Add an inline hook
After creating your external service, you need to connect the external service with Okta and enable it for a particular process flow by adding an inline hook.
- In the Admin Console, go to .
- Click Add Inline Hook, and then select the type of inline hook:
Registration: customizes the handling of user registration requests in Self-Service Registration
Deprecation notice: This feature is being deprecated from the Okta Classic Engine. The functionality will be removed in a future release. For questions or concerns, contact your Customer Success Manager (CSM) or Okta Support.
SAML: customizes SAML assertions returned by Okta.
Token: customizes tokens returned by Okta API Access Management.
Password Import: verifies a user-supplied password to support migration of users to Okta.
User Import: customizes handling of new users who are imported into Okta from an application.
- Define the following attributes:
Name: a descriptive name for the inline hook.
URL: the external service's endpoint URL, to which the inline hook sends the request.
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Select the authentication type, and define the associated fields:
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HTTP Headers
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Authentication field: name of the authorization header.
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Authentication secret: value string that corresponds to the Authentication field name.
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OAuth 2.0 - Use client secret
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Client Authentication. Select: Use client secret (client_secret_post). Uses the client ID and secret as parameters in the request body for authentication.
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Client ID: a publicly exposed string provided by the service that is used to identify the OAuth application and build authorization URLs.
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Client Secret: a private value provided by the service used to authenticate the identity of the application to the service.
- Token URL: the URI where inline hooks can exchange an authorization code for access and refresh tokens. For example, /token.
- Scope: the scope that allows you to perform the actions on the hook endpoint that you want to access.
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OAuth 2.0 - Use private key
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Client Authentication. Select: Use private key (private_key_jwt). Uses the private key to sign the JSON Web Token (JWT) and the public key to verify the client assertion for authentication.
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Client ID: a publicly exposed string provided by the service that is used to identify the OAuth application and build authorization URLs.
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Key: the public/private key pair used to verify token requests. See Manage keys.
- Token URL: the URI where inline hooks can exchange an authorization code for access and refresh tokens. For example, /token.
- Scope: the scope that allows you to perform the actions on the hook endpoint that you want to access.
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Optional. Custom Header fields: add a field name and value to send with the request.
- Click Save. The inline hook is now active.
- Associate the endpoint with an Okta process flow. This process varies by Inline Hook type.