Azure device authentication link with code already embedded
Question
Sunday, July 30, 2017 7:15 AM | 1 vote
When using the Azure device authentication API, the typical workflow is something like this (taken from the Azure CLI):
=> azure loginTo sign in, use a web browser to open the page https://aka.ms/devicelogin and enter
the code DMYXRD8R3 to authenticate.
The aka.ms URL redirects to: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth4/deviceauth
Now the user needs to type in the code to proceed.
Question: is there a URL I can use that already embeds the code, so I could provide the user with a clickable URL that doesn't require them to copy+paste the code?
I tried adding the code as a parameter to login.microsoft.online URL using various parameter names such as "code" or "devicecode", but couldn't find any that would do this. In fact, appending "?code=MYCODEHERE" to the URL does make a difference - it changes the behavior completely to provide a JSON object instead of the web page. This is not what I need - I want to get the same web page but as if the user has already typed in the code.
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Monday, July 31, 2017 7:59 AM âś…Answered
Looks like using the same URL, and sending the "code" parameter with POST instead of GET, does the trick.
Need to use Content-Type: application/www-form-urlencoded.
Sunday, July 30, 2017 5:02 PM
For clarification, are you using Azure IoT Hub?
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Monday, July 31, 2017 7:57 AM
nope, it's for software running locally on behalf of the user (running on a server they own)
Monday, July 31, 2017 8:33 AM
Glad to know that your issue has been resolved.
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