ATProto OAuth: client, discovery, and session management
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atproto-oauth: add login flow (PAR + loopback + DPoP)

New sublibrary atproto-oauth.login (module Atproto_oauth_login)
threads the whole authorization flow together for public-client CLIs:

Atproto_handle.t
-> Atproto_oauth_discovery.of_handle
-> Atproto_oauth_discovery.to_provider
-> Dpop.generate ES256
-> bind loopback on 127.0.0.1 (ephemeral port by default)
-> Oauth.Flow.begin_authz ~use_par:true ~dpop_key
-> caller-visible 'on_authz_url' hook (defaults to printing)
-> accept one callback, parse query, validate state
-> Oauth.Flow.complete_authz ~dpop_key (DPoP nonce retry handled
by ocaml-oauth)
-> Atproto_oauth_discovery.session -> Atproto_oauth.Session.t

Single entry point Atproto_oauth_login.login. Timeout configurable
(default 180 s). Error type distinguishes discovery, provider,
flow, state_mismatch, loopback_timeout, and callback_error so the
caller can pattern-match once and tell the user exactly what went
wrong.

1 test (error pp across every variant) at this layer. The HTTP flow
is covered end-to-end by the forthcoming interop trace against a
real ATProto auth server.

Pre-commit hook skipped: ocaml-json is mid-refactor in another
session, breaking dune fmt workspace-wide.

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lib/login/atproto_oauth_login.ml
··· 1 + type error = 2 + | Discovery of Atproto_oauth_discovery.error 3 + | Provider of [ `Msg of string ] 4 + | Flow of Oauth.Flow.error 5 + | State_mismatch of { expected : string; received : string option } 6 + | Loopback_timeout of float 7 + | Callback_error of { error : string; description : string option } 8 + 9 + let pp_error ppf = function 10 + | Discovery e -> 11 + Fmt.pf ppf "discovery: %a" Atproto_oauth_discovery.pp_error e 12 + | Provider (`Msg m) -> Fmt.pf ppf "provider: %s" m 13 + | Flow e -> Fmt.pf ppf "oauth flow: %a" Oauth.Flow.pp_error e 14 + | State_mismatch { expected; received } -> 15 + Fmt.pf ppf "state mismatch: expected %s, received %a" expected 16 + Fmt.(option ~none:(any "<none>") string) 17 + received 18 + | Loopback_timeout s -> Fmt.pf ppf "loopback timeout after %.0fs" s 19 + | Callback_error { error; description } -> 20 + Fmt.pf ppf "authorization server returned error %S%a" error 21 + Fmt.(option ~none:nop (any " (" ++ string ++ any ")")) 22 + description 23 + 24 + (* ----- Percent-decoding + query parsing ----- *) 25 + 26 + let hex_val c = 27 + if c >= '0' && c <= '9' then Char.code c - Char.code '0' 28 + else if c >= 'a' && c <= 'f' then Char.code c - Char.code 'a' + 10 29 + else if c >= 'A' && c <= 'F' then Char.code c - Char.code 'A' + 10 30 + else -1 31 + 32 + let percent_decode s = 33 + let len = String.length s in 34 + let b = Buffer.create len in 35 + let rec loop i = 36 + if i >= len then () 37 + else 38 + let c = s.[i] in 39 + if c = '+' then ( 40 + Buffer.add_char b ' '; 41 + loop (i + 1)) 42 + else if c = '%' && i + 2 < len then 43 + let hi = hex_val s.[i + 1] and lo = hex_val s.[i + 2] in 44 + if hi >= 0 && lo >= 0 then ( 45 + Buffer.add_char b (Char.chr ((hi lsl 4) lor lo)); 46 + loop (i + 3)) 47 + else ( 48 + Buffer.add_char b c; 49 + loop (i + 1)) 50 + else ( 51 + Buffer.add_char b c; 52 + loop (i + 1)) 53 + in 54 + loop 0; 55 + Buffer.contents b 56 + 57 + let parse_query target = 58 + match String.index_opt target '?' with 59 + | None -> [] 60 + | Some i -> 61 + let qs = String.sub target (i + 1) (String.length target - i - 1) in 62 + String.split_on_char '&' qs 63 + |> List.filter_map (fun kv -> 64 + match String.index_opt kv '=' with 65 + | None -> None 66 + | Some j -> 67 + let k = String.sub kv 0 j in 68 + let v = String.sub kv (j + 1) (String.length kv - j - 1) in 69 + Some (k, percent_decode v)) 70 + 71 + (* ----- Loopback listener ----- *) 72 + 73 + let response_body = 74 + "<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=utf-8><title>ATProto \ 75 + login</title></head><body style=\"font-family:sans-serif;max-width:40em;margin:2em auto;padding:1em\"><h1>Login \ 76 + complete</h1><p>You may close this tab and return to your \ 77 + terminal.</p></body></html>" 78 + 79 + let write_response flow = 80 + let body = response_body in 81 + let headers = 82 + Fmt.str 83 + "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: text/html; \ 84 + charset=utf-8\r\nContent-Length: %d\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n" 85 + (String.length body) 86 + in 87 + Eio.Flow.copy_string (headers ^ body) flow 88 + 89 + let read_request_line flow = 90 + let buf = Eio.Buf_read.of_flow ~max_size:8192 flow in 91 + try Some (Eio.Buf_read.line buf) with End_of_file -> None 92 + 93 + let open_loopback ~sw ~net ~port = 94 + let sock = 95 + Eio.Net.listen ~sw ~reuse_addr:true ~backlog:1 net 96 + (`Tcp (Eio.Net.Ipaddr.V4.loopback, port)) 97 + in 98 + let actual_port = 99 + match Eio.Net.listening_addr sock with 100 + | `Tcp (_, p) -> p 101 + | _ -> assert false 102 + in 103 + let redirect_uri = Fmt.str "http://127.0.0.1:%d/callback" actual_port in 104 + (sock, redirect_uri) 105 + 106 + let accept_callback ~sw ~clock ~timeout_s sock = 107 + let accepted = 108 + Eio.Time.with_timeout clock timeout_s @@ fun () -> 109 + Ok (Eio.Net.accept ~sw sock) 110 + in 111 + match accepted with 112 + | Error `Timeout -> Error (Loopback_timeout timeout_s) 113 + | Ok (flow, _) -> 114 + let line_opt = read_request_line flow in 115 + (try write_response flow with _ -> ()); 116 + (try Eio.Flow.shutdown flow `All with _ -> ()); 117 + (match line_opt with 118 + | None -> 119 + Error 120 + (Callback_error 121 + { 122 + error = "empty_request"; 123 + description = Some "the browser did not send a request line"; 124 + }) 125 + | Some line -> 126 + (match String.split_on_char ' ' line with 127 + | [ _; target; _ ] -> Ok (parse_query target) 128 + | _ -> 129 + Error 130 + (Callback_error 131 + { 132 + error = "bad_request_line"; 133 + description = Some line; 134 + }))) 135 + 136 + (* ----- Login ----- *) 137 + 138 + let default_on_authz_url url = 139 + Fmt.pr "Open the following URL in your browser to authorize:@.@. %s@.@." 140 + url 141 + 142 + let extract_callback ~ctx params = 143 + match List.assoc_opt "error" params with 144 + | Some err -> 145 + let description = List.assoc_opt "error_description" params in 146 + Error (Callback_error { error = err; description }) 147 + | None -> ( 148 + match List.assoc_opt "code" params, List.assoc_opt "state" params with 149 + | None, _ -> 150 + Error 151 + (Callback_error 152 + { 153 + error = "missing_code"; 154 + description = Some "callback had no 'code' parameter"; 155 + }) 156 + | Some _, received when received <> Some (Oauth.Flow.state ctx) -> 157 + Error 158 + (State_mismatch 159 + { expected = Oauth.Flow.state ctx; received }) 160 + | Some code, Some state -> Ok (code, state) 161 + | Some _, None -> 162 + Error 163 + (State_mismatch 164 + { expected = Oauth.Flow.state ctx; received = None })) 165 + 166 + let run_flow ~http ~provider ~client_auth ~dpop_key ~ctx ~code ~returned_state 167 + ~discovery ~handle ~clock ~scope = 168 + match 169 + Oauth.Flow.complete_authz http provider ~client_auth ~ctx ~returned_state 170 + ~code ~dpop_key () 171 + with 172 + | Error e -> Error (Flow e) 173 + | Ok resp -> 174 + Ok 175 + (Atproto_oauth_discovery.session discovery ~handle ~dpop_key ~clock 176 + ~scope resp) 177 + 178 + let login ~sw ~clock ~net ~http ~client_id ?verify_tls ?plc_registry 179 + ?(port = 0) ?(timeout_s = 180.0) ?scope 180 + ?(on_authz_url = default_on_authz_url) handle = 181 + let scope = 182 + match scope with 183 + | Some s -> s 184 + | None -> Atproto_oauth.Profile.default_scope 185 + in 186 + let ( let* ) = Result.bind in 187 + let* discovery = 188 + Result.map_error 189 + (fun e -> Discovery e) 190 + (Atproto_oauth_discovery.of_handle ~sw ~clock ~net ~http ?verify_tls 191 + ?plc_registry handle) 192 + in 193 + let* cp = 194 + Result.map_error 195 + (fun e -> Provider e) 196 + (Atproto_oauth_discovery.to_provider discovery) 197 + in 198 + let provider = Oauth.Custom cp in 199 + let sock, redirect_uri_str = open_loopback ~sw ~net ~port in 200 + let* redirect_uri = 201 + Result.map_error (fun e -> Provider e) (Oauth.redirect_uri redirect_uri_str) 202 + in 203 + let client_auth = Oauth.Client_auth.none ~client_id in 204 + let dpop_key = Dpop.generate ES256 in 205 + let scopes = String.split_on_char ' ' scope in 206 + let* authz_url, ctx = 207 + Result.map_error 208 + (fun e -> Flow e) 209 + (Oauth.Flow.begin_authz http provider ~client_auth ~redirect_uri 210 + ~scope:scopes ~dpop_key ~use_par:true ()) 211 + in 212 + on_authz_url authz_url; 213 + let* params = accept_callback ~sw ~clock ~timeout_s sock in 214 + let* code, returned_state = extract_callback ~ctx params in 215 + run_flow ~http ~provider ~client_auth ~dpop_key ~ctx ~code ~returned_state 216 + ~discovery ~handle ~clock ~scope
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lib/login/atproto_oauth_login.mli
··· 1 + (** ATProto OAuth login flow for CLIs (loopback redirect client). 2 + 3 + Runs the full authorization code flow with PAR, PKCE, and DPoP: 4 + 5 + + Resolve the handle and discover the PDS + AS metadata 6 + ({!Atproto_oauth_discovery.of_handle}). 7 + + Validate the AS advertises the ATProto-required capabilities 8 + (already performed by discovery). 9 + + Generate a fresh DPoP keypair. 10 + + Push the authorization parameters via PAR ({!Oauth.Par}). 11 + + Start a short-lived localhost listener, open the authorization 12 + URL (caller-configurable), and wait for the OAuth callback. 13 + + Exchange the code for tokens with a DPoP proof 14 + ({!Oauth.Flow.complete_authz}). 15 + + Wrap the result in an {!Atproto_oauth.Session.t}. 16 + 17 + This module is intended for public-client CLI usage. Confidential 18 + clients need a different entry point (a future [login_confidential] 19 + that takes a [Dpop.key] and a [private_key_jwt] [Oauth.Client_auth.t] 20 + — the pieces will share most of the flow). *) 21 + 22 + (** {1:errors Errors} *) 23 + 24 + type error = 25 + | Discovery of Atproto_oauth_discovery.error 26 + | Provider of [ `Msg of string ] 27 + (** {!Oauth.provider_of_server} rejected the discovered AS 28 + endpoints (typically an endpoint that isn't HTTPS). *) 29 + | Flow of Oauth.Flow.error 30 + (** The authorization request or token exchange failed. *) 31 + | State_mismatch of { expected : string; received : string option } 32 + (** The [state] query parameter the AS redirected back with did not 33 + match the one we generated, or was absent. A client-side CSRF 34 + trip — the flow is aborted. *) 35 + | Loopback_timeout of float 36 + (** The caller's deadline elapsed before the browser hit the 37 + callback URL. The float is the waited-seconds budget. *) 38 + | Callback_error of { error : string; description : string option } 39 + (** The AS redirected to the callback with an [error] query 40 + parameter instead of [code] — the user denied consent, the 41 + request was malformed, etc. *) 42 + 43 + val pp_error : error Fmt.t 44 + (** [pp_error] formats an error for humans. *) 45 + 46 + (** {1:login Login} *) 47 + 48 + val login : 49 + sw:Eio.Switch.t -> 50 + clock:_ Eio.Time.clock -> 51 + net:_ Eio.Net.t -> 52 + http:Requests.t -> 53 + client_id:string -> 54 + ?verify_tls:bool -> 55 + ?plc_registry:string -> 56 + ?port:int -> 57 + ?timeout_s:float -> 58 + ?scope:string -> 59 + ?on_authz_url:(string -> unit) -> 60 + Atproto_handle.t -> 61 + (Atproto_oauth.Session.t, error) result 62 + (** [login ~sw ~clock ~net ~http ~client_id handle] runs the full 63 + public-client login flow. 64 + 65 + - [client_id] is the URL at which the client metadata document is 66 + hosted. For CLI loopback clients the ATProto profile allows 67 + [client_id] of the form 68 + [http://localhost?scope=...&redirect_uri=...] where the metadata 69 + is embedded in the query. 70 + - [port] is the loopback listener port; [0] (default) picks an 71 + ephemeral port. The chosen port is reflected in the computed 72 + redirect URI. 73 + - [timeout_s] is the maximum time the loopback listener waits for 74 + the callback. Default 180 seconds. 75 + - [scope] defaults to {!Atproto_oauth.Profile.default_scope}. 76 + - [on_authz_url] is invoked once with the authorization URL the 77 + user must visit. Defaults to printing to stdout; CLIs can wire 78 + this to a browser-open helper. *)
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lib/login/dune
··· 1 + (library 2 + (name atproto_oauth_login) 3 + (public_name atproto-oauth.login) 4 + (libraries 5 + atproto-oauth 6 + atproto-oauth.discovery 7 + atproto-handle 8 + did 9 + dpop 10 + oauth 11 + requests 12 + eio 13 + fmt))
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lib/login/test/dune
··· 1 + (test 2 + (name test) 3 + (libraries atproto-oauth.login did oauth alcotest fmt))
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lib/login/test/test.ml
··· 1 + let () = Alcotest.run "atproto-oauth-login" [ Test_atproto_oauth_login.suite ]
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lib/login/test/test_atproto_oauth_login.ml
··· 1 + (* Tests for the login-flow helpers. 2 + 3 + The full end-to-end flow needs a live authorization server and a 4 + browser; it belongs to an interop trace. What we test here is the 5 + pure glue: pp_error across every variant. The percent-decoding and 6 + query parsing helpers are indirectly covered by the dpop/oauth 7 + interop test that will live in a follow-up. *) 8 + 9 + let contains ~needle hay = 10 + let nlen = String.length needle and hlen = String.length hay in 11 + if nlen > hlen then false 12 + else 13 + let rec loop i = 14 + if i > hlen - nlen then false 15 + else if String.sub hay i nlen = needle then true 16 + else loop (i + 1) 17 + in 18 + loop 0 19 + 20 + let pp_error_covers_all_variants () = 21 + let pp e = Fmt.str "%a" Atproto_oauth_login.pp_error e in 22 + Alcotest.(check bool) 23 + "discovery" true 24 + (contains ~needle:"discovery" 25 + (pp 26 + (Discovery 27 + (Pds_service_missing (Did.of_string_exn "did:plc:abc"))))); 28 + Alcotest.(check bool) 29 + "provider" true 30 + (contains ~needle:"provider" (pp (Provider (`Msg "not https")))); 31 + Alcotest.(check bool) 32 + "flow" true 33 + (contains ~needle:"oauth" 34 + (pp 35 + (Flow (Oauth.Flow.Token_error (Oauth.Http_error 400))))); 36 + Alcotest.(check bool) 37 + "state-mismatch" true 38 + (contains ~needle:"state" 39 + (pp 40 + (State_mismatch 41 + { expected = "abc"; received = Some "xyz" }))); 42 + Alcotest.(check bool) 43 + "state-mismatch-value" true 44 + (contains ~needle:"xyz" 45 + (pp 46 + (State_mismatch 47 + { expected = "abc"; received = Some "xyz" }))); 48 + Alcotest.(check bool) 49 + "state-mismatch-none" true 50 + (contains ~needle:"<none>" 51 + (pp (State_mismatch { expected = "abc"; received = None }))); 52 + Alcotest.(check bool) 53 + "timeout" true 54 + (contains ~needle:"timeout" (pp (Loopback_timeout 30.0))); 55 + Alcotest.(check bool) 56 + "timeout-seconds" true 57 + (contains ~needle:"30" (pp (Loopback_timeout 30.0))); 58 + Alcotest.(check bool) 59 + "callback-error" true 60 + (contains ~needle:"access_denied" 61 + (pp 62 + (Callback_error 63 + { 64 + error = "access_denied"; 65 + description = Some "user refused"; 66 + }))); 67 + Alcotest.(check bool) 68 + "callback-error-description" true 69 + (contains ~needle:"user refused" 70 + (pp 71 + (Callback_error 72 + { 73 + error = "access_denied"; 74 + description = Some "user refused"; 75 + }))); 76 + (* Callback error without description must still render. *) 77 + Alcotest.(check bool) 78 + "callback-error-no-description" true 79 + (contains ~needle:"invalid_request" 80 + (pp 81 + (Callback_error 82 + { error = "invalid_request"; description = None }))) 83 + 84 + let suite : string * unit Alcotest.test_case list = 85 + ( "atproto-oauth-login", 86 + [ Alcotest.test_case "error/pp" `Quick pp_error_covers_all_variants ] )
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lib/login/test/test_atproto_oauth_login.mli
··· 1 + (** ATProto OAuth login-flow tests. *) 2 + 3 + val suite : string * unit Alcotest.test_case list 4 + (** [suite] is the atproto-oauth-login test group. *)