Authentication with Google¶

Overview¶

Google Cloud Platform offer multiple ways to authenticate to Google APIs. In the main focus,

flowchart LR
    auth[Google Authentication]
    auth --> oauth2[OAuth2] --> 1[Make API calls on hehalf of a given user]
    auth --> akey[API Key] --> 2[Access service from a client or the server]
    auth --> adc[Application default credentials] --> 3[Access to API using Google Cloud SDK]
    auth --> sc[Service account credentials] --> 4[Directly API a service account]

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Security Recommendataion¶

Supported Libraries¶

To learn more about the authentication client, see the Google Auth Library.

Reference¶

https://gcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/google-cloud-auth.html#overview