Component)
Validates an ID Token.
Syntax
procedure ValidateIdToken();
Remarks
This method validates the current ID Token. Typically, the component will automatically validate and parse an ID Token if it is found during the AuthenticateUser method, but the ID Token can also be populated directly by setting the IdTokenContent property. This can also be used to re-validate an ID Token if needed.
The method will first check the signature of the ID Token using the SignerCerts properties which contains the corresponding public certificates of the certificates used to sign the original ID Token. If the SignerCerts properties is not populated, then a request will be made to the SignerCertURL property or the ServerSignerCertURL configuration setting if set. This is equivalent to calling the RequestSignerCerts method.
Then, the component will verify that the Issuer property matches what is expected in the Issuer property. Next, the Audiences will be checked to ensure that it matches the ClientId property. The ExpectedIssuer and ExpectedAudience configuration settings can be used to override the typical expected values. The last check is to ensure that the IssuedTime and ExpTime are valid based on the current time. Additionally, if the nbf (Not Before) claim is present, that will also be verified.
If verification fails, the component will throw an exception with the matching error code. If certain steps in the verification process should be skipped, the IdTokenVerificationFlags configuration setting can be used.
Error Event (OIDCDesktop Component)
Fired when information is available about errors during data delivery.
Syntax
type TErrorEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; ErrorCode: Integer; const Description: String ) of Object;
property OnError: TErrorEvent read FOnError write FOnError;
Remarks
The Error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing. Normally the component raises an exception.
The ErrorCode parameter contains an error code, and the Description parameter contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.
LaunchBrowser Event (OIDCDesktop Component)
Fires before launching a browser with the authorization URL.
Syntax
type TLaunchBrowserEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; var URL: String; var Command: String ) of Object;
property OnLaunchBrowser: TLaunchBrowserEvent read FOnLaunchBrowser write FOnLaunchBrowser;
Remarks
When the AuthenticateUser method is called, the component will fire this event with the Command, which will be executed by the component. The URL parameter will be the authorization URL that the user will be directed to authenticate.
Within this event, you may override the current value of either Command or URL and provide your own value. If Command is set to an empty string, the component will not attempt to launch the browser and instead you will be responsible for directing the user to the authorization URL specified by the URL parameter.
In Windows, ShellExecute is used to execute Command, which limits the verbs available for use in Command to:
- edit
- explore
- find
- open
Log Event (OIDCDesktop Component)
Fired once for each log message.
Syntax
type TLogEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; LogLevel: Integer; const Message: String; const LogType: String ) of Object;
property OnLog: TLogEvent read FOnLog write FOnLog;
Remarks
This event is fired once for each log message generated by the component. The verbosity is controlled by the LogLevel setting.
LogLevel indicates the level of message. Possible values are as follows:
0 (None) | No events are logged. |
1 (Info - default) | Informational events are logged. |
2 (Verbose) | Detailed data are logged. |
3 (Debug) | Debug data are logged. |
The value 1 (Info) logs basic information, including the URL, HTTP version, and status details.
The value 2 (Verbose) logs additional information about the request and response.
The value 3 (Debug) logs the headers and body for both the request and response, as well as additional debug information (if any).
Message is the log entry.
LogType identifies the type of log entry. Possible values are as follows:
- "Info"
- "RequestHeaders"
- "ResponseHeaders"
- "RequestBody"
- "ResponseBody"
- "ProxyRequest"
- "ProxyResponse"
- "FirewallRequest"
- "FirewallResponse"
Redirect Event (OIDCDesktop Component)
Fired when a redirection is received from the server.
Syntax
type TRedirectEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; const Location: String; var Accept: Boolean ) of Object;
property OnRedirect: TRedirectEvent read FOnRedirect write FOnRedirect;
Remarks
This event is fired in cases in which the client can decide whether or not to continue with the redirection process. The Accept parameter is always True by default, but if you do not want to follow the redirection, Accept may be set to False, in which case the component raises an exception. Location is the location to which the client is being redirected. Further control over redirection is provided in the FollowRedirects property.
SSLServerAuthentication Event (OIDCDesktop Component)
Fired after the server presents its certificate to the client.
Syntax
type TSSLServerAuthenticationEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; const CertEncoded: String; const CertEncodedB: TBytes; const CertSubject: String; const CertIssuer: String; const Status: String; var Accept: Boolean ) of Object;
property OnSSLServerAuthentication: TSSLServerAuthenticationEvent read FOnSSLServerAuthentication write FOnSSLServerAuthentication;
Remarks
During this event, the client can decide whether or not to continue with the connection process. The Accept parameter is a recommendation on whether to continue or close the connection. This is just a suggestion: application software must use its own logic to determine whether or not to continue.
When Accept is False, Status shows why the verification failed (otherwise, Status contains the string OK). If it is decided to continue, you can override and accept the certificate by setting the Accept parameter to True.
SSLStatus Event (OIDCDesktop Component)
Fired when secure connection progress messages are available.
Syntax
type TSSLStatusEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; const Message: String ) of Object;
property OnSSLStatus: TSSLStatusEvent read FOnSSLStatus write FOnSSLStatus;
Remarks
The event is fired for informational and logging purposes only. This event tracks the progress of the connection.
Certificate Type
This is the digital certificate being used.
Remarks
This type describes the current digital certificate. The certificate may be a public or private key. The fields are used to identify or select certificates.
- EffectiveDate
- ExpirationDate
- ExtendedKeyUsage
- Fingerprint
- FingerprintSHA1
- FingerprintSHA256
- Issuer
- PrivateKey
- PrivateKeyAvailable
- PrivateKeyContainer
- PublicKey
- PublicKeyAlgorithm
- PublicKeyLength
- SerialNumber
- SignatureAlgorithm
- Store
- StorePassword
- StoreType
- SubjectAltNames
- ThumbprintMD5
- ThumbprintSHA1
- ThumbprintSHA256
- Usage
- UsageFlags
- Version
- Subject
- Encoded
Fields
EffectiveDate
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The date on which this certificate becomes valid. Before this date, it is not valid. The date is localized to the system's time zone. The following example illustrates the format of an encoded date:
23-Jan-2000 15:00:00.
ExpirationDate
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The date on which the certificate expires. After this date, the certificate will no longer be valid. The date is localized to the system's time zone. The following example illustrates the format of an encoded date:
23-Jan-2001 15:00:00.
ExtendedKeyUsage
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
A comma-delimited list of extended key usage identifiers. These are the same as ASN.1 object identifiers (OIDs).
Fingerprint
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The hex-encoded, 16-byte MD5 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.
The following example illustrates the format: bc:2a:72:af:fe:58:17:43:7a:5f:ba:5a:7c:90:f7:02
FingerprintSHA1
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The hex-encoded, 20-byte SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.
The following example illustrates the format: 30:7b:fa:38:65:83:ff:da:b4:4e:07:3f:17:b8:a4:ed:80:be:ff:84
FingerprintSHA256
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The hex-encoded, 32-byte SHA-256 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.
The following example illustrates the format: 6a:80:5c:33:a9:43:ea:b0:96:12:8a:64:96:30:ef:4a:8a:96:86:ce:f4:c7:be:10:24:8e:2b:60:9e:f3:59:53
Issuer
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The issuer of the certificate. This property contains a string representation of the name of the issuing authority for the certificate.
PrivateKey
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The private key of the certificate (if available). The key is provided as PEM/Base64-encoded data.
NOTE: The PrivateKey may be available but not exportable. In this case, PrivateKey returns an empty string.
PrivateKeyAvailable
Boolean (read-only)
Default Value: False
Whether a PrivateKey is available for the selected certificate. If PrivateKeyAvailable is True, the certificate may be used for authentication purposes (e.g., server authentication).
PrivateKeyContainer
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The name of the PrivateKey container for the certificate (if available). This functionality is available only on Windows platforms.
PublicKey
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The public key of the certificate. The key is provided as PEM/Base64-encoded data.
PublicKeyAlgorithm
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The textual description of the certificate's public key algorithm. The property contains either the name of the algorithm (e.g., "RSA" or "RSA_DH") or an object identifier (OID) string representing the algorithm.
PublicKeyLength
Integer (read-only)
Default Value: 0
The length of the certificate's public key (in bits). Common values are 512, 1024, and 2048.
SerialNumber
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The serial number of the certificate encoded as a string. The number is encoded as a series of hexadecimal digits, with each pair representing a byte of the serial number.
SignatureAlgorithm
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The text description of the certificate's signature algorithm. The property contains either the name of the algorithm (e.g., "RSA" or "RSA_MD5RSA") or an object identifier (OID) string representing the algorithm.
Store
String
Default Value: "MY"
The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
The StoreType property denotes the type of the certificate store specified by Store. If the store is password-protected, specify the password in StorePassword.
Store is used in conjunction with the Subject property to specify client certificates. If Store has a value, and Subject or Encoded is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please see the Subject property for details.
Designations of certificate stores are platform dependent.
The following designations are the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:
MY | A certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys. |
CA | Certifying authority certificates. |
ROOT | Root certificates. |
When the certificate store type is cstPFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is cstPFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e., PKCS#12 certificate store).
StoreB
TBytes
Default Value: "MY"
The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
The StoreType property denotes the type of the certificate store specified by Store. If the store is password-protected, specify the password in StorePassword.
Store is used in conjunction with the Subject property to specify client certificates. If Store has a value, and Subject or Encoded is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please see the Subject property for details.
Designations of certificate stores are platform dependent.
The following designations are the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:
MY | A certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys. |
CA | Certifying authority certificates. |
ROOT | Root certificates. |
When the certificate store type is cstPFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is cstPFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e., PKCS#12 certificate store).
StorePassword
String
Default Value: ""
If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
StoreType
TciCertStoreTypes
Default Value: 0
The type of certificate store for this certificate.
The component supports both public and private keys in a variety of formats. When the cstAuto value is used, the component will automatically determine the type. This property can take one of the following values:
0 (cstUser - default) | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user.
NOTE: This store type is not available in Java. |
1 (cstMachine) | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store.
NOTE: This store type is not available in Java. |
2 (cstPFXFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS#12) file containing certificates. |
3 (cstPFXBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS#12) format. |
4 (cstJKSFile) | The certificate store is the name of a Java Key Store (JKS) file containing certificates.
NOTE: This store type is only available in Java. |
5 (cstJKSBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java Key Store (JKS) format.
NOTE: This store type is only available in Java. |
6 (cstPEMKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
7 (cstPEMKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
8 (cstPublicKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
9 (cstPublicKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
10 (cstSSHPublicKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key. |
11 (cstP7BFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PKCS#7 file containing certificates. |
12 (cstP7BBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary) representing a certificate store in PKCS#7 format. |
13 (cstSSHPublicKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key. |
14 (cstPPKFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key). |
15 (cstPPKBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary) that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key). |
16 (cstXMLFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format. |
17 (cstXMLBlob) | The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format. |
18 (cstJWKFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key). |
19 (cstJWKBlob) | The certificate store is a string that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key). |
21 (cstBCFKSFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store).
NOTE: This store type is only available in Java and .NET. |
22 (cstBCFKSBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store) format.
NOTE: This store type is only available in Java and .NET. |
23 (cstPKCS11) | The certificate is present on a physical security key accessible via a PKCS#11 interface.
To use a security key, the necessary data must first be collected using the CertMgr component. The ListStoreCertificates method may be called after setting CertStoreType to cstPKCS11, CertStorePassword to the PIN, and CertStore to the full path of the PKCS#11 DLL. The certificate information returned in the CertList event's CertEncoded parameter may be saved for later use. When using a certificate, pass the previously saved security key information as the Store and set StorePassword to the PIN. Code Example. SSH Authentication with Security Key:
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99 (cstAuto) | The store type is automatically detected from the input data. This setting may be used with both public and private keys and can detect any of the supported formats automatically. |
SubjectAltNames
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
Comma-separated lists of alternative subject names for the certificate.
ThumbprintMD5
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The MD5 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.
ThumbprintSHA1
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The SHA-1 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.
ThumbprintSHA256
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The SHA-256 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.
Usage
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The text description of UsageFlags.
This value will be one or more of the following strings and will be separated by commas:
- Digital Signature
- Non-Repudiation
- Key Encipherment
- Data Encipherment
- Key Agreement
- Certificate Signing
- CRL Signing
- Encipher Only
If the provider is OpenSSL, the value is a comma-separated list of X.509 certificate extension names.
UsageFlags
Integer (read-only)
Default Value: 0
The flags that show intended use for the certificate. The value of UsageFlags is a combination of the following flags:
0x80 | Digital Signature |
0x40 | Non-Repudiation |
0x20 | Key Encipherment |
0x10 | Data Encipherment |
0x08 | Key Agreement |
0x04 | Certificate Signing |
0x02 | CRL Signing |
0x01 | Encipher Only |
Please see the Usage property for a text representation of UsageFlags.
This functionality currently is not available when the provider is OpenSSL.
Version
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The certificate's version number. The possible values are the strings "V1", "V2", and "V3".
Subject
String
Default Value: ""
The subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
This property must be set after all other certificate properties are set. When this property is set, a search is performed in the current certificate store to locate a certificate with a matching subject.
If a matching certificate is found, the property is set to the full subject of the matching certificate.
If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.
If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.
The special value "*" picks a random certificate in the certificate store.
The certificate subject is a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For instance, "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, E=example@email.com". Common fields and their meanings are as follows:
Field | Meaning |
CN | Common Name. This is commonly a hostname like www.server.com. |
O | Organization |
OU | Organizational Unit |
L | Locality |
S | State |
C | Country |
E | Email Address |
If a field value contains a comma, it must be quoted.
Encoded
String
Default Value: ""
The certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The Store and Subject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.
When Encoded is set, a search is initiated in the current Store for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, Subject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, Subject is set to an empty string.
EncodedB
TBytes
Default Value: ""
The certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The Store and Subject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.
When Encoded is set, a search is initiated in the current Store for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, Subject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, Subject is set to an empty string.
Constructors
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constructor Create();
Creates a instance whose properties can be set.
constructor Create(valEncoded: TBytes);
Parses Encoded as an X.509 public key.
constructor Create(valStoreType: TciCertStoreTypes; valStore: String; valStorePassword: String; valSubject: String);
StoreType identifies the type of certificate store to use. See for descriptions of the different certificate stores. Store is a file containing the certificate store. StorePassword is the password used to protect the store.
After the store has been successfully opened, the component will attempt to find the certificate identified by Subject . This can be either a complete or a substring match of the X.509 certificate's subject Distinguished Name (DN). The Subject parameter can also take an MD5, SHA-1, or SHA-256 thumbprint of the certificate to load in a "Thumbprint=value" format.
constructor Create(valStoreType: TciCertStoreTypes; valStore: TBytes; valStorePassword: String; valSubject: String);
StoreType identifies the type of certificate store to use. See for descriptions of the different certificate stores. Store is a byte array containing the certificate data. StorePassword is the password used to protect the store.
After the store has been successfully opened, the component will attempt to find the certificate identified by Subject . This can be either a complete or a substring match of the X.509 certificate's subject Distinguished Name (DN). The Subject parameter can also take an MD5, SHA-1, or SHA-256 thumbprint of the certificate to load in a "Thumbprint=value" format.
DiscoveryDocDetails Type
Details about the OpenID provider's discovery document.
Remarks
The fields of this type correspond to metadata details from an OpenID provider's discovery document.
- AuthorizationURL
- ClaimsParamSupported
- Content
- Issuer
- LogoutURL
- RegistrationURL
- ServiceDocsURL
- SignerCertURL
- SupportedClaims
- SupportedDisplays
- SupportedGrantTypes
- SupportedResponseTypes
- SupportedScopes
- TokenURL
- UserInfoURL
Fields
AuthorizationURL
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The server authorization endpoint URL.
This setting corresponds to the authorization_endpoint parameter in the discovery document.
ClaimsParamSupported
Boolean (read-only)
Default Value: False
Whether the claims request parameter is supported by the Open ID provider.
This setting corresponds to the claims_parameter_supported parameter in the discovery document.
Content
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The raw discovery document JSON.
Issuer
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The issuer identifier of the OpenID provider. This value is the same as the iss claim returned in ID Tokens issued from this provider. The value is a URL with the https scheme with no query string or fragment component.
This setting corresponds to the issuer parameter in the discovery document.
LogoutURL
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The logout endpoint URL.
This setting corresponds to the optional end_session_endpoint parameter that may be found in the discovery document. If a user is directed to this URL, they will be asked to log out of their account.
RegistrationURL
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The dynamic client registration URL.
This setting corresponds to the registration_endpoint parameter in the discovery document.
ServiceDocsURL
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The URL of the human-readable service documentation. The information at this URL is intended for developers integrating with the OpenID provider and may contain useful information.
This setting corresponds to the service_documentation parameter in the discovery document.
SignerCertURL
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The URL of the JSON Web Key Set used to verify signatures on values returned by the OpenID provider. The signer keys are automatically retrieved by the component when the ID Token signature verification is performed.
This setting corresponds to the jwks_uri parameter in the discovery document.
SupportedClaims
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
A comma-separated list of claims that are supported by the OpenID provider. For instance: aud,email,email_verified,exp,family_name,given_name,iat,iss,locale,name,picture,sub
This setting corresponds to the claims_supported parameter in the discovery document.
SupportedDisplays
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
A comma-separated list of display values that are supported by the OpenID provider.
This setting corresponds to the display_values_supported parameter in the discovery document.
SupportedGrantTypes
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
A comma-separated list of grant types supported by the OpenID provider. If this value is not specified by the OpenID provider, it is specified that authorization_code and implicit are supported by the OpenID provider.
This setting corresponds to the grant_types_supported parameter in the discovery document.
SupportedResponseTypes
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
A comma-separated list of response types supported by the OpenID provider. If this value is not specified by the OpenID provider, it is defined that the OpenID provider supports (at a minimum) the code, id_token, and token id_token values.
This setting corresponds to the response_types_supported parameter in the discovery document.
SupportedScopes
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
A comma-separated list of scopes that are supported by the OpenID provider. For instance: openid,email,profile
This setting corresponds to the scopes_supported parameter in the discovery document.
TokenURL
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The token endpoint URL.
This setting corresponds to the token_endpoint parameter in the discovery document.
UserInfoURL
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The user info endpoint URL.
This setting corresponds to the userinfo_endpoint parameter in the discovery document.
Constructors
constructor Create();
Firewall Type
The firewall the component will connect through.
Remarks
When connecting through a firewall, this type is used to specify different properties of the firewall, such as the firewall Host and the FirewallType.
Fields
AutoDetect
Boolean
Default Value: False
Whether to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
FirewallType
TciFirewallTypes
Default Value: 0
The type of firewall to connect through. The applicable values are as follows:
fwNone (0) | No firewall (default setting). |
fwTunnel (1) | Connect through a tunneling proxy. Port is set to 80. |
fwSOCKS4 (2) | Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. Port is set to 1080. |
fwSOCKS5 (3) | Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. Port is set to 1080. |
fwSOCKS4A (10) | Connect through a SOCKS4A Proxy. Port is set to 1080. |
Host
String
Default Value: ""
The name or IP address of the firewall (optional). If a Host is given, the requested connections will be authenticated through the specified firewall when connecting.
If this property is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, this property is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, the component raises an exception.
Password
String
Default Value: ""
A password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. If Host is specified, the User and Password properties are used to connect and authenticate to the given firewall. If the authentication fails, the component raises an exception.
Port
Integer
Default Value: 0
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port for the firewall Host. See the description of the Host property for details.
NOTE: This property is set automatically when FirewallType is set to a valid value. See the description of the FirewallType property for details.
User
String
Default Value: ""
A username if authentication is to be used when connecting through a firewall. If Host is specified, this property and the Password property are used to connect and authenticate to the given Firewall. If the authentication fails, the component raises an exception.
Constructors
constructor Create();
IdTokenInfo Type
This type holds details about an ID Token.
Remarks
The fields of this type correspond to claims from the ID Token.
Fields
Audiences
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
A comma-separated list of audiences for which the ID Token is intended.
AuthTime
Int64 (read-only)
Default Value: 0
The time when the end user authenticates with the authorization server.
The time value is a number representing the number of seconds from 1970-01-01T0:0:0Z as measured in UTC until the date/time.
ExpTime
Int64
Default Value: 0
The time when the ID Token expires.
The time value is a number representing the number of seconds from 1970-01-01T0:0:0Z as measured in UTC until the date/time.
IdTokenContent
String
Default Value: ""
The raw value of the ID Token.
IssuedTime
Int64
Default Value: 0
The time when the authentication for this ID Token occurred.
The time value is a number representing the number of seconds from 1970-01-01T0:0:0Z as measured in UTC until the date/time.
Issuer
String
Default Value: ""
The issuer, or authorization server, that constructed the ID Token.
Constructors
constructor Create();
OAuthParam Type
This is the parameter to be used in the request or received in the response.
Remarks
This type describes a parameter that is used in a request or received in the response.
Fields
Name
String
Default Value: ""
The name of the parameter to be used in the request or returned in the response.
Value
String
Default Value: ""
The value of the parameter to be used in the request or returned in the response. When issuing a request, the component will URL encode the value specified here. Returned values will be automatically URL decoded.
Constructors
constructor Create();
constructor Create(valName: String; valValue: String);
Proxy Type
The proxy the component will connect to.
Remarks
When connecting through a proxy, this type is used to specify different properties of the proxy, such as the Server and the AuthScheme.
Fields
AuthScheme
TciProxyAuthSchemes
Default Value: 0
The type of authorization to perform when connecting to the proxy. This is used only when the User and Password properties are set.
AuthScheme should be set to authNone (3) when no authentication is expected.
By default, AuthScheme is authBasic (0), and if the User and Password properties are set, the component will attempt basic authentication.
If AuthScheme is set to authDigest (1), digest authentication will be attempted instead.
If AuthScheme is set to authProprietary (2), then the authorization token will not be generated by the component. Look at the configuration file for the component being used to find more information about manually setting this token.
If AuthScheme is set to authNtlm (4), NTLM authentication will be used.
For security reasons, setting this property will clear the values of User and Password.
AutoDetect
Boolean
Default Value: False
Whether to automatically detect and use proxy system settings, if available. The default value is False.
Password
String
Default Value: ""
A password if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
If AuthScheme is set to Basic Authentication, the User and Password properties are Base64 encoded and the proxy authentication token will be generated in the form Basic [encoded-user-password].
If AuthScheme is set to Digest Authentication, the User and Password properties are used to respond to the Digest Authentication challenge from the server.
If AuthScheme is set to NTLM Authentication, the User and Password properties are used to authenticate through NTLM negotiation.
Port
Integer
Default Value: 80
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port for the proxy Server (default 80). See the description of the Server property for details.
Server
String
Default Value: ""
If a proxy Server is given, then the HTTP request is sent to the proxy instead of the server otherwise specified.
If the Server property is set to a domain name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, the Server property is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.
SSL
TciProxySSLTypes
Default Value: 0
When to use a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for the connection to the proxy. The applicable values are as follows:
psAutomatic (0) | Default setting. If the URL is an https URL, the component will use the psTunnel option. If the URL is an http URL, the component will use the psNever option. |
psAlways (1) | The connection is always SSL-enabled. |
psNever (2) | The connection is not SSL-enabled. |
psTunnel (3) | The connection is made through a tunneling (HTTP) proxy. |
User
String
Default Value: ""
A username if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
If AuthScheme is set to Basic Authentication, the User and Password properties are Base64 encoded and the proxy authentication token will be generated in the form Basic [encoded-user-password].
If AuthScheme is set to Digest Authentication, the User and Password properties are used to respond to the Digest Authentication challenge from the server.
If AuthScheme is set to NTLM Authentication, the User and Password properties are used to authenticate through NTLM negotiation.
Constructors
constructor Create();
constructor Create(valServer: String; valPort: Integer);
constructor Create(valServer: String; valPort: Integer; valUser: String; valPassword: String);
UserDetails Type
This type holds details about the user.
Remarks
The fields of this type correspond to claims about the user.
- AddrCountry
- AddrFormatted
- AddrLocality
- AddrPostalCode
- AddrRegion
- AddrStreetAddr
- Birthday
- EmailVerified
- FirstName
- Gender
- LastName
- Locale
- MiddleName
- Name
- Nickname
- PhoneNumber
- PhoneNumberVerified
- PictureURL
- PreferredUsername
- ProfileURL
- Subject
- UpdatedAt
- Website
- ZoneInfo
Fields
AddrCountry
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The country name portion of the user's address.
AddrFormatted
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The full mailing address of the user, formatted for display or use on a mailing label. This value may contain multiple lines.
AddrLocality
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The city or locality portion of the user's address.
AddrPostalCode
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The zip code or postal code portion of the user's address.
AddrRegion
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The state, province, prefecture, or region portion of the user's address.
AddrStreetAddr
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The street address portion of the user's address. This is the full street address which may include house number, street name, post office box, and multi-line extended street information. This value may contain multiple lines.
Birthday
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The user's birthday. The format of the value is YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY. The year may be 0000 to indicate that it was omitted.
Email
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The user's preferred email address.
EmailVerified
Boolean (read-only)
Default Value: False
Whether the user's email address has been verified. To be considered verified, the end-user must prove the email address was under the user's control at the time of verification.
FirstName
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The first name of the user. If multiple names are present, they are space-separated.
Gender
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The user's gender. Defined values are male and female, but other values may also be used.
LastName
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The last name of the user. If multiple names are present, they are space-separated.
Locale
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The end user's locale. This is represented as a BCP47 (RFC 5646) language tag. For instance, en-US or en_US.
MiddleName
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The middle name of the user. If multiple names are present, they are space-separated.
Name
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The user's full name in displayable form including all name parts. This may include titles and suffixes.
Nickname
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The casual name of the user. This may or may not be the same as FirstName.
PhoneNumber
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The user's phone number. This may be in E.164 format, for instance +1 (425) 555-1212. If an extension is present, it may be represented according to RFC 3966. For instance: +1 (604) 555-1234;ext=5678.
PhoneNumberVerified
Boolean (read-only)
Default Value: False
Whether the user's phone number has been verified. To be considered verified, the end-user must prove the phone number was under the user's control at the time of verification.
PictureURL
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The URL of the user's profile picture.
PreferredUsername
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The shorthand name by which the end-user wishes to be referred.
ProfileURL
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The URL of the user's profile page.
Subject
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The subject of the user that is being represented. This property is set when parsed from an ID Token or after retrieving the user info. Typically this represents the user of the application.
UpdatedAt
Int64 (read-only)
Default Value: 0
The time when the user's information was last updated.
The time value is a number representing the number of seconds from 1970-01-01T0:0:0Z as measured in UTC until the date/time.
Website
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The URL of the user's website.
ZoneInfo
String (read-only)
Default Value: ""
The user's time zone. For instance: America/Los_Angeles.
Constructors
constructor Create();
Config Settings (OIDCDesktop Component)
The component accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.OIDCDesktop Config Settings
The expiration date for the most recently retrieved access token.
When the authorization server returns with an authorization or authentication error, the OpenID provider can optionally provide a URI to a web-page that provides more information on the error.
The authorization code that will be used in a request to the token server. This configuration setting is set when calling AuthenticateUser.
This optional setting specifies the display options that the authorization server should display to the user. Possible values are:
page | The authorization server SHOULD display the authentication and consent UI consistent with a full user agent page view. If the display parameter is not specified, this is the default display mode. |
popup | The authorization server SHOULD display the authentication and consent UI consistent with a popup user agent window. The popup user agent window should be of an appropriate size for a login-focused dialog and should not obscure the entire window that it is popping up over. |
touch | The authorization server SHOULD display the authentication and consent UI consistent with a device that leverages a touch interface. |
wap | The authorization server SHOULD display the authentication and consent UI consistent with a "feature phone" type display. |
This setting corresponds to the display request parameter.
When set, the component will check the audience (aud) claim against this value rather than the ClientId property.
When set, the component will check the issuer (iss) claim against this value rather than the value found in the Issuer property.
This setting may be specified before calling AuthenticateUser to provide an ID Token as a hint about the user's current or past authenticated session. If the user identified by the ID Token present here is logged in, then the authorization server should return a positive response. If Prompt is set to none, it is recommended to set this value. The value for this setting is the raw Issuer received from a previous session.
This setting corresponds to the id_token_hint request parameter.
Informs the component to skip certain checks when validating an ID Token. The following flags are defined (specified in hexadecimal notation). They can be or-ed together to exclude multiple conditions:
0x00000001 | Ignore the issuer (iss) claim. |
0x00000002 | Ignore the audience (aud) claim. |
0x00000004 | Ignore the expiration (exp) claim. |
0x00000008 | Ignore the JWT signature. |
0x00000010 | Ignore the "issued at" (iat) claim. |
0x00000020 | Ignore the "not before" (nbf) claim. |
0x00000040 | Ignore the nonce (nonce) claim. |
This setting optionally specifies an identifier of the end-user which may be used as a hint to the authorization server about the user's identity. For instance, this may be the email address or phone number of a user. The authorization may or may not use the value provided.
This setting corresponds to the login_hint request parameter.
This setting provides the value of the Nonce parameter that is provided to the OpenID Provider when making a request and the value that should be used for validation when validating an ID Token. If left blank when UseNonce is set to true, the component will generate a new one.
When validating an ID Token with the nonce claim, the component will check the claim against this setting. If the instance of the component that generated the authorization request is different than the instance of the component that is doing the validating, then this configuration setting will need to be set again. If the component generates the nonce value, then the application will need to save the original nonce value in a safe location specific to the user authenticating.
This configuration setting, when queried, provides the PKCE verifier that is used to generate the PKCE challenge for the AuthenticateUser method when UsePKCE is set to True. It can be used to process the response from the authorization server from a different instance than the one used to create the authorization request.
This optional setting specifies the conditions under which the authorization server should prompt for login. The value specified here is a space-delimited, case-sensitive list of one or more of the following values. For instance: login consent. Possible values are:
none | The authorization server MUST NOT display any authentication or consent user interface pages. An error is returned if an end-user is not already authenticated, the client does not have pre-configured consent for the requested claims, or the client does not fulfill other conditions for processing the request. The error code will typically be login_required, interaction_required, or another code defined in Section 3.1.2.6 of the OpenID specification. This can be used as a method to check for existing authentication and/or consent. |
login | The authorization server SHOULD prompt the end-user for re-authentication. If it cannot re-authenticate the end-user, it MUST return an error, typically login_required. |
consent | The authorization server SHOULD prompt the end-user for consent before returning information to the client. If it cannot obtain consent, it MUST return an error, typically consent_required. |
select_account | The authorization server SHOULD prompt the end-user to select a user account. This enables an end-user who has multiple accounts at the authorization server to select amongst the multiple accounts for which they might have current sessions. If it cannot obtain an account selection choice made by the end-user, it MUST return an error, typically account_selection_required. |
The prompt parameter can be used to make sure that the end-user is still present for the current session or to bring attention to the request. If this parameter contains none with any other value, an error is returned.
This setting corresponds to the prompt request parameter.
This configuration setting is used to set the response_mode parameter when building the authorization URL after calling AuthenticateUser. If left empty (default) the parameter will not be set in the request. This informs the authorization server to use the defaults described by the OAuth 2.0 specification. For authorization code, this will be the query mode. For implicit, this will typically be the fragment mode. Support modes are as follows:
Mode | Description |
query | The response parameters are encoded in a query string when the user is redirected back to the component. |
fragment | The response parameters are encoded in a fragment when the user is redirected back to the component. |
form_post | The response parameters are encoded as HTML form values and posted (rather than redirected) back to the component. This mode is an extension of the OAuth 2.0 protocol and may not be supported by the authorization server. |
This setting optionally specifies the value of the response_type request parameter. When GrantType is set, a value for the response_type is automatically chosen. If a different value is desired, it may be specified here. The table below illustrates the default and possible values.
GrantType | Default value | Possible values |
0 (Authorization Code) | code |
|
1 (Implicit) | id_token token |
|
2 (Hybrid) | code id_token |
|
This configuration setting is used to provide the component an authorization server URL directly to be used by the AuthenticateUser method.
This configuration setting is used to provide the component a signer certificate server URL directly to be used when requesting signer certificates.
This configuration setting is used to provide the component a token server URL directly to be used by the AuthenticateUser method.
This configuration setting is used to provide the component a UserInfo server URL directly to be used by the RequestUserInfo method.
WebServer Config Settings
This configuration setting specifies the amount of time (in seconds) the component will wait for a response from the browser in the LaunchBrowser event. The default value is 0, meaning that the component will wait indefinitely.
When AuthenticateUser is called, the user will be redirected to the embedded web server upon completing authentication with the OpenID Provider. If authentication fails, the HTML specified here will be sent to the user's browser.
This configuration setting specifies the hostname used by the embedded web server. This specifies the interface on which the embedded web server listens and also the value displayed in the ReturnURL. This should be set to the hostname only, and not to the full URL.
The default value is localhost.
When AuthenticateUser is called, the user will be redirected to the embedded web server upon completing authentication with the OpenID Provider. This setting allows you to specify the HTML that will be sent to the user's browser.
HTTP Config Settings
When AllowHTTPCompression is True, the component adds an Accept-Encoding header to the request being sent to the server. By default, this header's value is "gzip, deflate". This configuration setting allows you to change the value of the Accept-Encoding header. NOTE: The component only supports gzip and deflate decompression algorithms.
This configuration setting enables HTTP compression for receiving data. When set to True (default), the component will accept compressed data. It then will uncompress the data it has received. The component will handle data compressed by both gzip and deflate compression algorithms.
When True, the component adds an Accept-Encoding header to the outgoing request. The value for this header can be controlled by the AcceptEncoding configuration setting. The default value for this header is "gzip, deflate".
The default value is True.
This configuration setting controls whether HTTP/2 connections are permitted to fall back to HTTP/1.1 when the server does not support HTTP/2. This setting is applicable only when HTTPVersion is set to "2.0".
If set to True (default), the component will automatically use HTTP/1.1 if the server does not support HTTP/2. If set to False, the component raises an exception if the server does not support HTTP/2.
The default value is True.
This configuration setting determines whether data will be appended when writing to LocalFile. When set to True, downloaded data will be appended to LocalFile. This may be used in conjunction with Range to resume a failed download. This is applicable only when LocalFile is set. The default value is False.
If the Authorization property contains a nonempty string, an Authorization HTTP request header is added to the request. This header conveys Authorization information to the server.
This property is provided so that the HTTP component can be extended with other security schemes in addition to the authorization schemes already implemented by the component.
The AuthScheme property defines the authentication scheme used. In the case of HTTP Basic Authentication (default), every time User and Password are set, they are Base64 encoded, and the result is put in the Authorization property in the form 'Basic [encoded-user-password]'.
This configuration setting returns the raw number of bytes from the HTTP response data, before the component processes the data, whether it is chunked or compressed. This returns the same value as the Transfer event, by BytesTransferred.
This is applicable only when UseChunkedEncoding is True. This setting specifies the chunk size in bytes to be used when posting data. The default value is 16384.
If set to True, the body of a PUT or POST request will be compressed into gzip format before sending the request. The "Content-Encoding" header is also added to the outgoing request.
The default value is False.
If set to True, the URL passed to the component will be URL encoded. The default value is False.
This option determines what happens when the server issues a redirect. Normally, the component returns an error if the server responds with an "Object Moved" message. If this property is set to 1 (always), the new URL for the object is retrieved automatically every time.
If this property is set to 2 (Same Scheme), the new URL is retrieved automatically only if the URL Scheme is the same; otherwise, the component raises an exception.
Note: Following the HTTP specification, unless this option is set to 1 (Always), automatic redirects will be performed only for GET or HEAD requests. Other methods potentially could change the conditions of the initial request and create security vulnerabilities.
Furthermore, if either the new URL server or port are different from the existing one, User and Password are also reset to empty, unless this property is set to 1 (Always), in which case the same credentials are used to connect to the new server.
A Redirect event is fired for every URL the product is redirected to. In the case of automatic redirections, the Redirect event is a good place to set properties related to the new connection (e.g., new authentication parameters).
The default value is 0 (Never). In this case, redirects are never followed, and the component raises an exception instead.
Following are the valid options:
- 0 - Never
- 1 - Always
- 2 - Same Scheme
The default value is False. If set to True, the component will perform a GET on the new location. Otherwise, it will use the same HTTP method again.
HTTP/2 servers maintain a dynamic table of headers and values seen over the course of a connection. Typically, these headers are inserted into the table through incremental indexing (also known as HPACK, defined in RFC 7541). To tell the component not to use incremental indexing for certain headers, and thus not update the dynamic table, set this configuration option to a comma-delimited list of the header names.
This property specifies the HTTP version used by the component. Possible values are as follows:
- "1.0"
- "1.1" (default)
- "2.0"
- "3.0"
When using HTTP/2 ("2.0") or HTTP/3 ("3.0"), additional restrictions apply. Please see the following notes for details.
HTTP/2 Notes
When using HTTP/2, a secure Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (TLS/SSL) connection is required. Attempting to use a plaintext URL with HTTP/2 will result in an error.
If the server does not support HTTP/2, the component will automatically use HTTP/1.1 instead. This is done to provide compatibility without the need for any additional settings. To see which version was used, check NegotiatedHTTPVersion after calling a method. The AllowHTTPFallback setting controls whether this behavior is allowed (default) or disallowed.
HTTP/3 Notes
HTTP/3 is supported only in .NET and Java.
When using HTTP/3, a secure (TLS/SSL) connection is required. Attempting to use a plaintext URL with HTTP/3 will result in an error.
If this setting contains a nonempty string, an If-Modified-Since HTTP header is added to the request. The value of this header is used to make the HTTP request conditional: if the requested documented has not been modified since the time specified in the field, a copy of the document will not be returned from the server; instead, a 304 (not modified) response will be returned by the server and the component throws an exception
The format of the date value for IfModifiedSince is detailed in the HTTP specs. For example:
Sat, 29 Oct 2017 19:43:31 GMT.
If True, the component will not send the Connection: Close header. The absence of the Connection header indicates to the server that HTTP persistent connections should be used if supported. NOTE: Not all servers support persistent connections. If False, the connection will be closed immediately after the server response is received.
The default value for KeepAlive is False.
If the Service Principal Name on the Kerberos Domain Controller is not the same as the URL that you are authenticating to, the Service Principal Name should be set here.
This configuration setting controls the level of detail that is logged through the Log event. Possible values are as follows:
0 (None) | No events are logged. |
1 (Info - default) | Informational events are logged. |
2 (Verbose) | Detailed data are logged. |
3 (Debug) | Debug data are logged. |
The value 1 (Info) logs basic information, including the URL, HTTP version, and status details.
The value 2 (Verbose) logs additional information about the request and response.
The value 3 (Debug) logs the headers and body for both the request and response, as well as additional debug information (if any).
When FollowRedirects is set to any value other than frNever, the component will follow redirects until this maximum number of redirect attempts are made. The default value is 20.
This configuration setting may be queried after the request is complete to indicate the HTTP version used. When HTTPVersion is set to "2.0" (if the server does not support "2.0"), then the component will fall back to using "1.1" automatically. This setting will indicate which version was used.
This configuration setting can be set to a string of headers to be appended to the HTTP request headers.
The headers must follow the format "header: value" as described in the HTTP specifications. Header lines should be separated by CRLF ('#13#10') .
Use this configuration setting with caution. If this configuration setting contains invalid headers, HTTP requests may fail.
This configuration setting is useful for extending the functionality of the component beyond what is provided.
This is similar to the Authorization configuration setting, but is used for proxy authorization. If this configuration setting contains a nonempty string, a Proxy-Authorization HTTP request header is added to the request. This header conveys proxy Authorization information to the server. If User and Password are specified, this value is calculated using the algorithm specified by AuthScheme.
This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.
This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.
This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.
This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.
This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.
This configuration setting returns the complete set of raw headers as sent by the client.
This configuration setting contains the result code of the last response from the server.
This setting contains the first line of the last response from the server. The format of the line will be [HTTP version] [Result Code] [Description].
This configuration setting contains the contents of the last response from the server.
If TransferredDataLimit is set to 0 (default), no limits are imposed. Otherwise, this reflects the maximum number of incoming bytes that can be stored by the component.
This configuration setting returns the complete set of raw headers as received from the server.
This configuration setting returns the full request as sent by the client. For performance reasons, the request is not normally saved. Set this configuration setting to ON before making a request to enable it. Following are examples of this request:
.NET
Http http = new Http();
http.Config("TransferredRequest=on");
http.PostData = "body";
http.Post("http://someserver.com");
Console.WriteLine(http.Config("TransferredRequest"));
C++
HTTP http;
http.Config("TransferredRequest=on");
http.SetPostData("body", 5);
http.Post("http://someserver.com");
printf("%s\r\n", http.Config("TransferredRequest"));
If UseChunkedEncoding is set to True, the component will use HTTP-chunked encoding when posting, if possible. HTTP-chunked encoding allows large files to be sent in chunks instead of all at once. If set to False, the component will not use HTTP-chunked encoding. The default value is False.
NOTE: Some servers (such as the ASP.NET Development Server) may not support chunked encoding.
This configuration setting specifies whether hostnames containing non-ASCII characters are encoded to internationalized domain names. When set to True, if a hostname contains non-ASCII characters, it is encoded using Punycode to an IDN (internationalized domain name).
The default value is False and the hostname will always be used exactly as specified. NOTE: The CodePage setting must be set to a value capable of interpreting the specified host name. For instance, to specify UTF-8, set CodePage to 65001.
This configuration specifies whether the component will attempt to use the Proxy auto-config URL when establishing a connection and AutoDetect is set to True.
When True (default), the component will check for the existence of a Proxy auto-config URL, and if found, will determine the appropriate proxy to use.
This is the value supplied in the HTTP User-Agent header. The default setting is "IPWorks HTTP Component - www.nsoftware.com".
Override the default with the name and version of your software.
TCPClient Config Settings
This configuration setting determines whether the input or output stream is closed after the transfer completes. When set to True (default), all streams will be closed after a transfer is completed. To keep streams open after the transfer of data, set this to False. The default value is True.
When set, this configuration setting allows you to specify a different timeout value for establishing a connection. Otherwise, the component will use Timeout for establishing a connection and transmitting/receiving data.
This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
If a FirewallHost is given, requested connections will be authenticated through the specified firewall when connecting.
If the FirewallHost setting is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, the FirewallHost setting is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.
NOTE: This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
If FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword settings are used to connect and authenticate to the given firewall. If the authentication fails, the component raises an exception.
NOTE: This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
The FirewallPort is set automatically when FirewallType is set to a valid value.
NOTE: This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
Possible values are as follows:
0 | No firewall (default setting). |
1 | Connect through a tunneling proxy. FirewallPort is set to 80. |
2 | Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
3 | Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
10 | Connect through a SOCKS4A Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
NOTE: This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
If the FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword settings are used to connect and authenticate to the Firewall. If the authentication fails, the component raises an exception.
NOTE: This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
When set, TCPKeepAlive will automatically be set to True. A TCP keep-alive packet will be sent after a period of inactivity as defined by KeepAliveTime. If no acknowledgment is received from the remote host, the keep-alive packet will be sent again. This configuration setting specifies the interval at which the successive keep-alive packets are sent in milliseconds. This system default if this value is not specified here is 1 second.
NOTE: This value is not applicable in macOS.
When set, TCPKeepAlive will automatically be set to True. By default, the operating system will determine the time a connection is idle before a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) keep-alive packet is sent. This system default if this value is not specified here is 2 hours. In many cases, a shorter interval is more useful. Set this value to the desired interval in milliseconds.
This property controls how a connection is closed. The default is True.
In the case that Linger is True (default), two scenarios determine how long the connection will linger. In the first, if LingerTime is 0 (default), the system will attempt to send pending data for a connection until the default IP timeout expires.
In the second scenario, if LingerTime is a positive value, the system will attempt to send pending data until the specified LingerTime is reached. If this attempt fails, then the system will reset the connection.
The default behavior (which is also the default mode for stream sockets) might result in a long delay in closing the connection. Although the component returns control immediately, the system could hold system resources until all pending data are sent (even after your application closes).
Setting this property to False forces an immediate disconnection. If you know that the other side has received all the data you sent (e.g., by a client acknowledgment), setting this property to False might be the appropriate course of action.
LingerTime is the time, in seconds, the socket connection will linger. This value is 0 by default, which means it will use the default IP timeout.
The LocalHost setting contains the name of the local host as obtained by the gethostname() system call, or if the user has assigned an IP address, the value of that address.
In multihomed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface), setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the component initiate connections (or accept in the case of server components) only through that interface.
If the component is connected, the LocalHost setting shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multihomed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).
This configuration setting must be set before a connection is attempted. It instructs the component to bind to a specific port (or communication endpoint) in the local machine.
Setting this to 0 (default) enables the system to choose a port at random. The chosen port will be shown by LocalPort after the connection is established.
LocalPort cannot be changed once a connection is made. Any attempt to set this when a connection is active will generate an error.
This configuration setting is useful when trying to connect to services that require a trusted port on the client side. An example is the remote shell (rsh) service in UNIX systems.
MaxLineLength is the size of an internal buffer, which holds received data while waiting for an EOL string.
If an EOL string is found in the input stream before MaxLineLength bytes are received, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to True, and the buffer is reset.
If no EOL is found, and MaxLineLength bytes are accumulated in the buffer, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to False, and the buffer is reset.
The minimum value for MaxLineLength is 256 bytes. The default value is 2048 bytes.
This configuration setting can be used to throttle outbound TCP traffic. Set this to the number of bytes to be sent per second. By default, this is not set and there is no limit.
This configuration setting optionally specifies a semicolon-separated list of hostnames or IP addresses to bypass when a proxy is in use. When requests are made to hosts specified in this property, the proxy will not be used. For instance:
www.google.com;www.example.com
If set to True, the socket's keep-alive option is enabled and keep-alive packets will be sent periodically to maintain the connection. Set KeepAliveTime and KeepAliveInterval to configure the timing of the keep-alive packets.
NOTE: This value is not applicable in Java.
When set to True, the socket will send all data that are ready to send at once. When set to False, the socket will send smaller buffered packets of data at small intervals. This is known as the Nagle algorithm.
By default, this configuration setting is set to False.
When set to 0 (default), the component will use IPv4 exclusively. When set to 1, the component will use IPv6 exclusively. To instruct the component to prefer IPv6 addresses, but use IPv4 if IPv6 is not supported on the system, this setting should be set to 2. The default value is 0. Possible values are as follows:
0 | IPv4 only |
1 | IPv6 only |
2 | IPv6 with IPv4 fallback |
When authenticating with NTLM, this setting specifies whether NTLM V2 is used. By default this value is True and NTLM V2 will be used. Set this to False to use NTLM V1.
SSL Config Settings
When SSLProvider is set to Internal, this configuration setting controls whether Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) packets should be logged. By default, this configuration setting is False, as it is useful only for debugging purposes.
When enabled, SSL packet logs are output using the SSLStatus event, which will fire each time an SSL packet is sent or received.
Enabling this configuration setting has no effect if SSLProvider is set to Platform.
This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.
The path set by this property should point to a directory containing CA certificates in PEM format. The files each contain one CA certificate. The files are looked up by the CA subject name hash value, which must hence be available. If more than one CA certificate with the same name hash value exist, the extension must be different (e.g., 9d66eef0.0, 9d66eef0.1). OpenSSL recommends the use of the c_rehash utility to create the necessary links. Please refer to the OpenSSL man page SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3) for details.
This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.
The file set by this property should contain a list of CA certificates in PEM format. The file can contain several CA certificates identified by the following sequences:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
... (CA certificate in base64 encoding) ...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Before, between, and after the certificate text is allowed, which can be used, for example, for descriptions of the certificates. Refer to the OpenSSL man page SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3) for details.
This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.
The format of this string is described in the OpenSSL man page ciphers(1) section "CIPHER LIST FORMAT". Please refer to it for details. The default string "DEFAULT" is determined at compile time and is normally equivalent to "ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+SSLv2:@STRENGTH".
This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.
By default, OpenSSL uses the device file "/dev/urandom" to seed the PRNG, and setting OpenSSLPrngSeedData is not required. If set, the string specified is used to seed the PRNG.
If set to True, the component will reuse the context if and only if the following criteria are met:
- The target host name is the same.
- The system cache entry has not expired (default timeout is 10 hours).
- The application process that calls the function is the same.
- The logon session is the same.
- The instance of the component is the same.
When SSLProvider is set to Internal, this configuration setting specifies one or more CA certificates to be included with the SSLCert property. Some servers or clients require the entire chain, including CA certificates, to be presented when performing SSL authentication. The value of this configuration setting is a newline-separated (CR/LF) list of certificates. For instance:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw ... Intermediate Cert ... eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj -----END CERTIFICATE----- \r \n -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp ... Root Cert ... d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA -----END CERTIFICATE-----
This configuration setting specifies whether the component will check the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) specified by the server certificate. If set to 1 or 2, the component will first obtain the list of CRL URLs from the server certificate's CRL distribution points extension. The component will then make HTTP requests to each CRL endpoint to check the validity of the server's certificate. If the certificate has been revoked or any other issues are found during validation the component raises an exception.
When set to 0 (default), the CRL check will not be performed by the component. When set to 1, it will attempt to perform the CRL check, but it will continue without an error if the server's certificate does not support CRL. When set to 2, it will perform the CRL check and will throw an error if CRL is not supported.
This configuration setting is supported only in the Java, C#, and C++ editions. In the C++ edition, it is supported only on Windows operating systems.
This configuration setting specifies whether the component will use OCSP to check the validity of the server certificate. If set to 1 or 2, the component will first obtain the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) URL from the server certificate's OCSP extension. The component will then locate the issuing certificate and make an HTTP request to the OCSP endpoint to check the validity of the server's certificate. If the certificate has been revoked or any other issues are found during validation, the component raises an exception.
When set to 0 (default), the component will not perform an OCSP check. When set to 1, it will attempt to perform the OCSP check, but it will continue without an error if the server's certificate does not support OCSP. When set to 2, it will perform the OCSP check and will throw an error if OCSP is not supported.
This configuration setting is supported only in the Java, C#, and C++ editions. In the C++ edition, it is supported only on Windows operating systems.
This minimum cipher strength is largely dependent on the security modules installed on the system. If the cipher strength specified is not supported, an error will be returned when connections are initiated.
NOTE: This configuration setting contains the minimum cipher strength requested from the security library. The actual cipher strength used for the connection is shown by the SSLStatus event.
Use this configuration setting with caution. Requesting a lower cipher strength than necessary could potentially cause serious security vulnerabilities in your application.
When the provider is OpenSSL, SSLCipherStrength is currently not supported. This functionality is instead made available through the OpenSSLCipherList configuration setting.
This configuration setting is only applicable to server components (e.g., TCPServer) see SSLServerCACerts for client components (e.g., TCPClient). This setting can be used to optionally specify one or more CA certificates to be used when verifying the client certificate that is presented by the client during the SSL handshake when SSLAuthenticateClients is enabled. When verifying the client's certificate, the certificates trusted by the system will be used as part of the verification process. If the client's CA certificates are not installed to the trusted system store, they may be specified here so they are included when performing the verification process. This configuration setting should be set only if the client's CA certificates are not already trusted on the system and cannot be installed to the trusted system store.
The value of this configuration setting is a newline-separated (CR/LF) list of certificates. For instance:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw ... Intermediate Cert ... eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj -----END CERTIFICATE----- \r \n -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp ... Root Cert ... d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA -----END CERTIFICATE-----
This configuration setting enables the cipher suites to be used in SSL negotiation.
By default, the enabled cipher suites will include all available ciphers ("*").
The special value "*" means that the component will pick all of the supported cipher suites. If SSLEnabledCipherSuites is set to any other value, only the specified cipher suites will be considered.
Multiple cipher suites are separated by semicolons.
Example values when SSLProvider is set to Platform include the following:
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=*");
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256");
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256;CALG_3DES");
Possible values when SSLProvider is set to Platform include the following:
- CALG_3DES
- CALG_3DES_112
- CALG_AES
- CALG_AES_128
- CALG_AES_192
- CALG_AES_256
- CALG_AGREEDKEY_ANY
- CALG_CYLINK_MEK
- CALG_DES
- CALG_DESX
- CALG_DH_EPHEM
- CALG_DH_SF
- CALG_DSS_SIGN
- CALG_ECDH
- CALG_ECDH_EPHEM
- CALG_ECDSA
- CALG_ECMQV
- CALG_HASH_REPLACE_OWF
- CALG_HUGHES_MD5
- CALG_HMAC
- CALG_KEA_KEYX
- CALG_MAC
- CALG_MD2
- CALG_MD4
- CALG_MD5
- CALG_NO_SIGN
- CALG_OID_INFO_CNG_ONLY
- CALG_OID_INFO_PARAMETERS
- CALG_PCT1_MASTER
- CALG_RC2
- CALG_RC4
- CALG_RC5
- CALG_RSA_KEYX
- CALG_RSA_SIGN
- CALG_SCHANNEL_ENC_KEY
- CALG_SCHANNEL_MAC_KEY
- CALG_SCHANNEL_MASTER_HASH
- CALG_SEAL
- CALG_SHA
- CALG_SHA1
- CALG_SHA_256
- CALG_SHA_384
- CALG_SHA_512
- CALG_SKIPJACK
- CALG_SSL2_MASTER
- CALG_SSL3_MASTER
- CALG_SSL3_SHAMD5
- CALG_TEK
- CALG_TLS1_MASTER
- CALG_TLS1PRF
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=*");
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA");
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA;TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA");
Possible values when SSLProvider is set to Internal include the following:
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
- TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
- TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA
When TLS 1.3 is negotiated (see SSLEnabledProtocols), only the following cipher suites are supported:
- TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
- TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
SSLEnabledCipherSuites is used together with SSLCipherStrength.
This configuration setting is used to enable or disable the supported security protocols.
Not all supported protocols are enabled by default. The default value is 4032 for client components, and 3072 for server components. To specify a combination of enabled protocol versions set this config to the binary OR of one or more of the following values:
TLS1.3 | 12288 (Hex 3000) |
TLS1.2 | 3072 (Hex C00) (Default - Client and Server) |
TLS1.1 | 768 (Hex 300) (Default - Client) |
TLS1 | 192 (Hex C0) (Default - Client) |
SSL3 | 48 (Hex 30) |
SSL2 | 12 (Hex 0C) |
Note that only TLS 1.2 is enabled for server components that accept incoming connections. This adheres to industry standards to ensure a secure connection. Client components enable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and TLS 1.2 by default and will negotiate the highest mutually supported version when connecting to a server, which should be TLS 1.2 in most cases.
SSLEnabledProtocols: Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 Notes:
By default when TLS 1.3 is enabled, the component will use the internal TLS implementation when the SSLProvider is set to Automatic for all editions.
In editions that are designed to run on Windows, SSLProvider can be set to Platform to use the platform implementation instead of the internal implementation. When configured in this manner, please note that the platform provider is supported only on Windows 11/Windows Server 2022 and up. The default internal provider is available on all platforms and is not restricted to any specific OS version.
If set to 1 (Platform provider), please be aware of the following notes:
- The platform provider is available only on Windows 11/Windows Server 2022 and up.
- SSLEnabledCipherSuites and other similar SSL configuration settings are not supported.
- If SSLEnabledProtocols includes both TLS 1.3 and TLS 1.2, these restrictions are still applicable even if TLS 1.2 is negotiated. Enabling TLS 1.3 with the platform provider changes the implementation used for all TLS versions.
SSLEnabledProtocols: SSL2 and SSL3 Notes:
SSL 2.0 and 3.0 are not supported by the component when the SSLProvider is set to internal. To use SSL 2.0 or SSL 3.0, the platform security API must have the protocols enabled and SSLProvider needs to be set to platform.
This configuration setting specifies whether the renegotiation_info SSL extension will be used in the request when using the internal security API. This configuration setting is False by default, but it can be set to True to enable the extension.
This configuration setting is applicable only when SSLProvider is set to Internal.
This configuration setting specifies whether the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event contains the full certificate chain. By default this value is False and only the leaf certificate will be present in the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event.
If set to True, all certificates returned by the server will be present in the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event. This includes the leaf certificate, any intermediate certificate, and the root certificate.
This configuration setting optionally specifies the full path to a file on disk where per-session secrets are stored for debugging purposes.
When set, the component will save the session secrets in the same format as the SSLKEYLOGFILE environment variable functionality used by most major browsers and tools, such as Chrome, Firefox, and cURL. This file can then be used in tools such as Wireshark to decrypt TLS traffic for debugging purposes. When writing to this file, the component will only append, it will not overwrite previous values.
NOTE: This configuration setting is applicable only when SSLProvider is set to Internal.
This configuration setting returns the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake.
NOTE: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example:
server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipher[connId]");
This configuration setting returns the strength of the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake.
NOTE: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example:
server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipherStrength[connId]");
This configuration setting returns the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake represented as a single string.
NOTE: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example:
server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipherSuite[connId]");
This configuration setting returns the key exchange algorithm negotiated during the SSL handshake.
NOTE: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example:
server.Config("SSLNegotiatedKeyExchange[connId]");
This configuration setting returns the strength of the key exchange algorithm negotiated during the SSL handshake.
NOTE: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example:
server.Config("SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrength[connId]");
This configuration setting returns the protocol version negotiated during the SSL handshake.
NOTE: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example:
server.Config("SSLNegotiatedVersion[connId]");
The following flags are defined (specified in hexadecimal notation). They can be ORed together to exclude multiple conditions:
0x00000001 | Ignore time validity status of certificate. |
0x00000002 | Ignore time validity status of CTL. |
0x00000004 | Ignore non-nested certificate times. |
0x00000010 | Allow unknown certificate authority. |
0x00000020 | Ignore wrong certificate usage. |
0x00000100 | Ignore unknown certificate revocation status. |
0x00000200 | Ignore unknown CTL signer revocation status. |
0x00000400 | Ignore unknown certificate authority revocation status. |
0x00000800 | Ignore unknown root revocation status. |
0x00008000 | Allow test root certificate. |
0x00004000 | Trust test root certificate. |
0x80000000 | Ignore non-matching CN (certificate CN non-matching server name). |
This functionality is currently not available when the provider is OpenSSL.
This configuration setting is only used by client components (e.g., TCPClient) see SSLClientCACerts for server components (e.g., TCPServer). This configuration setting can be used to optionally specify one or more CA certificates to be used when connecting to the server and verifying the server certificate. When verifying the server's certificate, the certificates trusted by the system will be used as part of the verification process. If the server's CA certificates are not installed to the trusted system store, they may be specified here so they are included when performing the verification process. This configuration setting should be set only if the server's CA certificates are not already trusted on the system and cannot be installed to the trusted system store.
The value of this configuration setting is a newline-separated (CR/LF) list of certificates. For instance:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw ... Intermediate Cert... eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj -----END CERTIFICATE----- \r \n -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp ... Root Cert... d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA -----END CERTIFICATE-----
This configuration setting specifies the allowed server certificate signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal and SSLEnabledProtocols is set to allow TLS 1.2.
When specified the component will verify that the server certificate signature algorithm is among the values specified in this configuration setting. If the server certificate signature algorithm is unsupported, the component raises an exception.
The format of this value is a comma-separated list of hash-signature combinations. For instance:
component.SSLProvider = TCPClientSSLProviders.sslpInternal;
component.Config("SSLEnabledProtocols=3072"); //TLS 1.2
component.Config("TLS12SignatureAlgorithms=sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa,sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa");
The default value for this configuration setting is sha512-ecdsa,sha512-rsa,sha512-dsa,sha384-ecdsa,sha384-rsa,sha384-dsa,sha256-ecdsa,sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa,sha224-ecdsa,sha224-rsa,sha224-dsa,sha1-ecdsa,sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa.
To not restrict the server's certificate signature algorithm, specify an empty string as the value for this configuration setting, which will cause the signature_algorithms TLS 1.2 extension to not be sent.
This configuration setting specifies a comma-separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.2 for ECC.
The default value is ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1.
When using TLS 1.2 and SSLProvider is set to Internal, the values refer to the supported groups for ECC. The following values are supported:
- "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)
This configuration setting specifies a comma-separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.3 for key exchange. The groups specified here will have key share data pregenerated locally before establishing a connection. This can prevent an additional roundtrip during the handshake if the group is supported by the server.
The default value is set to balance common supported groups and the computational resources required to generate key shares. As a result, only some groups are included by default in this configuration setting.
NOTE: All supported groups can always be used during the handshake even if not listed here, but if a group is used that is not present in this list, it will incur an additional roundtrip and time to generate the key share for that group.
In most cases, this configuration setting does not need to be modified. This should be modified only if there is a specific reason to do so.
The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072
The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:
- "ecdhe_x25519" (default)
- "ecdhe_x448"
- "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp521r1"
- "ffdhe_2048" (default)
- "ffdhe_3072" (default)
- "ffdhe_4096"
- "ffdhe_6144"
- "ffdhe_8192"
This configuration setting holds a comma-separated list of allowed signature algorithms. Possible values include the following:
- "ed25519" (default)
- "ed448" (default)
- "ecdsa_secp256r1_sha256" (default)
- "ecdsa_secp384r1_sha384" (default)
- "ecdsa_secp521r1_sha512" (default)
- "rsa_pkcs1_sha256" (default)
- "rsa_pkcs1_sha384" (default)
- "rsa_pkcs1_sha512" (default)
- "rsa_pss_sha256" (default)
- "rsa_pss_sha384" (default)
- "rsa_pss_sha512" (default)
This configuration setting specifies a comma-separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.3 for key exchange. This configuration setting should be modified only if there is a specific reason to do so.
The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_x448,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072,ffdhe_4096,ffdhe_6144,ffdhe_8192
The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:
- "ecdhe_x25519" (default)
- "ecdhe_x448" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)
- "ffdhe_2048" (default)
- "ffdhe_3072" (default)
- "ffdhe_4096" (default)
- "ffdhe_6144" (default)
- "ffdhe_8192" (default)
Socket Config Settings
If AbsoluteTimeout is set to True, any method that does not complete within Timeout seconds will be aborted. By default, AbsoluteTimeout is False, and the timeout is an inactivity timeout.
NOTE: This option is not valid for User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports.
When the firewall is a tunneling proxy, use this property to send custom (additional) headers to the firewall (e.g., headers for custom authentication schemes).
This is the size of an internal queue in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be receiving. In some cases, increasing the value of the InBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance.
Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the component is activated the InBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.
This is the size of an internal queue in the TCP/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be sending. In some cases, increasing the value of the OutBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance.
Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the component is activated the OutBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.
Base Config Settings
When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the product's build.
The default code page is Unicode UTF-8 (65001).
The following is a list of valid code page identifiers:
Identifier | Name |
037 | IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada |
437 | OEM - United States |
500 | IBM EBCDIC - International |
708 | Arabic - ASMO 708 |
709 | Arabic - ASMO 449+, BCON V4 |
710 | Arabic - Transparent Arabic |
720 | Arabic - Transparent ASMO |
737 | OEM - Greek (formerly 437G) |
775 | OEM - Baltic |
850 | OEM - Multilingual Latin I |
852 | OEM - Latin II |
855 | OEM - Cyrillic (primarily Russian) |
857 | OEM - Turkish |
858 | OEM - Multilingual Latin I + Euro symbol |
860 | OEM - Portuguese |
861 | OEM - Icelandic |
862 | OEM - Hebrew |
863 | OEM - Canadian-French |
864 | OEM - Arabic |
865 | OEM - Nordic |
866 | OEM - Russian |
869 | OEM - Modern Greek |
870 | IBM EBCDIC - Multilingual/ROECE (Latin-2) |
874 | ANSI/OEM - Thai (same as 28605, ISO 8859-15) |
875 | IBM EBCDIC - Modern Greek |
932 | ANSI/OEM - Japanese, Shift-JIS |
936 | ANSI/OEM - Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore) |
949 | ANSI/OEM - Korean (Unified Hangul Code) |
950 | ANSI/OEM - Traditional Chinese (Taiwan; Hong Kong SAR, PRC) |
1026 | IBM EBCDIC - Turkish (Latin-5) |
1047 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin 1/Open System |
1140 | IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada (037 + Euro symbol) |
1141 | IBM EBCDIC - Germany (20273 + Euro symbol) |
1142 | IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway (20277 + Euro symbol) |
1143 | IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden (20278 + Euro symbol) |
1144 | IBM EBCDIC - Italy (20280 + Euro symbol) |
1145 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain (20284 + Euro symbol) |
1146 | IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom (20285 + Euro symbol) |
1147 | IBM EBCDIC - France (20297 + Euro symbol) |
1148 | IBM EBCDIC - International (500 + Euro symbol) |
1149 | IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic (20871 + Euro symbol) |
1200 | Unicode UCS-2 Little-Endian (BMP of ISO 10646) |
1201 | Unicode UCS-2 Big-Endian |
1250 | ANSI - Central European |
1251 | ANSI - Cyrillic |
1252 | ANSI - Latin I |
1253 | ANSI - Greek |
1254 | ANSI - Turkish |
1255 | ANSI - Hebrew |
1256 | ANSI - Arabic |
1257 | ANSI - Baltic |
1258 | ANSI/OEM - Vietnamese |
1361 | Korean (Johab) |
10000 | MAC - Roman |
10001 | MAC - Japanese |
10002 | MAC - Traditional Chinese (Big5) |
10003 | MAC - Korean |
10004 | MAC - Arabic |
10005 | MAC - Hebrew |
10006 | MAC - Greek I |
10007 | MAC - Cyrillic |
10008 | MAC - Simplified Chinese (GB 2312) |
10010 | MAC - Romania |
10017 | MAC - Ukraine |
10021 | MAC - Thai |
10029 | MAC - Latin II |
10079 | MAC - Icelandic |
10081 | MAC - Turkish |
10082 | MAC - Croatia |
12000 | Unicode UCS-4 Little-Endian |
12001 | Unicode UCS-4 Big-Endian |
20000 | CNS - Taiwan |
20001 | TCA - Taiwan |
20002 | Eten - Taiwan |
20003 | IBM5550 - Taiwan |
20004 | TeleText - Taiwan |
20005 | Wang - Taiwan |
20105 | IA5 IRV International Alphabet No. 5 (7-bit) |
20106 | IA5 German (7-bit) |
20107 | IA5 Swedish (7-bit) |
20108 | IA5 Norwegian (7-bit) |
20127 | US-ASCII (7-bit) |
20261 | T.61 |
20269 | ISO 6937 Non-Spacing Accent |
20273 | IBM EBCDIC - Germany |
20277 | IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway |
20278 | IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden |
20280 | IBM EBCDIC - Italy |
20284 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain |
20285 | IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom |
20290 | IBM EBCDIC - Japanese Katakana Extended |
20297 | IBM EBCDIC - France |
20420 | IBM EBCDIC - Arabic |
20423 | IBM EBCDIC - Greek |
20424 | IBM EBCDIC - Hebrew |
20833 | IBM EBCDIC - Korean Extended |
20838 | IBM EBCDIC - Thai |
20866 | Russian - KOI8-R |
20871 | IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic |
20880 | IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Russian) |
20905 | IBM EBCDIC - Turkish |
20924 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin-1/Open System (1047 + Euro symbol) |
20932 | JIS X 0208-1990 & 0121-1990 |
20936 | Simplified Chinese (GB2312) |
21025 | IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Serbian, Bulgarian) |
21027 | Extended Alpha Lowercase |
21866 | Ukrainian (KOI8-U) |
28591 | ISO 8859-1 Latin I |
28592 | ISO 8859-2 Central Europe |
28593 | ISO 8859-3 Latin 3 |
28594 | ISO 8859-4 Baltic |
28595 | ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic |
28596 | ISO 8859-6 Arabic |
28597 | ISO 8859-7 Greek |
28598 | ISO 8859-8 Hebrew |
28599 | ISO 8859-9 Latin 5 |
28605 | ISO 8859-15 Latin 9 |
29001 | Europa 3 |
38598 | ISO 8859-8 Hebrew |
50220 | ISO 2022 Japanese with no halfwidth Katakana |
50221 | ISO 2022 Japanese with halfwidth Katakana |
50222 | ISO 2022 Japanese JIS X 0201-1989 |
50225 | ISO 2022 Korean |
50227 | ISO 2022 Simplified Chinese |
50229 | ISO 2022 Traditional Chinese |
50930 | Japanese (Katakana) Extended |
50931 | US/Canada and Japanese |
50933 | Korean Extended and Korean |
50935 | Simplified Chinese Extended and Simplified Chinese |
50936 | Simplified Chinese |
50937 | US/Canada and Traditional Chinese |
50939 | Japanese (Latin) Extended and Japanese |
51932 | EUC - Japanese |
51936 | EUC - Simplified Chinese |
51949 | EUC - Korean |
51950 | EUC - Traditional Chinese |
52936 | HZ-GB2312 Simplified Chinese |
54936 | Windows XP: GB18030 Simplified Chinese (4 Byte) |
57002 | ISCII Devanagari |
57003 | ISCII Bengali |
57004 | ISCII Tamil |
57005 | ISCII Telugu |
57006 | ISCII Assamese |
57007 | ISCII Oriya |
57008 | ISCII Kannada |
57009 | ISCII Malayalam |
57010 | ISCII Gujarati |
57011 | ISCII Punjabi |
65000 | Unicode UTF-7 |
65001 | Unicode UTF-8 |
Identifier | Name |
1 | ASCII |
2 | NEXTSTEP |
3 | JapaneseEUC |
4 | UTF8 |
5 | ISOLatin1 |
6 | Symbol |
7 | NonLossyASCII |
8 | ShiftJIS |
9 | ISOLatin2 |
10 | Unicode |
11 | WindowsCP1251 |
12 | WindowsCP1252 |
13 | WindowsCP1253 |
14 | WindowsCP1254 |
15 | WindowsCP1250 |
21 | ISO2022JP |
30 | MacOSRoman |
10 | UTF16String |
0x90000100 | UTF16BigEndian |
0x94000100 | UTF16LittleEndian |
0x8c000100 | UTF32String |
0x98000100 | UTF32BigEndian |
0x9c000100 | UTF32LittleEndian |
65536 | Proprietary |
When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the license this instance of a component is using. It will return the following information:
- Product: The product the license is for.
- Product Key: The key the license was generated from.
- License Source: Where the license was found (e.g., RuntimeLicense, License File).
- License Type: The type of license installed (e.g., Royalty Free, Single Server).
- Last Valid Build: The last valid build number for which the license will work.
In certain circumstances it may be beneficial to mask sensitive data, like passwords, in log messages. Set this to True to mask sensitive data. The default is True.
This setting only works on these components: AS3Receiver, AS3Sender, Atom, Client(3DS), FTP, FTPServer, IMAP, OFTPClient, SSHClient, SCP, Server(3DS), Sexec, SFTP, SFTPServer, SSHServer, TCPClient, TCPServer.
When set to False, the component will use the system security libraries by default to perform cryptographic functions where applicable.
Setting this configuration setting to True tells the component to use the internal implementation instead of using the system security libraries.
This setting is set to False by default on all platforms.
Trappable Errors (OIDCDesktop Component)
OIDCDesktop Errors
900 | Invalid discovery document. The data is not a properly formatted discovery document. |
901 | Invalid ID Token. The ID Token could not be parsed. |
902 | Invalid ResponseType specified. The supplied ResponseType was unrecognized. |
903 | ID Token verification failed. |
910 | ID Token verification failed. ID Token has expired. |
911 | ID Token verification failed. ID Token issuer does not match expected issuer. |
912 | ID Token verification failed. ID Token audience does not match the expected audience. |
913 | ID Token verification failed. ID Token is missing a required claim. |
914 | ID Token verification failed. ID Token is meant for future use. |
915 | ID Token verification failed. ID Token has an invalid issued time. |
920 | ID Token verification failed. Could not validate signature. |
921 | ID Token verification failed. Could not find a valid Signer Certificate. |
922 | ID Token verification failed. Could not find a Signer Certificate that matches ID Token Headers. |
923 | ID Token verification failed. Could not find signature. |
940 | Authorization response processing error. The authorization response contained an error message from the authorization server. Check description for more information. |
940 | Authorization response timeout. The |
The component may also return one of the following error codes, which are inherited from other components.