When should I send my refresh token?
When you do log in, send 2 tokens (Access token, Refresh token) in response to the client. The access token will have less expiry time and Refresh will have long expiry time. The client (Front end) will store refresh token in his local storage and access token in cookies.
How do you refresh a Cognito token?
Initiate new refresh tokens (API) You must use the API or hostedUI to initiate authentication for refresh tokens. To use the refresh token to get new ID and access tokens with the user pool API, use the AdminInitiateAuth or InitiateAuth methods. Pass REFRESH_TOKEN_AUTH for the AuthFlow parameter.
When to use refresh tokens and how they interact?
Refresh tokens must be issued to a single authenticated client to prevent use of leaked tokens by other parties. Access tokens must be kept secret, but as you may imagine, security considerations are less strict due to their shorter life. “Access tokens must be kept secret, security considerations are less strict due to their shorter life.”
How does Azure AD issue refresh tokens to apps?
App tokens: When an app requests token through WAM, Azure AD issues a refresh token and an access token. However, WAM only returns the access token to the app and secures the refresh token in its cache by encrypting it with the user’s data protection application programming interface (DPAPI) key.
Can You refresh access token after Cookie expiration?
Note: I didn’t set cookie expiration time because in our case it depends on refresh token lifetime witch is not provided by identity server. If I’d aligned expiration of the cookie with the expiration of the access token I would’t be able to refresh access token after its expiration.
How are refresh tokens protected in OAuth2?
The OAuth2 token endpoint (/oauth/token) handles issuing of all types of grants (password and refresh tokens). All other endpoints are protected by the OAuth2 middleware that checks for the access token.