Learn how to authenticate a user to access a secure ArcGIS service with OAuth 2.0.

In this tutorial, you will build an app that uses named user login credentials to access a secure ArcGIS service using OAuth 2.0.
You can use different types of authentication to access ArcGIS location services. To implement OAuth 2.0, you can use your ArcGIS account to register an application and get a client ID, and then configure your app to redirect users to login with their credentials when the service or content is accessed. This is known as user authentication. If the app uses premium services that consume credits, the app user's account will be charged.
You will implement OAuth 2.0 so users can sign in to ArcGIS to access the ArcGIS World Traffic service.
Prerequisites
The following are required for this tutorial:
- An ArcGIS account to access your API keys. If you don't have an account, sign up for free.
- Confirm that your system meets the minimum system requirements.
- An IDE for Java.
Steps
Configure OAuth 2.0 for your app
Use the ArcGIS Developer dashboard to create an application, generate a client ID, and define a redirect URL to access secure services.
- Sign in to your ArcGIS developer account. If you don't already have one, sign-up for free. You need to sign in so you can create an application and get a client ID for authentication.
- Click the OAuth 2.0 tab in the ribbon at the top.
- Click the New Application button in the upper-left of the page.
- In the Create New Application window, provide a Name and an optional Description for your application definition. Then click Create application. When the application is created,
Client ID
,Client Secret
, andTemporary Token
values will also be generated. - Click the Add URI button at the bottom of the page to add a redirect URL.
- In the Add Allowed URI window, type
my-app:
and click Add URI.//auth
client ID
and redirect URL
when implementing OAuth in your app's code.The client ID
uniquely identifies your app on the authenticating server. If the server cannot find an app with the provided client ID, it will not proceed with authentication.
The redirect URL
is used to identify a response from the authenticating server when the system returns control back to your app after an OAuth 2.0 login. You can configure several redirect URLs in your application definition and can remove or edit them. It's important to make sure the redirect URL used in your app's code matches a redirect URL configured for the application.
A temporary token
can be used to test access to secure resources without having to implement the full OAuth workflow.
The client secret
is only needed in some OAuth workflows and will not be used in this tutorial.
Open a Java project with Gradle
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To start this tutorial, complete the Display a map tutorial, or download and unzip the Display a map solution into a new folder.
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Open the build.gradle file as a project in IntelliJ IDEA.
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If you downloaded the solution project, set your API key.
An API Key enables access to services, web maps, and web scenes hosted in ArcGIS Online.
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Go to your developer dashboard to get your API key. For these tutorials, use your default API key. It is scoped to include all of the services demonstrated in the tutorials.
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In IntelliJ IDEA's Project tool window, open src/main/java/com.example.app and double-click App.
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In the
start()
method, set the API key property on theArcGISRuntimeEnvironment
with your API key. Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual API Key. Be sure to surround your API Key with quotes, because the parameter passed toset
is a string.A p i Key
App.javaUse dark colors for code blocks @Override public void start(Stage stage) { // set the title and size of the stage and show it stage.setTitle("Display a map tutorial"); stage.setWidth(800); stage.setHeight(700); stage.show(); // create a JavaFX scene with a stack pane as the root node, and add it to the scene StackPane stackPane = new StackPane(); Scene scene = new Scene(stackPane); stage.setScene(scene); // Note: it is not best practice to store API keys in source code. // The API key is referenced here for the convenience of this tutorial. String yourApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY"; ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.setApiKey(yourApiKey);
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Prepare files before coding the app
Modify the files from the Display a map tutorial so they can be used in this tutorial: you will add imports, change the application title, and modify the view point's scale.
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In IntelliJ IDEA, locate the Project tool window, open src/main/java/com.example.app, and double-click App. Add the following imports, replacing those from the
Display a map
tutorial.-
In the main menu of IntelliJ IDEA, click View > Tool Windows > Project. The Project Tool window displays, with a vertical tab on the left that says Project.
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Inside the Project tool window, your view name should also be Project. If the view name is something else (such as Packages or Project Files), click on the leftmost control in the title bar of the Project tool window, and select Project from the drop-down list.
App.javaUse dark colors for code blocks package com.example.app; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment; import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane; import javafx.stage.Stage; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.ArcGISMapImageLayer; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Viewpoint; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.security.AuthenticationManager; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.security.DefaultAuthenticationChallengeHandler; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.security.OAuthConfiguration; public class App extends Application {
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In the
start()
life-cycle method, change the title that will appear on the application window toAccess services with OAuth 2.0
. In addition, add thetry
statement, which will be closed later on in the tutorial.App.javaUse dark colors for code blocks @Override public void start(Stage stage) { try { // set title, size, and add scene to stage stage.setTitle("Access services with OAuth 2.0"); stage.setWidth(800); stage.setHeight(700); stage.show();
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Change the scale of the map's initial viewpoint to 72000. This scale will make the secured layer visible without zooming in.
App.javaUse dark colors for code blocks ArcGISMap map = new ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_TOPOGRAPHIC); // set the map on the map view mapView.setMap(map); mapView.setViewpoint(new Viewpoint(34.02700, -118.80543, 72000.0 ));
Implement OAuth 2.0 authentication
This API abstracts some of the details for OAuth 2.0 authentication in your app. You can use classes such as AuthenticationManager
to request, store, and manage credentials for secure resources.
Add code to set up the AuthenticationManager
, which launches a small browser window titled Authentication Required. The user must enter log-in credentials before proceeding.
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In the
start()
method, after the line that callsmap
, create anView.set Viewpoint() OAuthConfiguration
.App.javaUse dark colors for code blocks mapView.setViewpoint(new Viewpoint(34.02700, -118.80543, 72000.0 )); // set up an oauth config with url to portal, a client id and a re-direct url OAuthConfiguration oAuthConfiguration = new OAuthConfiguration("YOUR_ORGANIZATION_URL", "YOUR_CLIENT_ID", "YOUR_REDIRECT_URL");
The
OAuth
constructor takes three parameters:Configuration -
"YOUR_
: the URL for the ArcGIS Online organization that is associated with the developer account you used in Configure OAuth 2.0 for your app above. The format of the URL will be something like:ORGANIZATION_ URL" https:
.//www.myfirstname-mylastname.maps.arcgis.com -
"YOUR_
: the Client ID from your OAuth 2.0 configuration.CLIENT_ ID" -
"YOUR_
: the Redirect URI from your OAuth 2.0 configuration.REDIRECT_ URI"
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Create a
Default
and set it on theAuthentication Challenge Handler AuthenticationManager
. Then add theo
to theAuth Configuration Authentication
.Manager App.javaUse dark colors for code blocks mapView.setViewpoint(new Viewpoint(34.02700, -118.80543, 72000.0 )); // set up an oauth config with url to portal, a client id and a re-direct url OAuthConfiguration oAuthConfiguration = new OAuthConfiguration("YOUR_ORGANIZATION_URL", "YOUR_CLIENT_ID", "YOUR_REDIRECT_URL"); // set up the authentication manager to handle authentication challenges DefaultAuthenticationChallengeHandler defaultAuthenticationChallengeHandler = new DefaultAuthenticationChallengeHandler(); AuthenticationManager.setAuthenticationChallengeHandler(defaultAuthenticationChallengeHandler); // add the OAuth configuration AuthenticationManager.addOAuthConfiguration(oAuthConfiguration);
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Create a file named
style.css
to specify the visual display of the Authentication Required browser window.-
In the Project tool window, open src > main and right-click the main folder. In the context menu, click New > Directory and click resources under Gradle Source Sets. Hit Enter to create the folder.
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In the Project tool window, right-click the resources folder. In the context menu, click New > File and name the file style.css.
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Copy the code displayed below and paste it into the
style.css
file.style.cssUse dark colors for code blocks .panel-region .label { -fx-text-fill: white; } .label { -fx-text-fill: black; } .slider .axis { -fx-tick-label-fill: white; } .range-slider .axis { -fx-tick-label-fill: white; } .panel-region .check-box { -fx-text-fill: white; } .panel-region .radio-button { -fx-text-fill: white; } .color-picker .color-picker-label { -fx-text-fill: black; }
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Add a traffic layer
You will add a layer to display the ArcGIS World Traffic service, a dynamic map service that presents historical and near real-time traffic information for different regions in the world. This service requires an ArcGIS Online organizational subscription.
ArcGIS World Traffic service data is updated every five minutes to provide traffic speed and traffic incident visualization and identification.
Traffic speeds are displayed as a percentage of free-flow speeds, which is frequently the speed limit or how fast cars tend to travel when unencumbered by other vehicles. The streets are color coded as follows:
- Green (fast): 85 - 100% of free flow speeds
- Yellow (moderate): 65 - 85%
- Orange (slow); 45 - 65%
- Red (stop and go): 0 - 45%
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Create an
ArcGISMapImageLayer
to display the traffic service. Then add the layer to the map's collection of data layers (operational layers). In addition, you'll add thecatch
statement that corresponds to thetry
statement added earlier in the tutorial.App.javaUse dark colors for code blocks // set up an oauth config with url to portal, a client id and a re-direct url OAuthConfiguration oAuthConfiguration = new OAuthConfiguration("YOUR_ORGANIZATION_URL", "YOUR_CLIENT_ID", "YOUR_REDIRECT_URL"); // set up the authentication manager to handle authentication challenges DefaultAuthenticationChallengeHandler defaultAuthenticationChallengeHandler = new DefaultAuthenticationChallengeHandler(); AuthenticationManager.setAuthenticationChallengeHandler(defaultAuthenticationChallengeHandler); // add the OAuth configuration AuthenticationManager.addOAuthConfiguration(oAuthConfiguration); ArcGISMapImageLayer trafficLayer = new ArcGISMapImageLayer("https://traffic.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/Traffic/MapServer"); map.getOperationalLayers().add(trafficLayer); } catch (Exception e) { // on any error, display the stack trace. e.printStackTrace(); } }
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Run the app. Ensure to run the app as a Gradle task and not as an application in your IDE. In the Gradle tool window, under Tasks > application, double-click run.
You should initially see the map with the topographic basemap layer centered on the Santa Monica Mountains in California. You will then be prompted for an ArcGIS Online username and password. After you authenticate successfully with ArcGIS Online, the traffic layer will appear in the map.
