Authentication fundamentals

Background reading

This section will provide a high-level overview, but we recommend that users familiarise themselves with the following specs:

Base URL:

Moneyhub's OIDC Configuration

Discovery

https://identity.moneyhub.co.uk/oidc/.well-known/openid-configuration

OpenID Connect Discovery Spec

Our discovery document is available here. It will contain our up-to-date machine-readable configuration, and for example, will list our:

  • token endpoint
  • authorization endpoint
  • JWKS endpoint
  • scopes that we support
  • claims that we support
  • The cryptographic algorithms we support
  • The response types we support

Examples of discovery metadata from other providers are:

Token Endpoint

https://identity.moneyhub.co.uk/oidc/token

To obtain an Access Token, the Relying Party (Client) sends a Token Request to the Token Endpoint to receive a Token Response.

OpenID Connect Token Spec

For this interface, we support the following grant types:

  • client_credentials