Step 15: Token Introspection
POST {{authPath}}/{{envID}}/as/introspect
You can use the POST /{{envID}}/as/introspect endpoint operation to examine the token to verify that the aud (audience property) and scope properties specify the new custom resource and custom scope, respectively.
For more information about token introspection for access tokens, refer to Token Introspection (Access Token).
Example Request
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curl --location --globoff '{{authPath}}/{{envID}}/as/introspect' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data-urlencode 'token={{useCaseAccessToken}}' \
--data-urlencode 'client_assertion={{jwt_signed}}' \
--data-urlencode 'client_assertion_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer'
var options = new RestClientOptions("{{authPath}}/{{envID}}/as/introspect")
{
MaxTimeout = -1,
};
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Post);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
request.AddParameter("token", "{{useCaseAccessToken}}");
request.AddParameter("client_assertion", "{{jwt_signed}}");
request.AddParameter("client_assertion_type", "urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer");
RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "{{authPath}}/{{envID}}/as/introspect"
method := "POST"
payload := strings.NewReader("token=%7B%7BuseCaseAccessToken%7D%7D&client_assertion=%7B%7Bjwt_signed%7D%7D&client_assertion_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Aclient-assertion-type%3Ajwt-bearer")
client := &http.Client {
}
req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
res, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
defer res.Body.Close()
body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
POST /{{envID}}/as/introspect HTTP/1.1
Host: {{authPath}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
token=%7B%7BuseCaseAccessToken%7D%7D&client_assertion=%7B%7Bjwt_signed%7D%7D&client_assertion_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Aclient-assertion-type%3Ajwt-bearer
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
.build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "token={{useCaseAccessToken}}&client_assertion={{jwt_signed}}&client_assertion_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("{{authPath}}/{{envID}}/as/introspect")
.method("POST", body)
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
var settings = {
"url": "{{authPath}}/{{envID}}/as/introspect",
"method": "POST",
"timeout": 0,
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
},
"data": {
"token": "{{useCaseAccessToken}}",
"client_assertion": "{{jwt_signed}}",
"client_assertion_type": "urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer"
}
};
$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
console.log(response);
});
var request = require('request');
var options = {
'method': 'POST',
'url': '{{authPath}}/{{envID}}/as/introspect',
'headers': {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
},
form: {
'token': '{{useCaseAccessToken}}',
'client_assertion': '{{jwt_signed}}',
'client_assertion_type': 'urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer'
}
};
request(options, function (error, response) {
if (error) throw new Error(error);
console.log(response.body);
});
import requests
url = "{{authPath}}/{{envID}}/as/introspect"
payload = 'token=%7B%7BuseCaseAccessToken%7D%7D&client_assertion=%7B%7Bjwt_signed%7D%7D&client_assertion_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Aclient-assertion-type%3Ajwt-bearer'
headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
}
response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
print(response.text)
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('{{authPath}}/{{envID}}/as/introspect');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);
$request->setConfig(array(
'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
$request->setHeader(array(
'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
));
$request->addPostParameter(array(
'token' => '{{useCaseAccessToken}}',
'client_assertion' => '{{jwt_signed}}',
'client_assertion_type' => 'urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer'
));
try {
$response = $request->send();
if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
echo $response->getBody();
}
else {
echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
$response->getReasonPhrase();
}
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
require "uri"
require "net/http"
url = URI("{{authPath}}/{{envID}}/as/introspect")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
request.body = "token=%7B%7BuseCaseAccessToken%7D%7D&client_assertion=%7B%7Bjwt_signed%7D%7D&client_assertion_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Aclient-assertion-type%3Ajwt-bearer"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
let parameters = "token=%7B%7BuseCaseAccessToken%7D%7D&client_assertion=%7B%7Bjwt_signed%7D%7D&client_assertion_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Aclient-assertion-type%3Ajwt-bearer"
let postData = parameters.data(using: .utf8)
var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{authPath}}/{{envID}}/as/introspect")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("application/x-www-form-urlencoded", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.httpBody = postData
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
guard let data = data else {
print(String(describing: error))
return
}
print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}
task.resume()
Example Response
200 OK
{
"active": true,
"scope": "CustomResourceScope_1736807471 openid",
"client_id": "21608059-7055-4d5a-b712-6743db57ab66",
"token_type": "Bearer",
"exp": 1736812492,
"iat": 1736808892,
"sub": "20d97092-22bb-4bd9-a9f6-e6dc162acb62",
"aud": [
"CustomResource_1736807466"
],
"iss": "https://auth.pingone.com/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/as",
"jti": "6db20c00-5695-4f14-86e6-0fd460fc8868",
"sid": "119d0100-e1b7-457d-80d7-5c91c0f0a762",
"acr": "Single_Factor",
"auth_time": 1736808876,
"clientAssertion_custom": "CustomResourceScope_1736807471",
"env": "abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6",
"org": "bed432e6-676a-4ebe-b5a5-6b3b54e46bda"
}