OIDC Test Client
An oidc test client is a sample app that checks your single sign-on login flow. It sends a login request to your identity provider and reads back the user token. Teams use this tool to test group claims and role rules before production rollouts. When teams skip this check, broad roles often slip into live systems by mistake. Overly broad permissions let users run risky commands or read sensitive database rows. How an oidc test client works in your login flow The test workflow starts when you
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An oidc test client is a sample app that checks your single sign-on login flow. It sends a login request to your identity provider and reads back the user token. Teams use this tool to test group claims and role rules before production rollouts. When teams skip this check, broad roles often slip into live systems by mistake. Overly broad permissions let users run risky commands or read sensitive database rows.
How an oidc test client works in your login flow
The test workflow starts when you register a temporary app in your identity provider. The identity provider gives your test tool a client ID and a secret key. You also set a return URL so the provider knows where to send tokens. When you start a test, the client sends your browser to the login page. You sign in with a test user account and pass any multi-factor checks.
After you log in, the identity provider sends an authorization code back to the client. The client trades this short code for an ID token and an access token. The ID token holds user facts like your email and group names. The client decodes this token and shows the claims on a clean screen. You can then check if the right groups and roles show up for that user.
How to check token claims and group mappings
Checking token claims early stops broken logins and bad permission rules in your apps. Start by testing a basic user account that belongs to one team group. Look at the decoded token in your oidc test client to find the groups claim. Make sure the group name matches the exact role name in your target system. A small typo in a group claim can block a whole team from working.
Next, test an admin account and a user account with no group roles at all. Check that the token lifetime is short enough to limit risk if someone steals it. Verify that the issuer and audience fields match your expected server values. If a claim is missing, fix the attribute mapping rules in your identity provider. Run the login test again until the token shows the exact claims you need.
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What login testing solves and what it leaves open
An oidc test client proves that your identity provider sends the right user claims. It helps you fix broken redirects, missing group names, and bad signing keys fast. This step makes sure that only the right people can log in to your systems. It also proves that your single sign-on rules match your team list.
Still, checking the login token only solves the first part of system safety. The login setup decides who gets in, not what they do after signing in. Once a database or server accepts a user role, the identity provider steps back. It cannot see individual queries, shell commands, or API requests running in flight. If an engineer has a broad role, they can still run a bad delete query. Identity tokens alone also cannot mask emails, phone numbers, or card numbers in query results.
Add runtime guardrails and masking beside your databases and APIs
Login rules, role grants, and CI checks govern who connects to your stack. Yet any allowed script, engineer, or AI agent still runs commands with the full scope of its role. For workloads on Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, ClickHouse, Kubernetes, SSH, or internal HTTP services, hoop.dev sits beside the service as an open-source proxy, a sidecar for your database or API.
Before a query runs, hoop.dev guardrails check the statement against your rules. An AI Analyzer you configure can score intent or hold risky calls for human review. Next, hoop.dev data masking rewrites sensitive fields in responses, and each verdict is logged per listener. Explore the MIT-licensed project on GitHub.
Frequently asked questions
Why are group claims missing in my oidc test client?
Your identity provider might not include group claims in the default token scope. Check that your client asks for the groups scope and enable group mapping rules.
Should I use a public web tool to test production secrets?
No, never put real client secrets or production keys into a public web tool. Run a local test app on your own machine or use a sandbox provider account.
What is the difference between an ID token and an access token?
An ID token proves who the user is and lists their profile claims. An access token grants permission to call an API or run actions on a server.