# Client Authentication Support

## JWT Bearer

|   |Please refer to JSON Web Token (JWT) Profile for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants for further details on [JWT Bearer](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7523#section-2.2) Client Authentication.|
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The default implementation for JWT Bearer Client Authentication is `NimbusJwtClientAuthenticationParametersConverter`,
which is a `Converter` that customizes the Token Request parameters by adding
a signed JSON Web Token (JWS) in the `client_assertion` parameter.

The `java.security.PrivateKey` or `javax.crypto.SecretKey` used for signing the JWS
is supplied by the `com.nimbusds.jose.jwk.JWK` resolver associated with `NimbusJwtClientAuthenticationParametersConverter`.

### Authenticate using `private_key_jwt`

Given the following Spring Boot 2.x properties for an OAuth 2.0 Client registration:

```
spring:
  security:
    oauth2:
      client:
        registration:
          okta:
            client-id: okta-client-id
            client-authentication-method: private_key_jwt
            authorization-grant-type: authorization_code
            ...
```

The following example shows how to configure `WebClientReactiveAuthorizationCodeTokenResponseClient`:

Java

```
Function<ClientRegistration, JWK> jwkResolver = (clientRegistration) -> {
	if (clientRegistration.getClientAuthenticationMethod().equals(ClientAuthenticationMethod.PRIVATE_KEY_JWT)) {
		// Assuming RSA key type
		RSAPublicKey publicKey = ...
		RSAPrivateKey privateKey = ...
		return new RSAKey.Builder(publicKey)
				.privateKey(privateKey)
				.keyID(UUID.randomUUID().toString())
				.build();
	}
	return null;
};

WebClientReactiveAuthorizationCodeTokenResponseClient tokenResponseClient =
		new WebClientReactiveAuthorizationCodeTokenResponseClient();
tokenResponseClient.addParametersConverter(
		new NimbusJwtClientAuthenticationParametersConverter<>(jwkResolver));
```

Kotlin

```
val jwkResolver: Function<ClientRegistration, JWK> =
    Function<ClientRegistration, JWK> { clientRegistration ->
        if (clientRegistration.clientAuthenticationMethod.equals(ClientAuthenticationMethod.PRIVATE_KEY_JWT)) {
            // Assuming RSA key type
            var publicKey: RSAPublicKey = ...
            var privateKey: RSAPrivateKey = ...
            RSAKey.Builder(publicKey)
                    .privateKey(privateKey)
                    .keyID(UUID.randomUUID().toString())
                .build()
        }
        null
    }

val tokenResponseClient = WebClientReactiveAuthorizationCodeTokenResponseClient()
tokenResponseClient.addParametersConverter(
    NimbusJwtClientAuthenticationParametersConverter(jwkResolver)
)
```

### Authenticate using `client_secret_jwt`

Given the following Spring Boot 2.x properties for an OAuth 2.0 Client registration:

```
spring:
  security:
    oauth2:
      client:
        registration:
          okta:
            client-id: okta-client-id
            client-secret: okta-client-secret
            client-authentication-method: client_secret_jwt
            authorization-grant-type: client_credentials
            ...
```

The following example shows how to configure `WebClientReactiveClientCredentialsTokenResponseClient`:

Java

```
Function<ClientRegistration, JWK> jwkResolver = (clientRegistration) -> {
	if (clientRegistration.getClientAuthenticationMethod().equals(ClientAuthenticationMethod.CLIENT_SECRET_JWT)) {
		SecretKeySpec secretKey = new SecretKeySpec(
				clientRegistration.getClientSecret().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
				"HmacSHA256");
		return new OctetSequenceKey.Builder(secretKey)
				.keyID(UUID.randomUUID().toString())
				.build();
	}
	return null;
};

WebClientReactiveClientCredentialsTokenResponseClient tokenResponseClient =
		new WebClientReactiveClientCredentialsTokenResponseClient();
tokenResponseClient.addParametersConverter(
		new NimbusJwtClientAuthenticationParametersConverter<>(jwkResolver));
```

Kotlin

```
val jwkResolver = Function<ClientRegistration, JWK?> { clientRegistration: ClientRegistration ->
    if (clientRegistration.clientAuthenticationMethod == ClientAuthenticationMethod.CLIENT_SECRET_JWT) {
        val secretKey = SecretKeySpec(
            clientRegistration.clientSecret.toByteArray(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
            "HmacSHA256"
        )
        OctetSequenceKey.Builder(secretKey)
            .keyID(UUID.randomUUID().toString())
            .build()
    }
    null
}

val tokenResponseClient = WebClientReactiveClientCredentialsTokenResponseClient()
tokenResponseClient.addParametersConverter(
    NimbusJwtClientAuthenticationParametersConverter(jwkResolver)
)
```

[OAuth2 Authorization Grants](authorization-grants.html)[OAuth2 Authorized Clients](authorized-clients.html)