PingOne Platform APIs

Step 3: Send external authorization request to the IdP

   

GET {{authPath}}/{{SourceEnvID}}/as/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https://auth.pingone.com/{{destinationEnvID}}/rp/callback/openid_connect&scope=openid&client_id={{oidcAppSourceID}}&nonce={{nonce}}&state={{externalProviderState}}&response_mode=pi.flow

Use a GET {{authPath}}/{{SourceEnvID}}/as/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https://auth.pingone.com/{{destinationEnvID}}/rp/callback/openid_connect&scope=openid&client_id={{oidcAppSourceID}}&nonce={{nonce}}&state={{externalProviderState}} request to initiate the external authorization flow.

Use the source environment id in the request URL. Set the following query parameters:

  • response_type

    The code or token type returned by an authorization request. For this activity, the value is code.

  • client_id

    The source application’s UUID.

  • redirect_uri

    The URL that specifies the return entry point of the application. For this activity, the value is https://auth.pingone.com/{{destinationEnvID}}/rp/callback/openid_connect.

  • scope

    This is a string that specifies permissions that determine the resources that the application can access. For this activity, the scope is openid.

  • state

    The external provider state id returned in the previous step.

Example Request

  • cURL

  • C#

  • Go

  • HTTP

  • Java

  • jQuery

  • NodeJS

  • Python

  • PHP

  • Ruby

  • Swift

curl --location --globoff '{{authPath}}/{{SourceEnvID}}/as/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fauth.pingone.com%2F{{destinationEnvID}}%2Frp%2Fcallback%2Fopenid_connect&scope=openid&client_id={{oidcAppSourceID}}&nonce={{nonce}}&state={{externalProviderState}}&response_mode=pi.flow'
var options = new RestClientOptions("{{authPath}}/{{SourceEnvID}}/as/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https://auth.pingone.com/{{destinationEnvID}}/rp/callback/openid_connect&scope=openid&client_id={{oidcAppSourceID}}&nonce={{nonce}}&state={{externalProviderState}}&response_mode=pi.flow")
{
  MaxTimeout = -1,
};
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Get);
RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
package main

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

func main() {

  url := "{{authPath}}/{{SourceEnvID}}/as/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fauth.pingone.com%2F{{destinationEnvID}}%2Frp%2Fcallback%2Fopenid_connect&scope=openid&client_id={{oidcAppSourceID}}&nonce={{nonce}}&state={{externalProviderState}}&response_mode=pi.flow"
  method := "GET"

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  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))
}
GET /{{SourceEnvID}}/as/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https://auth.pingone.com/{{destinationEnvID}}/rp/callback/openid_connect&scope=openid&client_id={{oidcAppSourceID}}&nonce={{nonce}}&state={{externalProviderState}}&response_mode=pi.flow HTTP/1.1
Host: {{authPath}}
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("text/plain");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("{{authPath}}/{{SourceEnvID}}/as/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https://auth.pingone.com/{{destinationEnvID}}/rp/callback/openid_connect&scope=openid&client_id={{oidcAppSourceID}}&nonce={{nonce}}&state={{externalProviderState}}&response_mode=pi.flow")
  .method("GET", body)
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
var settings = {
  "url": "{{authPath}}/{{SourceEnvID}}/as/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https://auth.pingone.com/{{destinationEnvID}}/rp/callback/openid_connect&scope=openid&client_id={{oidcAppSourceID}}&nonce={{nonce}}&state={{externalProviderState}}&response_mode=pi.flow",
  "method": "GET",
  "timeout": 0,
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});
var request = require('request');
var options = {
  'method': 'GET',
  'url': '{{authPath}}/{{SourceEnvID}}/as/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https://auth.pingone.com/{{destinationEnvID}}/rp/callback/openid_connect&scope=openid&client_id={{oidcAppSourceID}}&nonce={{nonce}}&state={{externalProviderState}}&response_mode=pi.flow',
  'headers': {
  }
};
request(options, function (error, response) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
});
import requests

url = "{{authPath}}/{{SourceEnvID}}/as/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https://auth.pingone.com/{{destinationEnvID}}/rp/callback/openid_connect&scope=openid&client_id={{oidcAppSourceID}}&nonce={{nonce}}&state={{externalProviderState}}&response_mode=pi.flow"

payload = {}
headers = {}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('{{authPath}}/{{SourceEnvID}}/as/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https://auth.pingone.com/{{destinationEnvID}}/rp/callback/openid_connect&scope=openid&client_id={{oidcAppSourceID}}&nonce={{nonce}}&state={{externalProviderState}}&response_mode=pi.flow');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
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}}/{{SourceEnvID}}/as/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https://auth.pingone.com/{{destinationEnvID}}/rp/callback/openid_connect&scope=openid&client_id={{oidcAppSourceID}}&nonce={{nonce}}&state={{externalProviderState}}&response_mode=pi.flow")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{authPath}}/{{SourceEnvID}}/as/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fauth.pingone.com%2F{{destinationEnvID}}%2Frp%2Fcallback%2Fopenid_connect&scope=openid&client_id={{oidcAppSourceID}}&nonce={{nonce}}&state={{externalProviderState}}&response_mode=pi.flow")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

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

{
    "_links": {
        "usernamePassword.check": {
            "href": "https://auth.pingone.com/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/flows/03cf5c5a-eb10-4a99-9626-ad7b50f17c80"
        },
        "password.forgot": {
            "href": "https://auth.pingone.com/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/flows/03cf5c5a-eb10-4a99-9626-ad7b50f17c80"
        },
        "self": {
            "href": "https://auth.pingone.com/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/flows/03cf5c5a-eb10-4a99-9626-ad7b50f17c80"
        },
        "signOnPage": {
            "href": "https://apps.pingone.com/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/signon/?flowId=03cf5c5a-eb10-4a99-9626-ad7b50f17c80"
        }
    },
    "_embedded": {
        "application": {
            "name": "SourceApp_1776714341"
        }
    },
    "id": "03cf5c5a-eb10-4a99-9626-ad7b50f17c80",
    "environment": {
        "id": "abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6"
    },
    "resumeUrl": "https://auth.pingone.com/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/as/resume?flowId=03cf5c5a-eb10-4a99-9626-ad7b50f17c80",
    "status": "USERNAME_PASSWORD_REQUIRED",
    "createdAt": "2026-04-20T19:54:09.271Z",
    "expiresAt": "2026-04-20T20:09:09.271Z"
}