Can you set an Application's Client Secret using a kickstart file? FusionAuth - fusionauth

Question

I am using a kickstart.json file to setup FusionAuth in developer environments. Everything is automated except I still need to manually go and get the client secret from the fusion auth instance.
Is there anyway I can predefine the client secret in the kickstart file so I can pre-configure it in my app?

Answer 1

you should absolutely be able to set the client secret from kickstart.json. Any API call should work from within Kickstart.
https://fusionauth.io/docs/v1/tech/apis/applications#create-an-application indicates you can POST an application including the client secret.
So a kickstart file like this should work:
{
"variables": {
"defaultTenantId": "30663132-6464-6665-3032-326466613934"
},
"apiKeys": [
{
"key": "mykey",
"description": "API key"
}
],
"requests": [
{
"method": "POST",
"url": "/api/application/85a03867-dccf-4882-adde-1a79aeec50df",
"body": {
"application": {
"name": "Pied Piper",
"roles": [
{
"name": "dev"
},
{
"name": "ceo"
},
{
"name": "intern"
}
],
"oauthConfiguration" : {
"clientSecret": "shhh-your-desired-secret"
}
}
}
}
]
}
I haven't tested that, but don't see any reason why it would not work. (Note that 1.37, the most recent version, has an issue with kickstart as documented here: https://github.com/FusionAuth/fusionauth-issues/issues/1816 but that should be fixed soon.)
If this doesn't work for you, please share the error message and a scrubbed kickstart file.