Class JWT (7.14.1)

Inheritance

EventEmitter > AuthClient > OAuth2Client > JWT

Package

Constructors

(constructor)(options)

constructor(options: JWTOptions);

JWT service account credentials.

Retrieve access token using gtoken.

Parameter

Name	Description
options	`JWTOptions`

(constructor)(email, keyFile, key, scopes, subject, keyId)

constructor(email?: string, keyFile?: string, key?: string, scopes?: string | string[], subject?: string, keyId?: string);

Constructs a new instance of the JWT class

Parameters

Name	Description
email	`string`
keyFile	`string`
key	`string`
scopes	`string \| string[]`
subject	`string`
keyId	`string`

Properties

additionalClaims

additionalClaims?: {};

defaultScopes

defaultScopes?: string | string[];

defaultServicePath

defaultServicePath?: string;

email

email?: string;

gtoken

gtoken?: GoogleToken;

key

key?: string;

keyFile

keyFile?: string;

keyId

keyId?: string;

scope

scope?: string;

scopes

scopes?: string | string[];

subject

subject?: string;

useJWTAccessWithScope

useJWTAccessWithScope?: boolean;

Methods

authorize()

authorize(): Promise<Credentials>;

Get the initial access token using gToken.

Returns

Type	Description
Promise<Credentials>	Promise that resolves with credentials

authorize(callback)

authorize(callback: (err: Error | null, result?: Credentials) => void): void;

Parameter

Name	Description
callback	`(err: Error \| null, result?: Credentials) => void`

Returns

Type	Description
void

createScoped(scopes)

createScoped(scopes?: string | string[]): JWT;

Creates a copy of the credential with the specified scopes.

Parameter

Name	Description
scopes	`string \| string[]` List of requested scopes or a single scope. The cloned instance.

Returns

Type	Description
JWT

fetchIdToken(targetAudience)

fetchIdToken(targetAudience: string): Promise<string>;

Fetches an ID token.

Parameter

Name	Description
targetAudience	`string` the audience for the fetched ID token.

Returns

Type	Description
Promise<string>

fromAPIKey(apiKey)

fromAPIKey(apiKey: string): void;

Creates a JWT credentials instance using an API Key for authentication.

Parameter

Name	Description
apiKey	`string` The API Key in string form.

Returns

Type	Description
void

fromJSON(json)

fromJSON(json: JWTInput): void;

Create a JWT credentials instance using the given input options.

Parameter

Name	Description
json	`JWTInput` The input object.

Returns

Type	Description
void

fromStream(inputStream)

fromStream(inputStream: stream.Readable): Promise<void>;

Create a JWT credentials instance using the given input stream.

Parameter

Name	Description
inputStream	`stream.Readable` The input stream.

Returns

Type	Description
Promise<void>

fromStream(inputStream, callback)

fromStream(inputStream: stream.Readable, callback: (err?: Error | null) => void): void;

Parameters

Name	Description
inputStream	`stream.Readable`
callback	`(err?: Error \| null) => void`

Returns

Type	Description
void

getCredentials()

getCredentials(): Promise<CredentialBody>;

Using the key or keyFile on the JWT client, obtain an object that contains the key and the client email.

Returns

Type	Description
Promise<CredentialBody>

getRequestMetadataAsync(url)

protected getRequestMetadataAsync(url?: string | null): Promise<RequestMetadataResponse>;

Obtains the metadata to be sent with the request.

Parameter

Name	Description
url	`string \| null` the URI being authorized.

Returns

Type	Description
Promise<RequestMetadataResponse>

refreshTokenNoCache(refreshToken)

protected refreshTokenNoCache(refreshToken?: string | null): Promise<GetTokenResponse>;

Refreshes the access token.

Parameter

Name	Description
refreshToken	`string \| null` ignored

Returns

Type	Description
Promise<GetTokenResponse>