Grant types

The OpenID Connect specification adds a new Hybrid flow and adds variants to the existing Authorization Code and Implicit flows. They share the same principle: having openid in the scope and a combination of new response_type values.

OpenID Connect “response_type” Values

“response_type” value

Flow

code

Authorization Code Flow

id_token

Implicit Flow

id_token token

Implicit Flow

code id_token

Hybrid Flow

code token

Hybrid Flow

code id_token token

Hybrid Flow

Special Dispatcher classes have been made to dynamically route the HTTP requests to either an OAuth2.0 flow or an OIDC flow. It basically checks the presence of openid scope in the parameters.