9.5.2. Obtaining Entitlements

The keycloak-authz.js library provides an entitlement function that you can use to obtain an RPT from the server by providing the resources and scopes your client wants to access.

authorization.entitlement('my-resource-server-id').then(function (rpt) {
    // onGrant callback function.
    // If authorization was successful you'll receive an RPT
    // with the necessary permissions to access the resource server
});

authorization.entitlement('my-resource-server', {
    "permissions": [
        {
            "id" : "Some Resource"
        }
    ]
}).then(function (rpt) {
    // onGrant
});

When using the entitlement function, you must provide the client_id of the resource server you want to access.

The entitlement function is completely asynchronous and supports a few callback functions to receive notifications from the server: