[[how-to-dynamic-client-registration]]
= How-to: Register a client dynamically
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This guide shows how to configure OpenID Connect Dynamic Client Registration 1.0 in Spring Authorization Server and walks through an example of how to register a client.
Spring Authorization Server implements https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-registration-1_0.html[OpenID Connect Dynamic Client Registration 1.0]
specification, gaining the ability to dynamically register and retrieve OpenID clients.

- xref:guides/how-to-dynamic-client-registration.adoc#enable[Enable Dynamic Client Registration]
- xref:guides/how-to-dynamic-client-registration.adoc#configure-initial-client[Configure initial client]
- xref:guides/how-to-dynamic-client-registration.adoc#obtain-initial-access-token[Obtain initial access token]
- xref:guides/how-to-dynamic-client-registration.adoc#register-client[Register a client]

[[enable]]
== Enable Dynamic Client Registration

By default, dynamic client registration functionality is disabled in Spring Authorization Server.
To enable, add the following configuration:

[[sample.dcrAuthServerConfig]]
[source,java]
----
include::{examples-dir}/main/java/sample/dcr/DcrConfiguration.java[]
----

<1> Add a `SecurityFilterChain` `@Bean` that registers an `OAuth2AuthorizationServerConfigurer`
<2> In the configurer, apply OIDC client registration endpoint customizer with default values.
This enables dynamic client registration functionality.

Please refer to xref:protocol-endpoints.adoc#oidc-client-registration-endpoint[Client Registration Endpoint docs] for in-depth configuration details.

[[configure-initial-client]]
== Configure initial client

An initial client is required in order to register new clients in the authorization server.
The client must be configured with scopes `client.create` and optionally `client.read` for creating clients and reading clients, respectively.
A programmatic example of such a client is below.

[[sample.dcrRegisteredClientConfig]]
[source,java]
----
include::{examples-dir}/main/java/sample/dcr/RegisteredClientConfiguration.java[]
----

<1> A `RegisteredClientRepository` `@Bean` is configured with a set of clients.
<2> An initial client with client id `dcr-client` is configured.
<3> `client_credentials` grant type is set to fetch access tokens directly.
<4> `client.create` scope is configured for the client to ensure they are able to create clients.
<5> `client.read` scope is configured for the client to ensure they are able to fetch and read clients.
<6> The initial client is saved into the data store.

After configuring the above, run the authorization server in your preferred environment.

[[obtain-initial-access-token]]
== Obtain initial access token

An initial access token is required to be able to create client registration requests.
The token request must contain a request for scope `client.create` only.

[source,httprequest]
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POST /oauth2/token HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic <base64-encoded-credentials>
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

grant_type=client_credentials&scope=client.create
----

[WARNING]
====
If you provide more than one scope in the request, you will not be able to register a client.
The client creation request requires an access token with a single scope of `client.create`
====

[TIP]
====
To obtain encoded credentials for the above request, `base64` encode the client credentials in the format of
`<clientId>:<clientSecret>`. Below is an encoding operation for the example in this guide.

[source,console]
----
echo -n "initial-app:secret" | base64
----
====

[[register-client]]
== Register a client

With an access token obtained from the previous step, a client can now be dynamically registered.

[NOTE]
The access token can only be used once. After a single registration request, the access token is invalidated.

[[sample.dcrClientRegistration]]
[source,java]
----
include::{examples-dir}/main/java/sample/dcr/DcrClient.java[]
----

<1> A minimal client registration request object.
You may add additional fields as per https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-registration-1_0.html#RegistrationRequest[OpenID Connect Dynamic Client Registration 1.0 spec - Client Registration Request].
<2> A minimal client registration response object.
You may add additional response fields as per https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-registration-1_0.html#RegistrationResponse[OpenID Connect Dynamic Client Registration 1.0 spec - Client Registration Response].
<3> A sample client registration request object which will be used to register a sample client.
<4> Example dynamic client registration procedure, demonstrating dynamic registration and client retrieval.
<5> Register a client using sample request from step 2, using initial access token from previous step.
Skip to step 10 for implementation.
<6> After registration, assert on the fields that should be populated in the response upon successful registration.
<7> Extract `registration_access_token` and `registration_client_uri` fields, for use in retrieval of the newly registered client.
<8> Retrieve client. Skip to step 11 for implementation.
<9> After client retrieval, assert on the fields that should be populated in the response.
<10> Sample client registration procedure using Spring WebFlux's `WebClient`.
Note that the `WebClient` must have `baseUrl` of the authorization server configured.
<11> Sample client retrieval procedure using Spring WebFlux's `WebClient`.
Note that the `WebClient` must have `baseUrl` of the authorization server configured.

The retrieve client response should contain the same information about the client as seen when the client was first
registered, except for `registration_access_token` field.