This document introduces the standard OAuth 2.0 application integration process, covering application registration, user authorization (personal/resource level), temporary ticket issuance, and API access control.

Preparation - Apply for OAuth Application Registration

App Information Registration

Currently, applications require approval from CNB administrators before they can be published. Please submit your application details to an administrator, and we will contact you to discuss the specific OAuth application creation plan.

Basic Application Information

Application Info	Required	Field Description
Application Name	Yes	Displayed to users during authorization and on the user authorization management page; max 50 characters.
Application Logo	Yes	Image size must not exceed 1MB.
Application Description	No	Max 350 characters.
Official Website	Yes	Max 128 characters.
Redirect URL	Yes	Redirect URI, used for redirection after OAuth authorization.
Supported Authorization Scopes	Yes	Communicated during the application creation plan, e.g., repo-code:r, account-profile:r, etc. Must be predefined. Applications should only request necessary permission scopes, and the CNB platform will evaluate the reasonableness of the authorization scope during review.
Authorization Resource Scope	Yes	All permissions of the current account / All public resources of the current account / Specified resources.

Authorization Process

The authorization process for users within the application is as follows:

1. The user initiates a CNB authorization request within the application;
2. Redirect the user to CNB's authorization page, carrying the corresponding parameters to request their CNB identity;
3. After the user agrees, CNB will launch the application or redirect to the third-party website, carrying the authorization temporary ticket code parameter;
4. Exchange for an access_token via API using the code parameter plus ClientID and ClientSecret;
5. Invoke interfaces using the access_token to obtain basic user data resources or help users perform basic operations.

1. Initiate Authorization Request

Third-party websites/apps can initiate authorized login by opening the following link in a browser:

https://cnb.cool/oauth2/auth?client_id=CLIENTID&redirect_uri=REDIRECT_URI&response_type=code&state=STATE

If prompted "The link cannot be accessed", please check if parameters are filled incorrectly, such as the domain of redirect_uri not matching the authorization domain filled during review.

The following are the parameters required for the above steps:

• response_type: Indicates the authorization type, required, fixed value is code.
• client_id: Indicates the client ID, required.
• redirect_uri: Indicates the redirect URI, optional.
• state: Indicates the current state of the client, can be any value; the authentication server will return this value unchanged.

GET /oauth2/auth?response_type=code&client_id=s6BhdRkqt3&state=xyz&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fclient%2Eexample%2Ecom%2Fcb HTTP/1.1
Host: cnb.cool

The server responds to the client with a URI containing the following parameters:

• code: Indicates the authorization code, required. Usually valid for 10 minutes. The client can only use this code once; otherwise, it will be rejected by the authorization server. This code has a one-to-one correspondence with the Client_ID and Redirect URI.
• state: If the client request included this parameter, the authentication server response must include the same parameter.

After the user grants authorization, they will be redirected to the redirect_uri URL with the code and state parameters. Example:

HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Location: https://client.example.com/cb?code=SplxlOBeZQQYbYS6WxSbIA&state=xyz

2. Get access_token via code

The HTTP request from the client to the authentication server to apply for a token contains the following parameters:

• grant_type: Indicates the authorization mode, required, fixed value is authorization_code.
• code: The authorization code obtained in the previous step, required.
• redirect_uri: Redirect URI, optional, must match the value in the first step's code request.

client_id/client_secret can also be sent to the server in the Authorization field of the request header in the form of Base64 encoding via HTTP Basic Authentication.

POST /oauth2/token HTTP/1.1
Host: cnb.cool
Authorization: Basic czZCaGRSa3F0MzpnWDFmQmF0M2JW
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

grant_type=authorization_code&code=SplxlOBeZQQYbYS6WxSbIA&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fclient%2Eexample%2Ecom%2Fcb

The HTTP response sent by the authentication server includes the following parameters:

• access_token: Indicates the access token, 8-hour validity, required.
• token_type: Indicates the token type, case-insensitive, required, can be bearer or mac.
• expires_in: Indicates expiration time in seconds. If omitted, the expiration must be set via other means.
• refresh_token: Indicates the update token, used to get the next access token, optional.
• scope: Indicates permission scope; if consistent with the client's requested scope, this can be omitted.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8
Cache-Control: no-store
Pragma: no-cache

{
    "access_token":"2YotnFZFEjr1zCsicMWpAA",
    "token_type":"bearer",
    "expires_in":3600,
    "refresh_token":"tGzv3JOkF0XG5Qx2TlKWIA"
}

3. Update Token via refresh_token

The access_token is the credential for calling authorization-related APIs, with a short validity period (8 hours). When the access_token expires, use the refresh_token to refresh it. A new token and refresh token are returned after each refresh. Old tokens remain usable during a grace period (5 minutes). Please keep the relevant tokens secure.

The refresh_token has a longer validity period (180 days). When the refresh_token expires, the user must re-authorize.

The client issues an HTTP request to update the token, containing the following parameters:

• grant_type: Indicates the authorization mode, fixed value is refresh_token, required.
• refresh_token: The refresh token received earlier, required.

POST /oauth2/token HTTP/1.1
Host: cnb.cool
Authorization: Basic czZCaGRSa3F0MzpnWDFmQmF0M2JW
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

grant_type=refresh_token&refresh_token=tGzv3JOkF0XG5Qx2TlKWIA

The return example is the same as access_token.

4. Revoke Token

When a user logs out or an application needs to proactively invalidate a token, call the revoke endpoint to revoke an access_token or refresh_token. Once revoked, the token is immediately invalidated and can no longer be used for API calls.

The client issues an HTTP request to revoke a token, containing the following parameters:

• token: The token to be revoked (access_token or refresh_token), required.
• client_id: The client ID, optional; can also be passed via HTTP Basic Authentication.
• client_secret: The client secret, optional; can also be passed via HTTP Basic Authentication.

client_id/client_secret can also be sent to the server in the Authorization field of the request header in the form of Base64 encoding via HTTP Basic Authentication.

POST /oauth2/revoke HTTP/1.1
Host: cnb.cool
Authorization: Basic czZCaGRSa3F0MzpnWDFmQmF0M2JW
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

token=2YotnFZFEjr1zCsicMWpAA

The HTTP response sent by the authentication server:

• On successful revocation, returns HTTP 200.
• If the provided token is invalid or already expired, the server also returns HTTP 200 (compliant with RFC 7009).
• If client_id/client_secret authentication fails, the server returns HTTP 401 with error details in the response body.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Example response on authentication failure:

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "error": "invalid_client",
    "error_description": "Client authentication failed (e.g., unknown client, no client authentication included, or unsupported authentication method)."
}

Authorization Scopes

Action Permission	Permission Type	Description
repo-code	Read-only / Read-write	Access code repository via Git commands
repo-pr	Read-only / Read-write	Access pull requests
repo-issue	Read-only / Read-write	Access ISSUEs
repo-notes	Read-only / Read-write	Access comments in ISSUEs, and pull requests
repo-contents	Read-only / Read-write	Access files, branches, commit records, tags, versions
repo-commit-status	Read-only / Read-write	Access pipeline execution status, badges, commit metadata
repo-cnb-trigger	Read-only / Read-write	Query, delete, trigger, execute Cloud Native Build, start Cloud Native Development
repo-cnb-history	Read-only	Query pipeline build history
repo-cnb-detail	Read-only / Read-write	Query or delete Cloud Native Development space
repo-basic-info	Read-only	Access basic repository information, such as repository name, description, language, license, etc.
repo-manage	Read-only / Read-write	Access repository members, repository settings
repo-delete	Read-write	Delete repository
repo-security	Read-only	Access repository security module data
registry-package	Read-only / Read-write	Access artifacts
registry-package-delete	Read-write	Delete artifacts
registry-manage	Read-only / Read-write	Access artifact registry members, artifact registry settings
registry-delete	Read-write	Delete artifact registry
account-profile	Read-only / Read-write	Access user profile
account-email	Read-only / Read-write	Query user verified email
account-engage	Read-only / Read-write	Access repositories followed by the user, followers, following, Cloud Native Development environments, etc.
group-resource	Read-only / Read-write	Access sub-organizations, repositories
group-manage	Read-only / Read-write	Access organization members, repository wall, organization settings
group-delete	Read-only / Read-write	Delete organization
mission-delete	Read-only / Read-write	Delete mission set
mission-manage	Read-only / Read-write	Access mission set

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