--- title: Add Step-up Authentication Using Angular and NestJS description: This post demonstrates how to add step-up authentication to an Angular frontend and NestJS backend using the OAuth 2.0 Step Up Authentication Challenge... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/add-step-up-authentication-using-angular-and-nestjs-wyoubhgzo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Add Step-up Authentication Using Angular and NestJS | daily.dev og:description: This post demonstrates how to add step-up authentication to an Angular frontend and NestJS backend using the OAuth 2.0 Step Up Authentication Challenge... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/add-step-up-authentication-using-angular-and-nestjs-wyoubhgzo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WyOUBhGzO.png og:image:alt: Add Step-up Authentication Using Angular and NestJS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Add Step-up Authentication Using Angular and NestJS **[Okta Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/okta)** · 14 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post demonstrates how to add step-up authentication to an Angular frontend and NestJS backend using the OAuth 2.0 Step Up Authentication Challenge Protocol. It covers setting up the authentication configuration, guarding routes with step-up authentication, and protecting API resources with the challenge. The post also mentions the possibility of ensuring authentication recency in step-up authentication. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#angular](https://daily.dev/tags/angular), [#oauth](https://daily.dev/tags/oauth), [#nestjs](https://daily.dev/tags/nestjs) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/add-step-up-authentication-using-angular-and-nestjs-wyoubhgzo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Add Step-up Authentication Using Angular and NestJS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/add-step-up-authentication-using-angular-and-nestjs-wyoubhgzo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/add-step-up-authentication-using-angular-and-nestjs-wyoubhgzo"},"datePublished":"2024-03-12T16:19:43.068Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z","description":"This post demonstrates how to add step-up authentication to an Angular frontend and NestJS backend using the OAuth 2.0 Step Up Authentication Challenge...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a77b228ce1695eec0edbcf2dc9046413?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a77b228ce1695eec0edbcf2dc9046413?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Okta Dev","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Okta Dev","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/17da1ccc02574ef9838f856af0e10def","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/okta"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/add-step-up-authentication-using-angular-and-nestjs-wyoubhgzo","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":12},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"authentication,angular,oauth,nestjs","timeRequired":"PT14M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Okta Dev","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/okta"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Add Step-up Authentication Using Angular and NestJS"}]} ```