This is Google's officially supported ruby client library for using OAuth 2.0 authorization and authentication with Google APIs.
Be sure https://rubygems.org/
is in your gem sources.
For normal client usage, this is sufficient:
$ gem install googleauth
require 'googleauth'
# Get the environment configured authorization
scopes = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform',
'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute']
authorization = Google::Auth.get_application_default(scopes)
# Add the the access token obtained using the authorization to a hash, e.g
# headers.
some_headers = {}
authorization.apply(some_headers)
This library provides an implementation of application default credentials for Ruby.
The Application Default Credentials provide a simple way to get authorization credentials for use in calling Google APIs.
They are best suited for cases when the call needs to have the same identity and authorization level for the application independent of the user. This is the recommended approach to authorize calls to Cloud APIs, particularly when you're building an application that uses Google Compute Engine.
The library also provides support for requesting and storing user credentials (3-Legged OAuth2.) Two implementations are currently available, a generic authorizer useful for command line apps or custom integrations as well as a web variant tailored toward Rack-based applications.
The authorizers are intended for authorization use cases. For sign-on, see Google Identity Platform
require 'googleauth'
require 'googleauth/web_user_authorizer'
require 'googleauth/stores/redis_token_store'
require 'redis'
client_id = Google::Auth::ClientId.from_file('/path/to/client_secrets.json')
scope = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive']
token_store = Google::Auth::Stores::RedisTokenStore.new(redis: Redis.new)
authorizer = Google::Auth::WebUserAuthorizer.new(
client_id, scope, token_store, '/oauth2callback')
get('/authorize') do
# NOTE: Assumes the user is already authenticated to the app
user_id = request.session['user_id']
credentials = authorizer.get_credentials(user_id, request)
if credentials.nil?
redirect authorizer.get_authorization_url(login_hint: user_id, request: request)
end
# Credentials are valid, can call APIs
# ...
end
get('/oauth2callback') do
target_url = Google::Auth::WebUserAuthorizer.handle_auth_callback_deferred(
request)
redirect target_url
end
Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) is an RFC that aims to prevent malicious operating system processes from hijacking an OAUTH 2.0 exchange. PKCE mitigates the above vulnerability by including code_challenge
and code_challenge_method
parameters in the Authorization Request and a code_verifier
parameter in the Access Token Request.
require 'googleauth'
require 'googleauth/web_user_authorizer'
require 'googleauth/stores/redis_token_store'
require 'redis'
client_id = Google::Auth::ClientId.from_file('/path/to/client_secrets.json')
scope = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive']
token_store = Google::Auth::Stores::RedisTokenStore.new(redis: Redis.new)
authorizer = Google::Auth::WebUserAuthorizer.new(
client_id, scope, token_store, '/oauth2callback')
get('/authorize') do
# NOTE: Assumes the user is already authenticated to the app
user_id = request.session['user_id']
# User needs to take care of generating the code_verifier and storing it in
# the session.
request.session['code_verifier'] ||= Google::Auth::WebUserAuthorizer.generate_code_verifier
authorizer.code_verifier = request.session['code_verifier']
credentials = authorizer.get_credentials(user_id, request)
if credentials.nil?
redirect authorizer.get_authorization_url(login_hint: user_id, request: request)
end
# Credentials are valid, can call APIs
# ...
end
get('/oauth2callback') do
target_url = Google::Auth::WebUserAuthorizer.handle_auth_callback_deferred(
request)
redirect target_url
end
The Google Auth OOB flow has been discontiued on January 31, 2023. The OOB flow is a legacy flow that is no longer considered secure. To continue using Google Auth, please migrate your applications to a more secure flow. For more information on how to do this, please refer to this OOB Migration guide.
require 'googleauth'
require 'googleauth/stores/file_token_store'
OOB_URI = 'urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob'
scope = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive'
client_id = Google::Auth::ClientId.from_file('/path/to/client_secrets.json')
token_store = Google::Auth::Stores::FileTokenStore.new(
:file => '/path/to/tokens.yaml')
authorizer = Google::Auth::UserAuthorizer.new(client_id, scope, token_store)
user_id = ENV['USER']
credentials = authorizer.get_credentials(user_id)
if credentials.nil?
url = authorizer.get_authorization_url(base_url: OOB_URI )
puts "Open #{url} in your browser and enter the resulting code:"
code = gets
credentials = authorizer.get_and_store_credentials_from_code(
user_id: user_id, code: code, base_url: OOB_URI)
end
# OK to use credentials
scope = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/androidpublisher'
authorizer = Google::Auth::ServiceAccountCredentials.make_creds(
json_key_io: File.open('/path/to/service_account_json_key.json'),
scope: scope)
authorizer.fetch_access_token!
You can also use a JSON keyfile by setting the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
environment variable.
export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=/path/to/service_account_json_key.json
require 'googleauth'
require 'google/apis/drive_v3'
Drive = ::Google::Apis::DriveV3
drive = Drive::DriveService.new
scope = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive'
authorizer = Google::Auth::ServiceAccountCredentials.from_env(scope: scope)
drive.authorization = authorizer
list_files = drive.list_files()
This is similar to regular service account authorization (see this answer for more details on the differences), but you'll need to indicate which user your service account is impersonating by manually updating the sub
field.
scope = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/androidpublisher'
authorizer = Google::Auth::ServiceAccountCredentials.make_creds(
json_key_io: File.open('/path/to/service_account_json_key.json'),
scope: scope
)
authorizer.update!(sub: "email-to-impersonate@your-domain.com")
authorizer.fetch_access_token!
export GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_TYPE=service_account
export GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=000000000000000000000
export GOOGLE_CLIENT_EMAIL=xxxx@xxxx.iam.gserviceaccount.com
export GOOGLE_PRIVATE_KEY="-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n...\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n"
require 'googleauth'
require 'google/apis/drive_v3'
Drive = ::Google::Apis::DriveV3
drive = Drive::DriveService.new
# Auths with ENV vars:
# "GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID",
# "GOOGLE_CLIENT_EMAIL",
# "GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_TYPE",
# "GOOGLE_PRIVATE_KEY"
auth = ::Google::Auth::ServiceAccountCredentials
.make_creds(scope: 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive')
drive.authorization = auth
list_files = drive.list_files()
Authorizers require a storage instance to manage long term persistence of access and refresh tokens. Two storage implementations are included:
Custom storage implementations can also be used. See token_store.rb for additional details.
This library is supported on Ruby 2.6+.
Google provides official support for Ruby versions that are actively supported by Ruby Core—that is, Ruby versions that are either in normal maintenance or in security maintenance, and not end of life. Older versions of Ruby may still work, but are unsupported and not recommended. See https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/branches/ for details about the Ruby support schedule.
This library is licensed under Apache 2.0. Full license text is available in LICENSE.
See CONTRIBUTING.
Please report bugs at the project on Github. Don't hesitate to ask questions about the client or APIs on StackOverflow.