https://github.com/martinheidegger/google-cli-auth

Node.js tool to make cli authentication to google easier.
https://github.com/martinheidegger/google-cli-auth

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Node.js tool to make cli authentication to google easier.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/martinheidegger/google-cli-auth
• Owner: martinheidegger
• Created: 2014-12-27T19:24:34.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-12-27T19:49:18.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-11-04T00:02:46.902Z (11 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 117 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: Readme.md

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# google-cli-auth

Command line helper tool to work with Google access tokens.

## What?

To use the API of Google any code will need to [authenticate](https://developers.google.com/+/api/oauth). This tool helps you to build a command line tool that uses the Google API.

## Setup

1) To use the module you need to install it.

```bash

$ npm i google-cli-auth --save

```

2) You need get create a project in the [Google Developers Console](https://cloud.google.com/console)

3) In the developers console (under `APIs & auth`) choose `Credentials`.

4) (Under "OAuth") choose `Create new client ID`

5) Choose `Installed Application` and `Other`

6) Then you can setup your code with the `CLIENT ID` and `CLIENT SECRET` like this:

```JavaScript

require('google-cli-auth')({

      name: 'my-app' // will be used to store the token under ~/.config/my-app/token.json

    , client_id: '...' // enter client id from the developer console

    , client_secret: '...' // enter client secret from the developer console

    , scope: [] // add scopes 

}, function (error, token) {

    token.access_token // your token 

    token.token_type // token type

    token.expires_at // timestamp when this token will be expired

    token.refresh(callback) // Refreshes the token

})

```

Note: There is more information about Scopes in the [google developer docs](https://developers.google.com/+/api/oauth#scopes).

## Differentiation

There is [another cli tool](https://github.com/villadora/google-auth-cli) that does cli authentication. This tool is different in the sense that the token that you will get will be stored/retreived from the users config folder and offers methods to refresh the token.