azure-active-directorypostmanpkce

Unable to generate authorization code via PKCE flow for SPA


I created a SPA application in Azure AD and trying to generate access token via PKCE flow from postman.

I am following this msdoc : Microsoft identity platform and OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow - Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Docs

To generate code, I am using below authorize endpoint as mentioned in above document like

https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/authorize?
client_id=myclientid
&response_type=code
&redirect_uri=myredirecturi
&response_mode=query
&scope=https://graph.microsoft.com/.default
&code_challenge=YTFjNjI1OWYzMzA3MTI4ZDY2Njg5M2RkNmVjNDE5YmEyZGRhOGYyM2IzNjdmZWFhMTQ1ODg3NDcxY2Nl
&code_challenge_method=S256

But I am getting error like below:

AADSTS501491: Invalid size of Code_Challenge parameter.

What is the valid value for code_challenge parameter and how to generate it?


Solution

  • This error "Invalid size of Code_Challenge parameter." usually occurs if the code_challenge is invalid. Make sure to generate a valid code_ challenge.

    To generate code_challenge, you can make use of this tool like below:

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    I tried in my environment and got the code value successfully including the above the code challenge value:

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    Make sure to include origin header like below:

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    After including all the required parameters, I was able to generate access token successfully via PKCE flow from Postman like below:

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