google.auth.impersonated_credentials module

Google Cloud Impersonated credentials.

This module provides authentication for applications where local credentials impersonates a remote service account using IAM Credentials API.

This class can be used to impersonate a service account as long as the original Credential object has the “Service Account Token Creator” role on the target service account.

class Credentials(source_credentials, target_principal, target_scopes, delegates=None, lifetime=3600, quota_project_id=None, iam_endpoint_override=None)[source]

Bases: Scoped, CredentialsWithQuotaProject, Signing

This module defines impersonated credentials which are essentially impersonated identities.

Impersonated Credentials allows credentials issued to a user or service account to impersonate another. The target service account must grant the originating credential principal the Service Account Token Creator IAM role:

For more information about Token Creator IAM role and IAMCredentials API, see Creating Short-Lived Service Account Credentials.

Usage:

First grant source_credentials the Service Account Token Creator role on the target account to impersonate. In this example, the service account represented by svc_account.json has the token creator role on impersonated-account@_project_.iam.gserviceaccount.com.

Enable the IAMCredentials API on the source project: gcloud services enable iamcredentials.googleapis.com.

Initialize a source credential which does not have access to list bucket:

from google.oauth2 import service_account

target_scopes = [
    'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_only']

source_credentials = (
    service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file(
        '/path/to/svc_account.json',
        scopes=target_scopes))

Now use the source credentials to acquire credentials to impersonate another service account:

from google.auth import impersonated_credentials

target_credentials = impersonated_credentials.Credentials(
  source_credentials=source_credentials,
  target_principal='impersonated-account@_project_.iam.gserviceaccount.com',
  target_scopes = target_scopes,
  lifetime=500)

Resource access is granted:

client = storage.Client(credentials=target_credentials)
buckets = client.list_buckets(project='your_project')
for bucket in buckets:
  print(bucket.name)
Parameters:

  • source_credentials (google.auth.Credentials) – The source credential used as to acquire the impersonated credentials.

  • target_principal (str) – The service account to impersonate.

  • target_scopes (Sequence [ str ]) – Scopes to request during the authorization grant.

  • delegates (Sequence [ str ]) – The chained list of delegates required to grant the final access_token. If set, the sequence of identities must have “Service Account Token Creator” capability granted to the prceeding identity. For example, if set to [serviceAccountB, serviceAccountC], the source_credential must have the Token Creator role on serviceAccountB. serviceAccountB must have the Token Creator on serviceAccountC. Finally, C must have Token Creator on target_principal. If left unset, source_credential must have that role on target_principal.

  • lifetime (int) – Number of seconds the delegated credential should be valid for (upto 3600).

  • quota_project_id (Optional [ str ]) – The project ID used for quota and billing. This project may be different from the project used to create the credentials.

  • iam_endpoint_override (Optiona[str]) – The full IAM endpoint override with the target_principal embedded. This is useful when supporting impersonation with regional endpoints.

token

The bearer token that can be used in HTTP headers to make authenticated requests.

Type:

str

expiry

When the token expires and is no longer valid. If this is None, the token is assumed to never expire.

Type:

Optional [ datetime ]

refresh(request)[source]

Refreshes the access token.

Parameters:

request (google.auth.transport.Request) – The object used to make HTTP requests.

Raises:

google.auth.exceptions.RefreshError – If the credentials could not be refreshed.

sign_bytes(message)[source]

Signs the given message.

Parameters:

message (bytes) – The message to sign.

Returns:

The message’s cryptographic signature.

Return type:

bytes

property signer_email

An email address that identifies the signer.

Type:

Optional [ str ]

property signer

The signer used to sign bytes.

Type:

google.auth.crypt.Signer

property requires_scopes

True if these credentials require scopes to obtain an access token.

with_quota_project(quota_project_id)[source]

Returns a copy of these credentials with a modified quota project.

Parameters:

quota_project_id (str) – The project to use for quota and billing purposes

Returns:

A new credentials instance.

Return type:

google.oauth2.credentials.Credentials

with_scopes(scopes, default_scopes=None)[source]

Create a copy of these credentials with the specified scopes.

Parameters:

scopes (Sequence [ str ]) – The list of scopes to attach to the current credentials.

Raises:

NotImplementedError – If the credentials’ scopes can not be changed. This can be avoided by checking requires_scopes before calling this method.

apply(headers, token=None)[source]

Apply the token to the authentication header.

Parameters:

  • headers (Mapping) – The HTTP request headers.

  • token (Optional [ str ]) – If specified, overrides the current access token.

before_request(request, method, url, headers)[source]

Performs credential-specific before request logic.

Refreshes the credentials if necessary, then calls apply() to apply the token to the authentication header.

Parameters:

  • request (google.auth.transport.Request) – The object used to make HTTP requests.

  • method (str) – The request’s HTTP method or the RPC method being invoked.

  • url (str) – The request’s URI or the RPC service’s URI.

  • headers (Mapping) – The request’s headers.

property default_scopes

the credentials’ current set of default scopes.

Type:

Sequence [ str ]

property expired

Checks if the credentials are expired.

Note that credentials can be invalid but not expired because Credentials with expiry set to None is considered to never expire.

has_scopes(scopes)

Checks if the credentials have the given scopes.

Parameters:

scopes (Sequence [ str ]) – The list of scopes to check.

Returns:

True if the credentials have the given scopes.

Return type:

bool

property quota_project_id

Project to use for quota and billing purposes.

property scopes

the credentials’ current set of scopes.

Type:

Sequence [ str ]

property valid

Checks the validity of the credentials.

This is True if the credentials have a token and the token is not expired.

class IDTokenCredentials(target_credentials, target_audience=None, include_email=False, quota_project_id=None)[source]

Bases: CredentialsWithQuotaProject

Open ID Connect ID Token-based service account credentials.

Parameters:

  • target_credentials (google.auth.Credentials) – The target credential used as to acquire the id tokens for.

  • target_audience (string) – Audience to issue the token for.

  • include_email (bool) – Include email in IdToken

  • quota_project_id (Optional [ str ]) – The project ID used for quota and billing.

apply(headers, token=None)

Apply the token to the authentication header.

Parameters:

  • headers (Mapping) – The HTTP request headers.

  • token (Optional [ str ]) – If specified, overrides the current access token.

before_request(request, method, url, headers)

Performs credential-specific before request logic.

Refreshes the credentials if necessary, then calls apply() to apply the token to the authentication header.

Parameters:

  • request (google.auth.transport.Request) – The object used to make HTTP requests.

  • method (str) – The request’s HTTP method or the RPC method being invoked.

  • url (str) – The request’s URI or the RPC service’s URI.

  • headers (Mapping) – The request’s headers.

property expired

Checks if the credentials are expired.

Note that credentials can be invalid but not expired because Credentials with expiry set to None is considered to never expire.

property quota_project_id

Project to use for quota and billing purposes.

property valid

Checks the validity of the credentials.

This is True if the credentials have a token and the token is not expired.

with_quota_project(quota_project_id)[source]

Returns a copy of these credentials with a modified quota project.

Parameters:

quota_project_id (str) – The project to use for quota and billing purposes

Returns:

A new credentials instance.

Return type:

google.oauth2.credentials.Credentials

token

The bearer token that can be used in HTTP headers to make authenticated requests.

Type:

str

expiry

When the token expires and is no longer valid. If this is None, the token is assumed to never expire.

Type:

Optional [ datetime ]

refresh(request)[source]

Refreshes the access token.

Parameters:

request (google.auth.transport.Request) – The object used to make HTTP requests.

Raises:

google.auth.exceptions.RefreshError – If the credentials could not be refreshed.