klsoft/yii2-keycloak-authz

The package provides Keycloak authorization for the web service APIs of Yii 2.

1.0.0 2026-01-11 14:44 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.0
• yiisoft/yii2: ~2.0.45

MIT

• yii2 keycloak authorization

README

The package provides Keycloak authorization for the web service APIs of Yii 2.

See also:

• YII2-JWT-AUTH - The package provides a Yii 2 authentication method based on a JWT token
• PHP-KEYCLOAK-CLIENT - A PHP library that can be used to secure web applications with Keycloak

Requirement

• PHP 8.0 or higher.

Installation

composer require klsoft/yii2-keycloak-authz

How does it work

1. A client requests a protected web service API method using an access token.
2. The web service checks whether the access token contains the necessary permissions. If permissions exist, proceed to step 6.
3. The web service obtains a permission ticket using the access token and the permissions of the API method. It then responds with the permission ticket: HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized WWW-Authenticate: UMA realm="realm name", as_uri="realm URI", ticket="permission ticket"
4. The client obtains a Requesting Party Token (RPT) using the access token and the permission ticket.
5. The client requests a protected web service API method with the RPT.
6. The web service checks the RPT permissions.

How to use

1. Implement Klsoft\Yii2KeycloakAuthz\KeycloakRepositoryInterface

Example:

namespace MyNamespace;

use Klsoft\Yii2KeycloakAuthz\KeycloakRepositoryInterface;
use Klsoft\Yii2KeycloakAuthz\PermissionTicketResult;
use Klsoft\Yii2KeycloakAuthz\PermissionTicketResponse;

class KeycloakRepository implements KeycloakRepositoryInterface
{
    public function __construct(
        private string $realm,
        private string $realmUri)
    {
    }

    function getPermissionTicket(string $accessToken, array $permissions): PermissionTicketResult
    {
        $url = "$this->realmUri/authz/protection/permission";
        $options = [
            'http' => [
                'ignore_errors' => true,
                'method' => 'POST',
                'header' => [
                    'Content-type: application/json',
                    "Authorization: Bearer $accessToken"],
                'content' => json_encode($permissions)
            ],
        ];
        $responseData = file_get_contents($url, false, stream_context_create($options));
        $responseStatusCode = $this->getHttpResponseStatusCode($http_response_header[0]);
        if (!empty($responseData)) {
            $responseArr = json_decode($responseData, true);
            if (isset($responseArr['ticket'])) {
                return new PermissionTicketResult(
                    new PermissionTicketResponse(
                        $this->realm, 
                        $this->realmUri, 
                        $responseArr['ticket']));
            }
            return new PermissionTicketResult(null, $responseStatusCode, $responseArr);
        }

        return new PermissionTicketResult(null, $responseStatusCode);
    }

    private function getHttpResponseStatusCode(string $responseHeader): int
    {
        if (preg_match("/^HTTP\/[\d.]+\s+(\d{3})\s.*$/", $responseHeader, $matches)) {
            return intval($matches[1]);
        }
        return 0;
    }
}

2. Add the realm and the realm URI to param.php

Example:

return [
    'realm' => 'myrealm',
    'realmUri' => 'http://localhost:8080/realms/myrealm'
];

3. Register dependencies

Example of registering dependencies using the application configuration:

'container' => [
        'Klsoft\Yii2KeycloakAuthz\Authorization' => [
                'Klsoft\Yii2KeycloakAuthz\Authorization',
                [Instance::of('Klsoft\Yii2KeycloakAuthz\KeycloakRepositoryInterface')]
        ],
        'singletons' => [
            'Klsoft\Yii2KeycloakAuthz\KeycloakRepositoryInterface' => [
                'MyNamespace\KeycloakRepository',
                [
                    $params['realm'],
                    $params['realmUri']
                ]
            ]
        ]
    ]

4. Apply permissions.

4.1. Configure the authorization behavior and apply permissions to an action

Example:

use yii\rest\Controller;
use Klsoft\Yii2JwtAuth\HttpJwtAuth;
use Klsoft\Yii2KeycloakAuthz\Authorization;
use Klsoft\Yii2KeycloakAuthz\Permission;

class ProductController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct(
        private HttpJwtAuth $httpJwtAuth, 
        private Authorization $authz, 
        private ProductPresenterInterface $productPresenter)
    {
    }

    public function behaviors()
    {
        $behaviors = parent::behaviors();
        $behaviors['authentication'] = $this->httpJwtAuth;
        $behaviors['authorization'] = $this->authz;
        return $behaviors;
    }
    
    #[Permission(
        'product',
        ['create']
    )]
    public function actionCreate()
    {
        return $this->productPresenter->createProduct(Yii::$app->getRequest());
    }
}

Example of a permission with claims:

#[Permission(  
    'product',  
    ['create'],  
    ['organization' => ['acme']]  
)]
public function actionCreate()

Example of a permission with an executing claim value:

#[Permission(  
    'product',  
    ['create'],  
    ['organization' => [  
        '__container_entry_identifier',  
        'organizationRepository',  
        'getCurrent',  
        ['__request']]  
    ]  
)]
public function actionCreate()

4.2. Configure the authorization behavior and apply permissions to a controller

Example:

use yii\rest\Controller;
use Klsoft\Yii2JwtAuth\HttpJwtAuth;
use Klsoft\Yii2KeycloakAuthz\Authorization;
use Klsoft\Yii2KeycloakAuthz\Permission;

class ProductController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct(
        private HttpJwtAuth $httpJwtAuth, 
        private Authorization $authz, 
        private ProductPresenterInterface $productPresenter)
    {
    }

    public function behaviors()
    {
        $behaviors = parent::behaviors();
        $behaviors['authentication'] = $this->httpJwtAuth;
        $behaviors['authorization'] = $this->authz->withPermissions([
            new Permission(
                'product',
                ['create']
            ),
            new Permission(
                'product',
                ['update']
            )
        ]);
        return $behaviors;
    }
}