Create HTTP tasks with authentication

Creates tasks with OIDC token to send to a Cloud Run, Cloud Function, or external URL.

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Code sample

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Tasks, see Cloud Tasks client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Tasks, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	cloudtasks "cloud.google.com/go/cloudtasks/apiv2"
	taskspb "cloud.google.com/go/cloudtasks/apiv2/cloudtaskspb"
)

// createHTTPTaskWithToken constructs a task with a authorization token
// and HTTP target then adds it to a Queue.
func createHTTPTaskWithToken(projectID, locationID, queueID, url, email, message string) (*taskspb.Task, error) {
	// Create a new Cloud Tasks client instance.
	// See https://godoc.org/cloud.google.com/go/cloudtasks/apiv2
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := cloudtasks.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Build the Task queue path.
	queuePath := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/queues/%s", projectID, locationID, queueID)

	// Build the Task payload.
	// https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/tasks/v2#CreateTaskRequest
	req := &taskspb.CreateTaskRequest{
		Parent: queuePath,
		Task: &taskspb.Task{
			// https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/tasks/v2#HttpRequest
			MessageType: &taskspb.Task_HttpRequest{
				HttpRequest: &taskspb.HttpRequest{
					HttpMethod: taskspb.HttpMethod_POST,
					Url:        url,
					AuthorizationHeader: &taskspb.HttpRequest_OidcToken{
						OidcToken: &taskspb.OidcToken{
							ServiceAccountEmail: email,
						},
					},
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Add a payload message if one is present.
	req.Task.GetHttpRequest().Body = []byte(message)

	createdTask, err := client.CreateTask(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cloudtasks.CreateTask: %w", err)
	}

	return createdTask, nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Tasks, see Cloud Tasks client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Tasks, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.CloudTasksClient;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.HttpMethod;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.HttpRequest;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.OidcToken;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.QueueName;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.Task;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;

public class CreateHttpTaskWithToken {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "my-project-id";
    String locationId = "us-central1";
    String queueId = "my-queue";
    String serviceAccountEmail =
        "java-docs-samples-testing@java-docs-samples-testing.iam.gserviceaccount.com";
    createTask(projectId, locationId, queueId, serviceAccountEmail);
  }

  // Create a task with a HTTP target and authorization token using the Cloud Tasks client.
  public static void createTask(
      String projectId, String locationId, String queueId, String serviceAccountEmail)
      throws IOException {

    // Instantiates a client.
    try (CloudTasksClient client = CloudTasksClient.create()) {
      String url =
          "https://example.com/taskhandler"; // The full url path that the request will be sent to
      String payload = "Hello, World!"; // The task HTTP request body

      // Construct the fully qualified queue name.
      String queuePath = QueueName.of(projectId, locationId, queueId).toString();

      // Add your service account email to construct the OIDC token.
      // in order to add an authentication header to the request.
      OidcToken.Builder oidcTokenBuilder =
          OidcToken.newBuilder().setServiceAccountEmail(serviceAccountEmail);

      // Construct the task body.
      Task.Builder taskBuilder =
          Task.newBuilder()
              .setHttpRequest(
                  HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                      .setBody(ByteString.copyFrom(payload, Charset.defaultCharset()))
                      .setHttpMethod(HttpMethod.POST)
                      .setUrl(url)
                      .setOidcToken(oidcTokenBuilder)
                      .build());

      // Send create task request.
      Task task = client.createTask(queuePath, taskBuilder.build());
      System.out.println("Task created: " + task.getName());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Tasks, see Cloud Tasks client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Tasks, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Tasks library.
const {CloudTasksClient} = require('@google-cloud/tasks');

// Instantiates a client.
const client = new CloudTasksClient();

async function createHttpTaskWithToken() {
  // TODO(developer): Uncomment these lines and replace with your values.
  // const project = 'my-project-id';
  // const queue = 'my-queue';
  // const location = 'us-central1';
  // const url = 'https://example.com/taskhandler';
  // const serviceAccountEmail = 'client@<project-id>.iam.gserviceaccount.com';
  // const payload = 'Hello, World!';

  // Construct the fully qualified queue name.
  const parent = client.queuePath(project, location, queue);

  const task = {
    httpRequest: {
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'text/plain', // Set content type to ensure compatibility your application's request parsing
      },
      httpMethod: 'POST',
      url,
      oidcToken: {
        serviceAccountEmail,
      },
    },
  };

  if (payload) {
    task.httpRequest.body = Buffer.from(payload).toString('base64');
  }

  console.log('Sending task:');
  console.log(task);
  // Send create task request.
  const request = {parent: parent, task: task};
  const [response] = await client.createTask(request);
  const name = response.name;
  console.log(`Created task ${name}`);
}
createHttpTaskWithToken();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Tasks, see Cloud Tasks client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Tasks, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\Client\CloudTasksClient;
use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\CreateTaskRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\HttpMethod;
use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\HttpRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\OidcToken;
use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\Task;

/** Uncomment and populate these variables in your code */
// $projectId = 'The Google project ID';
// $locationId = 'The Location ID';
// $queueId = 'The Cloud Tasks Queue ID';
// $url = 'The full url path that the task request will be sent to.';
// $serviceAccountEmail = 'The Cloud IAM service account to be used at the construction of the token';
// $payload = 'The payload your task should carry to the task handler. Optional';

// Instantiate the client and queue name.
$client = new CloudTasksClient();
$queueName = $client->queueName($projectId, $locationId, $queueId);

// Add your service account email to construct the OIDC token
// in order to add an authentication header to the request.
$oidcToken = new OidcToken();
$oidcToken->setServiceAccountEmail($serviceAccountEmail);

// Create an Http Request Object.
$httpRequest = new HttpRequest();
// The full url path that the task request will be sent to.
$httpRequest->setUrl($url);
// POST is the default HTTP method, but any HTTP method can be used.
$httpRequest->setHttpMethod(HttpMethod::POST);
//The oidcToken used to assert identity.
$httpRequest->setOidcToken($oidcToken);
// Setting a body value is only compatible with HTTP POST and PUT requests.
if (isset($payload)) {
    $httpRequest->setBody($payload);
}

// Create a Cloud Task object.
$task = new Task();
$task->setHttpRequest($httpRequest);

// Send request and print the task name.
$request = (new CreateTaskRequest())
    ->setParent($queueName)
    ->setTask($task);
$response = $client->createTask($request);
printf('Created task %s' . PHP_EOL, $response->getName());

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Tasks, see Cloud Tasks client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Tasks, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from typing import Optional

from google.cloud import tasks_v2


def create_http_task_with_token(
    project: str,
    location: str,
    queue: str,
    url: str,
    payload: bytes,
    service_account_email: str,
    audience: Optional[str] = None,
) -> tasks_v2.Task:
    """Create an HTTP POST task with an OIDC token and an arbitrary payload.
    Args:
        project: The project ID where the queue is located.
        location: The location where the queue is located.
        queue: The ID of the queue to add the task to.
        url: The target URL of the task.
        payload: The payload to send.
        service_account_email: The service account to use for generating the OIDC token.
        audience: Audience to use when generating the OIDC token.
    Returns:
        The newly created task.
    """

    # Create a client.
    client = tasks_v2.CloudTasksClient()

    # Construct the request body.
    task = tasks_v2.Task(
        http_request=tasks_v2.HttpRequest(
            http_method=tasks_v2.HttpMethod.POST,
            url=url,
            oidc_token=tasks_v2.OidcToken(
                service_account_email=service_account_email,
                audience=audience,
            ),
            body=payload,
        ),
    )

    # Use the client to build and send the task.
    return client.create_task(
        tasks_v2.CreateTaskRequest(
            parent=client.queue_path(project, location, queue),
            task=task,
        )
    )

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