admin-initiate-auth with AWS CLI on a Cognito App-client with a secret












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I'm trying to use the AWS CLI to confirm Cognito users (to change their status from FORCE_CHANGE_PASSWORD to CONFIRMED). I had success doing this with an App client without and app secret, but I can't figure out how to do it in an App client that has one. According to the AWS CLI reference, here:



https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cognito-idp/admin-initiate-auth.html



I should be able to do it by passing the App secret, like this:



(broken up for formatting, I'm entering it as a full line)



aws cognito-idp admin-initiate-auth 
--user-pool-id us-east-1_xxxxxxxx
--region=us-east-1
--client-id xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
--auth-flow ADMIN_NO_SRP_AUTH
--auth-parameters
USERNAME=TestUser
PASSWORD='Test_Password'
SECRET_HASH=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
--profile AwsProfile


I took the secret value from the App client secret field on the web console, and I enabled "Enable sign-in API for server-based authentication (ADMIN_NO_SRP_AUTH)" too.



However, I keep getting this response:
An error occurred (NotAuthorizedException) when calling the AdminInitiateAuth operation: Unable to verify secret hash for client xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



What could I be doing wrong?










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  • What is the SECRET_HASH value that you are passing? It should be a MAC of user-id and client-id signed in client secret key with HmacSHA256 and encoded in Base64.

    – Deepthi
    Nov 22 '18 at 10:35











  • No, I assumed I just needed the "App Secret" provided by Cognito. How can I know if I need this HmacSHA256 hash? Can you point to somewhere in the docs?

    – Pablo Barría Urenda
    Nov 22 '18 at 16:30











  • Yes: docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/cognito/latest/developerguide/…

    – Deepthi
    Nov 23 '18 at 9:28
















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I'm trying to use the AWS CLI to confirm Cognito users (to change their status from FORCE_CHANGE_PASSWORD to CONFIRMED). I had success doing this with an App client without and app secret, but I can't figure out how to do it in an App client that has one. According to the AWS CLI reference, here:



https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cognito-idp/admin-initiate-auth.html



I should be able to do it by passing the App secret, like this:



(broken up for formatting, I'm entering it as a full line)



aws cognito-idp admin-initiate-auth 
--user-pool-id us-east-1_xxxxxxxx
--region=us-east-1
--client-id xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
--auth-flow ADMIN_NO_SRP_AUTH
--auth-parameters
USERNAME=TestUser
PASSWORD='Test_Password'
SECRET_HASH=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
--profile AwsProfile


I took the secret value from the App client secret field on the web console, and I enabled "Enable sign-in API for server-based authentication (ADMIN_NO_SRP_AUTH)" too.



However, I keep getting this response:
An error occurred (NotAuthorizedException) when calling the AdminInitiateAuth operation: Unable to verify secret hash for client xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



What could I be doing wrong?










share|improve this question























  • What is the SECRET_HASH value that you are passing? It should be a MAC of user-id and client-id signed in client secret key with HmacSHA256 and encoded in Base64.

    – Deepthi
    Nov 22 '18 at 10:35











  • No, I assumed I just needed the "App Secret" provided by Cognito. How can I know if I need this HmacSHA256 hash? Can you point to somewhere in the docs?

    – Pablo Barría Urenda
    Nov 22 '18 at 16:30











  • Yes: docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/cognito/latest/developerguide/…

    – Deepthi
    Nov 23 '18 at 9:28














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I'm trying to use the AWS CLI to confirm Cognito users (to change their status from FORCE_CHANGE_PASSWORD to CONFIRMED). I had success doing this with an App client without and app secret, but I can't figure out how to do it in an App client that has one. According to the AWS CLI reference, here:



https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cognito-idp/admin-initiate-auth.html



I should be able to do it by passing the App secret, like this:



(broken up for formatting, I'm entering it as a full line)



aws cognito-idp admin-initiate-auth 
--user-pool-id us-east-1_xxxxxxxx
--region=us-east-1
--client-id xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
--auth-flow ADMIN_NO_SRP_AUTH
--auth-parameters
USERNAME=TestUser
PASSWORD='Test_Password'
SECRET_HASH=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
--profile AwsProfile


I took the secret value from the App client secret field on the web console, and I enabled "Enable sign-in API for server-based authentication (ADMIN_NO_SRP_AUTH)" too.



However, I keep getting this response:
An error occurred (NotAuthorizedException) when calling the AdminInitiateAuth operation: Unable to verify secret hash for client xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



What could I be doing wrong?










share|improve this question














I'm trying to use the AWS CLI to confirm Cognito users (to change their status from FORCE_CHANGE_PASSWORD to CONFIRMED). I had success doing this with an App client without and app secret, but I can't figure out how to do it in an App client that has one. According to the AWS CLI reference, here:



https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cognito-idp/admin-initiate-auth.html



I should be able to do it by passing the App secret, like this:



(broken up for formatting, I'm entering it as a full line)



aws cognito-idp admin-initiate-auth 
--user-pool-id us-east-1_xxxxxxxx
--region=us-east-1
--client-id xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
--auth-flow ADMIN_NO_SRP_AUTH
--auth-parameters
USERNAME=TestUser
PASSWORD='Test_Password'
SECRET_HASH=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
--profile AwsProfile


I took the secret value from the App client secret field on the web console, and I enabled "Enable sign-in API for server-based authentication (ADMIN_NO_SRP_AUTH)" too.



However, I keep getting this response:
An error occurred (NotAuthorizedException) when calling the AdminInitiateAuth operation: Unable to verify secret hash for client xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



What could I be doing wrong?







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  • What is the SECRET_HASH value that you are passing? It should be a MAC of user-id and client-id signed in client secret key with HmacSHA256 and encoded in Base64.

    – Deepthi
    Nov 22 '18 at 10:35











  • No, I assumed I just needed the "App Secret" provided by Cognito. How can I know if I need this HmacSHA256 hash? Can you point to somewhere in the docs?

    – Pablo Barría Urenda
    Nov 22 '18 at 16:30











  • Yes: docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/cognito/latest/developerguide/…

    – Deepthi
    Nov 23 '18 at 9:28



















  • What is the SECRET_HASH value that you are passing? It should be a MAC of user-id and client-id signed in client secret key with HmacSHA256 and encoded in Base64.

    – Deepthi
    Nov 22 '18 at 10:35











  • No, I assumed I just needed the "App Secret" provided by Cognito. How can I know if I need this HmacSHA256 hash? Can you point to somewhere in the docs?

    – Pablo Barría Urenda
    Nov 22 '18 at 16:30











  • Yes: docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/cognito/latest/developerguide/…

    – Deepthi
    Nov 23 '18 at 9:28

















What is the SECRET_HASH value that you are passing? It should be a MAC of user-id and client-id signed in client secret key with HmacSHA256 and encoded in Base64.

– Deepthi
Nov 22 '18 at 10:35





What is the SECRET_HASH value that you are passing? It should be a MAC of user-id and client-id signed in client secret key with HmacSHA256 and encoded in Base64.

– Deepthi
Nov 22 '18 at 10:35













No, I assumed I just needed the "App Secret" provided by Cognito. How can I know if I need this HmacSHA256 hash? Can you point to somewhere in the docs?

– Pablo Barría Urenda
Nov 22 '18 at 16:30





No, I assumed I just needed the "App Secret" provided by Cognito. How can I know if I need this HmacSHA256 hash? Can you point to somewhere in the docs?

– Pablo Barría Urenda
Nov 22 '18 at 16:30













Yes: docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/cognito/latest/developerguide/…

– Deepthi
Nov 23 '18 at 9:28





Yes: docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/cognito/latest/developerguide/…

– Deepthi
Nov 23 '18 at 9:28












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Compute your SECRET_HASH as follows:




Base64 ( HMAC_SHA256 ( "Client Secret Key", "Username" + "Client Id" )
)




Ref: https://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/cognito/latest/developerguide/signing-up-users-in-your-app.html#cognito-user-pools-computing-secret-hash






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    Compute your SECRET_HASH as follows:




    Base64 ( HMAC_SHA256 ( "Client Secret Key", "Username" + "Client Id" )
    )




    Ref: https://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/cognito/latest/developerguide/signing-up-users-in-your-app.html#cognito-user-pools-computing-secret-hash






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      Compute your SECRET_HASH as follows:




      Base64 ( HMAC_SHA256 ( "Client Secret Key", "Username" + "Client Id" )
      )




      Ref: https://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/cognito/latest/developerguide/signing-up-users-in-your-app.html#cognito-user-pools-computing-secret-hash






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        Compute your SECRET_HASH as follows:




        Base64 ( HMAC_SHA256 ( "Client Secret Key", "Username" + "Client Id" )
        )




        Ref: https://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/cognito/latest/developerguide/signing-up-users-in-your-app.html#cognito-user-pools-computing-secret-hash






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        Compute your SECRET_HASH as follows:




        Base64 ( HMAC_SHA256 ( "Client Secret Key", "Username" + "Client Id" )
        )




        Ref: https://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/cognito/latest/developerguide/signing-up-users-in-your-app.html#cognito-user-pools-computing-secret-hash







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