Manage OAuth application

This guide shows you how to manage OAuth-based application integrations with Google Cloud.

At a high level, to integrate an OAuth-based application, you do the following:

Create an OAuth client.
Create an OAuth client credential.
In the OAuth client credential, obtain the client secret. To learn about risks associated with storing and accessing the client secret and strategies that can help mitigate them, see OAuth client and credential security risks and mitigations.

After you have completed these steps, the OAuth-based application can access Google Cloud products and data.

Before you begin

You must have a Google Cloud organization set up.
Install the Google Cloud CLI, then initialize it by running the following command:
```
gcloud init
```
Note: If you installed the gcloud CLI previously, make sure you have the latest version by running gcloud components update.
You must have set up a workforce identity pool and provider in the organization in which you will register the OAuth application. Learn how to set up workforce identity federation for Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and other OIDC and SAML 2.0 providers.

Required roles

To get the permissions that you need to register an OAuth application for your organization, ask your administrator to grant you the IAM OAuth Client Admin (roles/iam.oauthClientAdmin) IAM role on the project. For more information about granting roles, see Manage access to projects, folders, and organizations.

You might also be able to get the required permissions through custom roles or other predefined roles.

Manage OAuth clients

This section shows you how to manage OAuth clients.

Create an OAuth client

To create an OAuth client, do the following:

gcloud

gcloud iam oauth-clients create APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID \
    --project=PROJECT_ID \
    --location=global \
    --client-type="CONFIDENTIAL_CLIENT" \
    --display-name="My OAuth application" \
    --description="An application registration for MyApp" \
    --allowed-scopes="https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform" \
    --allowed-redirect-uris="REDIRECT_URI" \
    --allowed-grant-types="authorization_code_grant"

Replace the following:

APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: a client ID to represent this OAuth client.
PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you created your workforce identity pool and provider. The project must be created in the organization where your workforce pool and provider were created.
REDIRECT_URI: the redirect URI for the OAuth application—for example, https://myapp.com/signin-callback.

REST

curl -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Goog-User-Project: PROJECT_ID" \
  -d "{ \
        'allowedGrantTypes': ['AUTHORIZATION_CODE_GRANT'], \
        'allowedRedirectUris': ['REDIRECT_URI'], \
        'allowedScopes': ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'], \
        'clientType': 'CONFIDENTIAL_CLIENT', \
        'description': 'My OAuth client description', \
        'disabled': false, \
        'displayName': 'My OAuth client'}" \
  https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/global/oauthClients\?oauthClientId\=APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you created your workforce identity pool and provider. The project must be created in the organization where your workforce pool and provider were created.
REDIRECT_URI: the redirect URI for the OAuth application—for example, https://myapp.com/signin-callback.
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: a client ID to represent this OAuth client.

After you register the application, you create the OAuth client credential and obtain the secret that the OAuth application uses to access Google Cloud.

List OAuth clients

To list registered OAuth clients, run the following command:

gcloud

gcloud iam oauth-clients list \
    --project=PROJECT_ID \
    --location=global

REST

curl \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Goog-User-Project: PROJECT_ID" \
  https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/global/oauthClients

Replace PROJECT_ID with the ID of the project where your OAuth applications are registered.

Describe an OAuth client

To describe an OAuth client, run the following command:

gcloud

gcloud iam oauth-clients describe APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID \
    --project PROJECT_ID \
    --location global

Replace the following:

APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the ID of the OAuth client that you want to to describe
PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application

REST

curl \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Goog-User-Project: PROJECT_ID" \
  https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/global/oauthClients/APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the ID of the OAuth client that you want to to describe

Update an OAuth client

To update an OAuth client, run the following command.

gcloud

gcloud iam oauth-clients update APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID \
    --project=PROJECT_ID \
    --location=global \
    --allowed-redirect-uris="REDIRECT_URI"

Replace the following:

APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the OAuth client ID for the OAuth client that you want to update
PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application
REDIRECT_URI: the redirect URI for the OAuth application

To update other fields, use flags listed in gcloud iam oauth-clients update.

REST

curl -d'{"allowedRedirectUris":"REDIRECT_URI"}' \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PATCH \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
  -H "X-Goog-User-Project: PROJECT_ID" \
  https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/global/oauthClients/APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID?update_mask=allowed_redirect_uris

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the OAuth client ID for the OAuth client that you want to update
REDIRECT_URI: the redirect URI for the OAuth client

To update other fields, set update_mask to the field names listed in gcloud iam oauth-clients update.

Delete an OAuth client

To delete an OAuth client, run the following command:

gcloud

gcloud iam oauth-clients delete APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID \
    --project PROJECT_ID \
    --location global

Replace the following:

APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the OAuth client ID to delete
PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application

REST

curl -X DELETE \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Goog-User-Project: PROJECT_ID" \
  https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/global/oauthClients/APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the OAuth client ID to delete

Manage OAuth client credentials

This section shows you how to manage OAuth client credentials for the OAuth client.

Create an OAuth client credential

To create an OAuth client credential, run the following command:

gcloud

gcloud iam oauth-clients credentials create APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID \
    --oauth-client=APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID \
    --display-name='My OAuth client credential' \
    --location='global'

Replace the following:

APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID: an ID that represents this client credential
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the OAuth client ID you can obtain by describing the registered OAuth client application

REST

curl -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Goog-User-Project: PROJECT_ID" \
  -d "{'disabled': false, 'displayName': 'My OAuth client credential'}" \
  https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/global/oauthClients/APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID/credentials\?oauthClientCredentialId=APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the OAuth client ID you can obtain by describing the registered OAuth client application
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID: an ID that represents this client credential

List OAuth client credentials

To list OAuth client credentials, run the following command:

gcloud

gcloud iam oauth-clients credentials list \
    --oauth-client=APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID \
    --project=PROJECT_ID \
    --location=global

Replace the following:

APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the OAuth client ID for which to list credentials
PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application

REST

curl \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Goog-User-Project: PROJECT_ID" \
  https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/projects/$PROJECT_ID/locations/global/oauthClients/APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID/credentials

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the OAuth client ID for which to list credentials

Describe an OAuth client credential

To describe an OAuth client credential, run the following command. You can obtain the client secret by inspecting the output.

gcloud

gcloud iam oauth-clients credentials describe APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID \
    --oauth-client=APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID \
    --location='global'

Replace the following:

APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID: the redirect URI for the OAuth client
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the OAuth client ID you can obtain by describing the client application registration

REST

curl \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Goog-User-Project: PROJECT_ID" \
https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/global/oauthClients/APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID/credentials/APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID: the redirect URI for the OAuth client
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the OAuth client ID you can obtain by describing the client application registration

In the output, clientSecret is the client secret. This is the secret that the OAuth application uses to access Google Cloud.

Update an OAuth client credential

To update an OAuth client credential, run the following command:

gcloud

gcloud iam oauth-clients credentials update APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID \
    --client-id=APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID \
    --display-name="My new credential name" \
    --location=global

REST

curl -d'{"displayName":"My new credential name"}' -X PATCH \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
  -H "X-Goog-User-Project: PROJECT_ID" \
  https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/global/oauthClients/APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID/credentials/APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID?update_mask=display_name

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID: the redirect URI for the OAuth client
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the OAuth client ID that you can obtain by describing the client application registration

Disable an OAuth client credential

Before you can delete an OAuth client credential, you must disable it. To disable the OAuth client credential, run the following command:

gcloud

gcloud iam oauth-clients credentials update APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID \
    --oauth-client=APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID \
    --disabled \
    --project=PROJECT_ID \
    --location=global

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the OAuth client ID
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID: the client credential ID to disable

REST

curl -d'{"disabled":"true"}' \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PATCH \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
  -H "X-Goog-User-Project: PROJECT_ID" \
  https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/global/oauthClients/APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID/credentials/APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID?update_mask=disabled

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the OAuth client ID
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID: the client credential ID to disable

Delete an OAuth client credential

To delete an OAuth client credential, run the following command:

gcloud

gcloud iam oauth-clients credentials delete APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID \
    --project=PROJECT_ID \
    --oauth-client=APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID \
    --location=global

Replace the following:

APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID: the OAuth client ID
PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the client credential ID

REST

curl -X DELETE \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Goog-User-Project: PROJECT_ID" \
  https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/global/oauthClients/APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID/credentials/APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project where you registered your OAuth application
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: the client credential ID
APP_OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIAL_ID: the OAuth client ID

What's next

Learn about Identity-Aware Proxy with workforce identity federation