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@sebspark/gcp-iam
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@sebspark/gcp-iam
Google IAM utilities. This package is intended to be run in GCP contexts, such as running under a GKE service account using Workload Identity.
@sebspark/gcp-iam
Google IAM utilities. This package is intended to be run in GCP contexts, such as running under a GKE service account using Workload Identity.
Explanation
It generates the JWT that we put into the proxy-authorization header. That JWT is signed by the GCP service account and the aud part of the JWT is set to the URL we are going to call in the API Gateway.
Generating and signing the JWT uses a bunch of CPU cycles, so it makes sense to cache them for a short time.
FAQs
Google IAM utilities. This package is intended to be run in GCP contexts, such as running under a GKE service account using Workload Identity.
The npm package @sebspark/gcp-iam receives a total of 661 weekly downloads. As such, @sebspark/gcp-iam popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @sebspark/gcp-iam demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 19 Jun 2026
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