Preview and validate Client ID Metadata Document

Fetches and validates a Client ID Metadata Document without creating a client. Returns the raw metadata and how it would be mapped to Auth0 client fields. This endpoint is useful for testing metadata URIs before creating CIMD clients.

POST https://{tenantDomain}/api/v2/clients/cimd/preview

Preview and validate Client ID Metadata Document

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://{tenantDomain}/api/v2/clients/cimd/preview \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "external_client_id": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://{tenantDomain}/api/v2/clients/cimd/preview"

payload = { "external_client_id": "<string>" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({external_client_id: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://{tenantDomain}/api/v2/clients/cimd/preview', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{tenantDomain}/api/v2/clients/cimd/preview",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'external_client_id' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{tenantDomain}/api/v2/clients/cimd/preview"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"external_client_id\": \"<string>\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{tenantDomain}/api/v2/clients/cimd/preview")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"external_client_id\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{tenantDomain}/api/v2/clients/cimd/preview")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"external_client_id\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "client_id": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "validation": {
    "valid": true,
    "violations": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "warnings": [
      "<string>"
    ]
  },
  "mapped_fields": {
    "external_client_id": "<string>",
    "name": "<string>",
    "app_type": "<string>",
    "callbacks": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "logo_uri": "<string>",
    "description": "<string>",
    "grant_types": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "token_endpoint_auth_method": "<string>",
    "jwks_uri": "<string>",
    "client_authentication_methods": {
      "private_key_jwt": {
        "credentials": [
          {
            "credential_type": "<string>",
            "kid": "<string>",
            "alg": "<string>"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Autorisations

bearerAuthoAuth2ClientCredentials

Authorization · string · header · requis

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Corps

application/jsonapplication/x-www-form-urlencoded

external_client_id · string<absolute-https-uri-or-empty> · requis

URL to the Client ID Metadata Document

Required string length: 1 - 120

Réponse

200

application/json

Metadata successfully fetched and validated, or retrieval error returned with errors array.

client_id · string

The client_id of an existing client registered with this external_client_id, if one exists.

errors · string[]

Array of retrieval errors (populated when the metadata document could not be fetched). When present, validation is omitted.

validation · object

Validation result for the Client ID Metadata Document

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mapped_fields · object

Auth0 client fields mapped from the Client ID Metadata Document

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