@baukit/auth-web

Framework-neutral browser OIDC authorization-code client with S256 PKCE, standard provider discovery, refresh tokens, and callback deduplication for repeated UI effects.

import { OidcClient } from '@baukit/auth-web';

const auth = new OidcClient({
  issuer: 'https://identity.example.com/realms/product/',
  clientId: 'product-web',
  redirectUri: `${window.location.origin}/auth/callback`,
  scopes: ['openid', 'profile', 'email'],
  offlineAccess: true,
});

await auth.login();
await auth.handleCallback();
const accessToken = await auth.accessToken();

The issuer is normalized and resolved only through /.well-known/openid-configuration; the client never assumes provider-specific authorization, token, or logout paths. handleCallback() returns the same promise when called repeatedly on one client, making a one-time PKCE exchange safe under React Strict Mode without depending on React.

Pass a unique storageKeyPrefix when more than one client for the same issuer/client ID shares an origin. Set offlineAccess to add offline_access without duplicating it. openid is always included because it distinguishes OIDC from plain OAuth.

offlineAccess defaults to false; enable it deliberately only for providers configured to issue refresh tokens for that scope. Concurrent accessToken() calls share one refresh. accessToken({ forceRefresh: true }) bypasses the proactive window after a 401 while joining any refresh already in flight. Refresh rotation retains the previous refresh or ID token when a response omits a replacement, and expiry is anchored to local token receipt time.

refreshLeewaySeconds defaults to 30 seconds; the refresh window is the smaller of that value and half the token lifetime, measured as expiresAt - issuedAt.

Stored tokens record issuedAt and expiresAt in epoch milliseconds; tokens without issuedAt are discarded as corrupt state.

Terminal refresh rejection (invalid_grant, invalid_token, or HTTP 400/401) clears tokens, emits subscribeSessionExpired(), and resolves to undefined. Transient network/provider failures preserve the session and reject with a sanitized OidcError whose retryable property is true.

subscribeSessionExpired() reports refresh_rejected, refresh_unavailable, or profile_erased. On a backend 401 with code profile_erased, call clearSession({ reason: 'profile_erased' }). It clears the local session and emits the reason once per call. Plain clearSession() emits nothing. OIDC persists a force-login marker under storageKeyPrefix, so the next login() requests prompt=login even after a reload. A failed or cancelled login keeps the marker; a successful sign-in removes it. Fresh authentication gives the provider a new auth_time for profile re-onboarding.

The browser marker uses localStorage key <storageKeyPrefix>:force-login and is removed only after a successful callback token exchange stores the new session.

Display safeAuthErrorMessage(error) at the UI boundary. It returns only library-owned allowlisted messages and never provider descriptions, response bodies, authorization codes, or token content.

Silent tokens for several products

SilentTokenBroker gets access tokens for several configured OIDC products without leaving the current page. Each product can use its own issuer, public client ID, redirect URI, scopes and API audience. The broker uses a hidden iframe with prompt=none and S256 PKCE. It defaults to openid and always includes it.

import { SilentTokenBroker } from '@baukit/auth-web';

const broker = new SilentTokenBroker(
  [
    {
      id: 'documents',
      issuer: 'https://identity.example.com/realms/documents',
      clientId: 'portal-documents',
      redirectUri: `${window.location.origin}/token-callback.html`,
      scopes: ['openid', 'documents:read'],
      audience: 'documents-api',
    },
  ],
  { accountBinding: { claim: 'account_id', value: verifiedSessionSubject } },
);

const result = await broker.getToken('documents');
if (result.status === 'ok') {
  // Send result.accessToken only to the configured product API.
}

// Call directly from a click handler. The popup opens synchronously.
signInButton.onclick = () => {
  void broker.login('documents').then(renderTokenResult);
};

// After a product API rejects the token:
broker.invalidate('documents');
// Allow a deliberate silent retry after a remembered failure:
broker.resetFailure('documents');
// Before logout, session expiry or switching accounts:
broker.dispose();

Create one broker per authenticated session and share it across callers. accountBinding.claim names a signed access token claim that must equal accountBinding.value, taken from the active verified session. A provider must protect this claim against user edits. The broker also requires matching ID and access token subjects. Both tokens must be JWTs signed with RS256. The access token must have an azp claim equal to the configured client ID. The broker verifies signatures through the issuer's JWKS, token expiry, issuer, audience and ID token nonce. Discovery endpoints must share the configured issuer's origin. HTTPS is required except for HTTP loopback addresses used during development.

Optional per-product authorizationParams pass provider options such as an identity provider hint. They cannot replace the broker's OIDC parameters. The broker has no default provider hint. getToken(productId, audience?) accepts only the product's configured audience when the optional audience is supplied.

SilentTokenResult has these outcomes:

| Status | Fields and next step | | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ok | accessToken, expiresAt in epoch milliseconds and productId | | login_required | productId and reason: login_required, interaction_required, interaction_cancelled or timeout | | consent_required | productId; offer explicit login | | account_mismatch | productId; the verified account or authorized client did not match | | error | productId and a sanitized SilentTokenError with a library-owned code |

Every failed result stays remembered until resetFailure(productId) or a successful login(productId). invalidate() clears only the cached token. Repeated requests for one product share a promise, including calls to login() while authorization is already in flight. Call login() directly from a user gesture after the pending flow finishes. Popup blocking returns an error result with code popup_blocked, while getToken() keeps any earlier remembered failure. Closing the popup returns login_required with reason interaction_cancelled and lets the next click start a new login. The broker checks for closure every 250 milliseconds, including during discovery and token exchange. Custom environments can expose the live popup state through SilentAuthorizationWindow.closed. Silent flows time out after 15 seconds; interactive flows time out after three minutes. Provider descriptions and response bodies never appear in results. Invalid configuration, unknown products, a different requested audience and calls after disposal throw synchronously. Constructing a broker outside a browser without an explicit environment throws SilentTokenError with code unsupported_environment.

Tokens, failures, state, nonce and PKCE verifiers remain in memory. The broker never reads or writes browser storage and discards refresh tokens. It renews by starting another code flow with a 30-second expiry margin capped at half the remaining lifetime. Expiry uses the earlier of the signed access token expiry and the token response lifetime measured at receipt. dispose() aborts pending work, closes its frames or popups and clears the cache. Pending calls resolve to an error result with code disposed, even if the injected environment ignores abort signals. A disposed broker cannot be reused.

Host a dedicated callback page at each configured redirect URI on the application's origin. Its only script should call the helper below. It strips the query from history and posts the callback URL to its same-origin parent or opener. The broker accepts messages only from its own frame or popup on that origin, then checks the callback path, state, issuer and code before token exchange. Providers must return the authorization response iss parameter.

// Bundle as the only script on /token-callback.html.
import { completeSilentTokenCallback } from '@baukit/auth-web';

completeSilentTokenCallback();

CALLBACK_MESSAGE is also exported from @baukit/auth-web. Its value is "baukit-silent-token-callback". When generating an unbundled callback page, import this constant in the code that generates the page and inject its value as the message's type. Post { type: CALLBACK_MESSAGE, url: callbackUrl } to the same-origin parent or opener with location.origin as the target origin. Capture location.href before stripping the callback query with history.replaceState.

Keep the callback page free of application startup and third-party assets. Set a no-referrer policy and a content security policy that permits only its script. Providers must permit framing and public-client token endpoint CORS. Third-party cookie restrictions can prevent silent authorization; offer the explicit login button when the broker returns a remembered failure. The broker never redirects the main page or changes cookie policy.

Boundaries

The package handles the OIDC authorization-code flow and the tokens it produces. It renders no UI, depends on no framework or router, and makes no authorization decision: what a signed-in user is allowed to do is the product's question, and the server's.

OidcClient token storage uses browser storage under storageKeyPrefix. That is a deliberate tradeoff rather than an oversight, and it is why safeAuthErrorMessage exists: provider bodies, authorization codes, and token contents never reach a message the UI can render or a logger can capture.

@baukit/auth-native is the same contract for React Native and Expo.

Provider adapters

@baukit/auth-web/clerk exports ClerkWebClient, using the optional @clerk/clerk-js peer. Supply a publishable key and redirect URI. An optional JWT template can add a REST audience. The adapter uses Clerk's hosted sign-in, refresh and sign-out without exposing its SDK to product components.

@baukit/auth-web/workos exports WorkOsWebClient, using the optional @workos-inc/authkit-js peer. Supply the public AuthKit client ID and redirect URI. Network refresh failures retain the session; terminal rejection emits the same session-expired event as OIDC. Both adapters implement hasSession, handleCallback, login, accessToken, clearSession, logout and subscribeSessionExpired.

Clerk and browser WorkOS emit profile_erased and block local token access, but do not persist a force-login marker or force fresh provider authentication. Their SDK adapters do not expose that control through the current sign-in contract. Configure a JWT template with auth_time for re-onboarding and require fresh authentication in the provider integration before admitting an erased subject.