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@lukeed/gtoken
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Node.js Google Authentication Service Account Tokens
Important: This fork will change according to my needs and will not be maintained for public use!
npm install @lukeed/gtoken
const { GoogleToken } = require('@lukeed/gtoken');
const gtoken = new GoogleToken({
email: 'my_service_account_email@developer.gserviceaccount.com',
scope: ['https://scope1', 'https://scope2'], // or space-delimited string of scopes
key: '-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nXXXXXXXXXXX...'
});
const token = await gtoken.getToken()
console.log(token);
Or with promises:
gtoken.getToken()
.then(token => {
console.log(`Token: ${token}`)
})
.catch(e => console.error);
Various options that can be set when creating initializing the
gtokenobject.
options.email or options.iss: The service account email address.options.scope: An array of scope strings or space-delimited string of scopes.options.sub: The email address of the user requesting delegated access.options.key: The raw RSA private key valueReturns the cached token or requests a new one and returns it.
await gtoken.getToken();
Various properties set on the gtoken object after call to
.getToken().
gtoken.token: The access token.gtoken.expiresAt: The expiry date as milliseconds since 1970/01/01gtoken.key: The raw key value.gtoken.rawToken: Most recent raw token data received from Google.Returns true if the token has expired, or token does not exist.
gtoken.isExpired(); // false
Revoke the token if set.
await gtoken.revokeToken();
(MIT) Copyright 2018 Google LLC
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Node.js Google Authentication Service Account Tokens
The npm package @lukeed/gtoken receives a total of 1 weekly downloads. As such, @lukeed/gtoken popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @lukeed/gtoken demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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