Security

OAuth 2 Authentication and Authorization

Connexion supports one of the three OAuth 2 handling methods. (See “TODO” below.) With Connexion, the API security definition must include a ‘x-tokenInfoUrl’ (or set TOKENINFO_URL env var) with the URL to validate and get the token information. Connexion expects to receive the OAuth token in the Authorization header field in the format described in RFC 6750 section 2.1. This aspect represents a significant difference from the usual OAuth flow.

HTTPS Support

When specifying HTTPS as the scheme in the API YAML file, all the URIs in the served Swagger UI are HTTPS endpoints. The problem: The default server that runs is a “normal” HTTP server. This means that the Swagger UI cannot be used to play with the API. What is the correct way to start a HTTPS server when using Connexion?