IdentityServer3: OWIN Katana middleware is throwing "invalid_client" error as it cannot get a token - asp.net-mvc

Question

We are using IdentityServer3 as the identity provider and OWIN Katana middleware to do the handshake based on OpenId Connect. The authentication works fine as we were redirected to identity server and back to the originating website. But the issue of invalid_client appears when I try to retrieve the tokens and get claims in the "OpenIdConnectAuthenticationNotifications".
Please check the code (startup class) below and the attached screenshot.
public sealed class Startup
{
public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
{
string ClientUri = #"https://client.local";
string IdServBaseUri = #"https://idm.website.com/core";l
string TokenEndpoint = #"https://idm.website.com/core/connect/token";
string UserInfoEndpoint = #"https://idm.website.com/core/connect/userinfo";
string ClientId = #"WebPortalDemo";
string ClientSecret = #"aG90apW2+DbX1wVnwwLD+eu17g3vPRIg7p1OnzT14TE=";
//AntiForgeryConfig.UniqueClaimTypeIdentifier = "sub";
JwtSecurityTokenHandler.InboundClaimTypeMap = new Dictionary<string, string>();
app.UseCookieAuthentication(new CookieAuthenticationOptions
{
AuthenticationType = "Cookies"
});
app.UseOpenIdConnectAuthentication(new OpenIdConnectAuthenticationOptions
{
ClientId = ClientId,
Authority = IdServBaseUri,
RedirectUri = ClientUri,
PostLogoutRedirectUri = ClientUri,
ResponseType = "code id_token token",
Scope = "openid profile roles",
TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
{
NameClaimType = "name",
RoleClaimType = "role"
},
SignInAsAuthenticationType = "Cookies",
Notifications = new OpenIdConnectAuthenticationNotifications
{
AuthorizationCodeReceived = async n =>
{
// use the code to get the access and refresh token
var tokenClient = new TokenClient(
TokenEndpoint,
ClientId,
ClientSecret);
var tokenResponse = await tokenClient.RequestAuthorizationCodeAsync(n.Code, n.RedirectUri);
if (tokenResponse.IsError)
{
throw new Exception(tokenResponse.Error);
}
// use the access token to retrieve claims from userinfo
var userInfoClient = new UserInfoClient(UserInfoEndpoint);
var userInfoResponse = await userInfoClient.GetAsync(tokenResponse.AccessToken);
// create new identity
var id = new ClaimsIdentity(n.AuthenticationTicket.Identity.AuthenticationType);
//id.AddClaims(userInfoResponse.GetClaimsIdentity().Claims);
id.AddClaims(userInfoResponse.Claims);
id.AddClaim(new Claim("access_token", tokenResponse.AccessToken));
id.AddClaim(new Claim("expires_at", DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(tokenResponse.ExpiresIn).ToLocalTime().ToString()));
id.AddClaim(new Claim("refresh_token", tokenResponse.RefreshToken));
id.AddClaim(new Claim("id_token", n.ProtocolMessage.IdToken));
id.AddClaim(new Claim("sid", n.AuthenticationTicket.Identity.FindFirst("sid").Value));
n.AuthenticationTicket = new AuthenticationTicket(
new ClaimsIdentity(id.Claims, n.AuthenticationTicket.Identity.AuthenticationType, "name", "role"),
n.AuthenticationTicket.Properties);
},
RedirectToIdentityProvider = n =>
{
// if signing out, add the id_token_hint
if (n.ProtocolMessage.RequestType == OpenIdConnectRequestType.LogoutRequest)
{
var idTokenHint = n.OwinContext.Authentication.User.FindFirst("id_token");
if (idTokenHint != null)
{
n.ProtocolMessage.IdTokenHint = idTokenHint.Value;
}
}
return Task.FromResult(0);
}
}
});
}
}
The client configuration at the IdSvr3 has been specified to use Hybrid Flow and I have checked that the client Id and client secret many times to verify that they are correct.
Here is the client configuration at the server side:

Answer 1

I was able to resolve the issue by looking at the logs generated by identity server. The logs said the client secret is incorrect, when I have checked several times that the secret was exact to what was showing on the identity server. But then I realised that the secret should be the actual text and NOT the hashed one. The modified code that worked is below:
string ClientId = #"WebPortalDemo";
//string ClientSecret = #"aG90apW2+DbX1wVnwwLD+eu17g3vPRIg7p1OnzT14TE="; // Incorrect secret, didn't work
string ClientSecret = #"love"; // Actual text entered as secret, worked
Credit: #rawel