--- title: Send SSO attributes to Access-protected origins with Workers description: This tutorial will walk you through extending the single-sign-on (SSO) capabilities of Cloudflare Access with our serverless computing platform, Cloudflare Workers. image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zt-preview.png --- > Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. [Skip to content](#%5Ftop) # Send SSO attributes to Access-protected origins with Workers This tutorial will walk you through extending the single-sign-on (SSO) capabilities of [Cloudflare Access](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/access-controls/policies/) with our serverless computing platform, [Cloudflare Workers](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/). Specifically, this guide will demonstrate how to modify requests sent to your secured origin to include additional information from the Cloudflare Access authentication event. **Time to complete:** 45 minutes ## Authentication flow [Cloudflare Access](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/access-controls/policies/) is an authentication proxy in charge of validating a user's identity before they connect to your application. As shown in the diagram below, Access inserts a [JWT](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/access-controls/applications/http-apps/authorization-cookie/application-token/) into the request, which can then be [verified](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/access-controls/applications/http-apps/authorization-cookie/validating-json/#validate-jwts) by the origin server. ![Standard authentication flow for a request to an Access application](https://developers.cloudflare.com/_astro/access-standard-flow.CLZ6SIBs_EHYYX.webp) You can extend this functionality by using a Cloudflare Worker to insert additional HTTP headers into the request. In this example, we will add the [device posture attributes](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/reusable-components/posture-checks/#enforce-device-posture) `firewall_activated` and `disk_encrypted`, but you can include any attributes that Cloudflare Access collects from the authentication event. ![Extended authentication flow uses a Worker to pass additional request headers to the origin](https://developers.cloudflare.com/_astro/access-extended-flow-serverless.DKpY2r43_1lrFbX.webp) ## Benefits This approach allows you to: * **Enhance security:** By incorporating additional information from the authentication event, you can implement more robust security measures. For example, you can use device posture data to enforce access based on device compliance. * **Improve user experience:** You can personalize the user experience by tailoring content or functionality based on user attributes. For example, you can display different content based on the user's role or location. * **Simplify development:** By using Cloudflare Workers, you can easily extend your Cloudflare Access configuration without modifying your origin application code. ## Before you begin * Add a [self-hosted application](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/access-controls/applications/http-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) to Cloudflare Access. * Enable the [Disk encryption](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/reusable-components/posture-checks/client-checks/disk-encryption/) and [Firewall](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/reusable-components/posture-checks/client-checks/firewall/) device posture checks. * Install [Wrangler](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) on your local machine. ## 1\. Create the Worker 1. Create a new Workers project: npm yarn pnpm ``` npm create cloudflare@latest -- device-posture-worker ``` ``` yarn create cloudflare device-posture-worker ``` ``` pnpm create cloudflare@latest device-posture-worker ``` For setup, select the following options: * For _What would you like to start with?_, choose `Hello World example`. * For _Which template would you like to use?_, choose `Worker only`. * For _Which language do you want to use?_, choose `JavaScript`. * For _Do you want to use git for version control?_, choose `Yes`. * For _Do you want to deploy your application?_, choose `No` (we will be making some changes before deploying). 2. Change to the project directory: Terminal window ``` $ cd device-posture-worker ``` 3. Copy-paste the following code into `src/index.js`. Be sure to replace `` with your Zero Trust team name. index.js ``` import { parse } from "cookie";export default { async fetch(request, env, ctx) { // The name of the cookie const COOKIE_NAME = "CF_Authorization"; const CF_GET_IDENTITY = "https://.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/get-identity"; const cookie = parse(request.headers.get("Cookie") || ""); if (cookie[COOKIE_NAME] != null) { try { let id = await (await fetch(CF_GET_IDENTITY, request)).json(); let diskEncryptionStatus = false; let firewallStatus = false; for (const checkId in id.devicePosture) { const check = id.devicePosture[checkId]; if (check.type === "disk_encryption") { console.log(check.type); diskEncryptionStatus = check.success; } if (check.type === "firewall") { console.log(check.type); firewallStatus = check.success; break; } } //clone request (immutable otherwise) and insert posture values in new header set let newRequest = await new Request(request); newRequest.headers.set( "Cf-Access-Firewall-Activated", firewallStatus, ); newRequest.headers.set("Cf-Access-Disk-Encrypted", firewallStatus); //sent modified request to origin return await fetch(newRequest); } catch (e) { console.log(e); return await fetch(request); } } return await fetch(request); },}; ``` ## 2\. View the user's identity The script in `index.js` uses the [get-identity](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/access-controls/applications/http-apps/authorization-cookie/application-token/#user-identity) endpoint to fetch a user's complete identity from a Cloudflare Access authentication event. To view a list of available data fields, log in to your Access application and append `/cdn-cgi/access/get-identity` to the URL. For example, if `www.example.com` is behind Access, go to `https://www.example.com/cdn-cgi/access/get-identity`. Below is an example of a user identity that includes the `disk_encryption` and `firewall` posture checks. The Worker inserts the posture check results into the request headers **Cf-Access-Firewall-Activated** and **Cf-Access-Disk-Encrypted**. Example user identity ``` { "id": "P51Tuu01fWHMBjIBvrCK1lK-eUDWs2aQMv03WDqT5oY", "name": "John Doe", "email": "john.doe@cloudflare.com", "amr": [ "pwd" ], "oidc_fields": { "principalName": "XXXXXX_cloudflare.com#EXT#@XXXXXXcloudflare.onmicrosoft.com" }, "groups": [ { "id": "fdaedb59-e9be-4ab7-8001-3e069da54185", "name": "XXXXX" } ], "idp": { "id": "b9f4d68e-dac1-48b0-b728-ae05a5f0d4b2", "type": "azureAD" }, "geo": { "country": "FR" }, "user_uuid": "ce40d564-c72f-475f-a9b8-f395f19ad986", "account_id": "121287a0c6e6260ec930655e6b39a3a8", "iat": 1724056537, "devicePosture": { "f6f9391e-6776-4878-9c60-0cc807dc7dc8": { "id": "f6f9391e-6776-4878-9c60-0cc807dc7dc8", "schedule": "5m", "timestamp": "2024-08-19T08:31:59.274Z", "description": "", "type": "disk_encryption", "check": { "drives": { "C": { "encrypted": true } } }, "success": false, "rule_name": "Disk Encryption - Windows", "input": { "requireAll": true, "checkDisks": [] }, "a0a8e83d-be75-4aa6-bfa0-5791da6e9186": { "id": "a0a8e83d-be75-4aa6-bfa0-5791da6e9186", "schedule": "5m", "timestamp": "2024-08-19T08:31:59.274Z", "description": "", "type": "firewall", "check": { "firewall": false }, "success": false, "rule_name": "Local Firewall Check - Windows", "input": { "enabled": true } } ... } ``` ## 3\. Route the Worker to your application In the [Wrangler configuration file](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/configuration/), [set up a route](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/routing/routes/) that maps the Worker to your Access application domain: * [ wrangler.jsonc ](#tab-panel-8045) * [ wrangler.toml ](#tab-panel-8046) JSONC ``` { "route": { "pattern": "app.example.com/*", "zone_name": "example.com" }} ``` TOML ``` [route]pattern = "app.example.com/*"zone_name = "example.com" ``` ## 4\. Deploy the Worker Terminal window ``` npx wrangler deploy ``` The Worker will now insert the **Cf-Access-Firewall-Activated** and **Cf-Access-Disk-Encrypted** headers into requests that pass your application's Access policies. Example request headers ``` { "headers": { "Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7", "Accept-Encoding": "gzip", "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9,fr-FR;q=0.8,fr;q=0.7,en-GB;q=0.6", "Cf-Access-Authenticated-User-Email": "John.Doe@cloudflare.com", "Cf-Access-Disk-Encrypted": "false", "Cf-Access-Firewall-Activated": "false", "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/127.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" }} ``` You can verify that these headers are received by the origin server. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","@id":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/extend-sso-with-workers/#page","headline":"Send SSO attributes to Access-protected origins with Workers ยท Cloudflare One docs","description":"This tutorial will walk you through extending the single-sign-on (SSO) capabilities of Cloudflare Access with our serverless computing platform, Cloudflare Workers.","url":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/extend-sso-with-workers/","inLanguage":"en","image":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/zt-preview.png","dateModified":"2026-04-17","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Cloudflare","url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/#website","name":"Cloudflare Docs","url":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/"},"keywords":["SSO"]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/cloudflare-one/","name":"Cloudflare One"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/cloudflare-one/tutorials/","name":"Tutorials"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@id":"/cloudflare-one/tutorials/extend-sso-with-workers/","name":"Send SSO attributes to Access-protected origins with Workers"}}]} ```