Using the literal values from the spec, at https://meta.discourse.org/t/official-single-sign-on-for-discourse/13045, under "Real World Examples", pasted in here for posterity:
Real world example:
Given the following settings:
Discourse domain: http://discuss.example.com
SSO url : http://www.example.com/discourse/sso
SSO secret: d836444a9e4084d5b224a60c208dce14
Email validated: No (add require_activation=true to the payload)
User attempt to login
Nonce is generated: cb68251eefb5211e58c00ff1395f0c0b
Raw payload is generated: nonce=cb68251eefb5211e58c00ff1395f0c0b
Payload is Base64 encoded: bm9uY2U9Y2I2ODI1MWVlZmI1MjExZTU4YzAwZmYxMzk1ZjBjMGI=\n
Payload is URL encoded: bm9uY2U9Y2I2ODI1MWVlZmI1MjExZTU4YzAwZmYxMzk1ZjBjMGI%3D%0A
HMAC-SHA256 is generated on the Base64 encoded Payload: 2828aa29899722b35a2f191d34ef9b3ce695e0e6eeec47deb46d588d70c7cb56
Finally browser is redirected to:
http://www.example.com/discourse/sso?sso=bm9uY2U9Y2I2ODI1MWVlZmI1MjExZTU4YzAwZmYxMzk1ZjBjMGI%3D%0A&sig=2828aa29899722b35a2f191d34ef9b3ce695e0e6eeec47deb46d588d70c7cb56
On the other end
Payload is validated using HMAC-SHA256, if the sig mismatches, process aborts.
By reversing the steps above nonce is extracted.
User logs in:
name: sam
external_id: hello123
email: test@test.com
username: samsam
require_activation: true
Unsigned payload is generated:
nonce=cb68251eefb5211e58c00ff1395f0c0b&name=sam&username=samsam&email=test%40test.com&external_id=hello123&require_activation=true
order does not matter, values are URL encoded
Payload is Base64 encoded
bm9uY2U9Y2I2ODI1MWVlZmI1MjExZTU4YzAwZmYxMzk1ZjBjMGImbmFtZT1zYW0mdXNlcm5hbWU9\nc2Ftc2FtJmVtYWlsPXRlc3QlNDB0ZXN0LmNvbSZleHRlcm5hbF9pZD1oZWxsbzEyMyZyZXF1aXJl\nX2FjdGl2YXRpb249dHJ1ZQ==\n
Payload is URL encoded
bm9uY2U9Y2I2ODI1MWVlZmI1MjExZTU4YzAwZmYxMzk1ZjBjMGImbmFtZT1zYW0mdXNlcm5hbWU9%0Ac2Ftc2FtJmVtYWlsPXRlc3QlNDB0ZXN0LmNvbSZleHRlcm5hbF9pZD1oZWxsbzEyMyZyZXF1aXJl%0AX2FjdGl2YXRpb249dHJ1ZQ%3D%3D%0A
Base64 encoded Payload is signed
1c884222282f3feacd76802a9dd94e8bc8deba5d619b292bed75d63eb3152c0b TODO update example - this is not correct signature
Browser redirects to:
http://discuss.example.com/session/sso_login?sso=bm9uY2U9Y2I2ODI1MWVlZmI1MjExZTU4YzAwZmYxMzk1ZjBjMGImbmFtZT1zYW0mdXNlcm5hbWU9%0Ac2Ftc2FtJmVtYWlsPXRlc3QlNDB0ZXN0LmNvbSZleHRlcm5hbF9pZD1oZWxsbzEyMyZyZXF1aXJl%0AX2FjdGl2YXRpb249dHJ1ZQ%3D%3D%0A&sig=1c884222282f3feacd76802a9dd94e8bc8deba5d619b292bed75d63eb3152c0b
Using the literal values from the spec, at https://meta.discourse.org/t/official-single-sign-on-for-discourse/13045, under "Real World Examples", pasted in here for posterity:
```
Real world example:
Given the following settings:
Discourse domain: http://discuss.example.com
SSO url : http://www.example.com/discourse/sso
SSO secret: d836444a9e4084d5b224a60c208dce14
Email validated: No (add require_activation=true to the payload)
User attempt to login
Nonce is generated: cb68251eefb5211e58c00ff1395f0c0b
Raw payload is generated: nonce=cb68251eefb5211e58c00ff1395f0c0b
Payload is Base64 encoded: bm9uY2U9Y2I2ODI1MWVlZmI1MjExZTU4YzAwZmYxMzk1ZjBjMGI=\n
Payload is URL encoded: bm9uY2U9Y2I2ODI1MWVlZmI1MjExZTU4YzAwZmYxMzk1ZjBjMGI%3D%0A
HMAC-SHA256 is generated on the Base64 encoded Payload: 2828aa29899722b35a2f191d34ef9b3ce695e0e6eeec47deb46d588d70c7cb56
Finally browser is redirected to:
http://www.example.com/discourse/sso?sso=bm9uY2U9Y2I2ODI1MWVlZmI1MjExZTU4YzAwZmYxMzk1ZjBjMGI%3D%0A&sig=2828aa29899722b35a2f191d34ef9b3ce695e0e6eeec47deb46d588d70c7cb56
On the other end
Payload is validated using HMAC-SHA256, if the sig mismatches, process aborts.
By reversing the steps above nonce is extracted.
User logs in:
name: sam
external_id: hello123
email: test@test.com
username: samsam
require_activation: true
Unsigned payload is generated:
nonce=cb68251eefb5211e58c00ff1395f0c0b&name=sam&username=samsam&email=test%40test.com&external_id=hello123&require_activation=true
order does not matter, values are URL encoded
Payload is Base64 encoded
bm9uY2U9Y2I2ODI1MWVlZmI1MjExZTU4YzAwZmYxMzk1ZjBjMGImbmFtZT1zYW0mdXNlcm5hbWU9\nc2Ftc2FtJmVtYWlsPXRlc3QlNDB0ZXN0LmNvbSZleHRlcm5hbF9pZD1oZWxsbzEyMyZyZXF1aXJl\nX2FjdGl2YXRpb249dHJ1ZQ==\n
Payload is URL encoded
bm9uY2U9Y2I2ODI1MWVlZmI1MjExZTU4YzAwZmYxMzk1ZjBjMGImbmFtZT1zYW0mdXNlcm5hbWU9%0Ac2Ftc2FtJmVtYWlsPXRlc3QlNDB0ZXN0LmNvbSZleHRlcm5hbF9pZD1oZWxsbzEyMyZyZXF1aXJl%0AX2FjdGl2YXRpb249dHJ1ZQ%3D%3D%0A
Base64 encoded Payload is signed
1c884222282f3feacd76802a9dd94e8bc8deba5d619b292bed75d63eb3152c0b TODO update example - this is not correct signature
Browser redirects to:
http://discuss.example.com/session/sso_login?sso=bm9uY2U9Y2I2ODI1MWVlZmI1MjExZTU4YzAwZmYxMzk1ZjBjMGImbmFtZT1zYW0mdXNlcm5hbWU9%0Ac2Ftc2FtJmVtYWlsPXRlc3QlNDB0ZXN0LmNvbSZleHRlcm5hbF9pZD1oZWxsbzEyMyZyZXF1aXJl%0AX2FjdGl2YXRpb249dHJ1ZQ%3D%3D%0A&sig=1c884222282f3feacd76802a9dd94e8bc8deba5d619b292bed75d63eb3152c0b
```