(Delphi ActiveX) Get Firebase Access Token from JSON Service Account Private Key

Demonstrates how to get a Firebase access token using a JSON service account private key. Your Firebase service account can be used to authenticate multiple Firebase features, such as Database, Storage and Auth, programmatically.

A Firebase JSON service account private key can be created in the Firebase settings/admin portion of the console.firebase.google.com site as shown here:

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
fac: TCkFileAccess;
jsonKey: WideString;
gAuth: TChilkatAuthGoogle;
tlsSock: TChilkatSocket;
success: Integer;

begin
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// First load the Firebase JSON private key into a string.
fac := TCkFileAccess.Create(Self);
jsonKey := fac.ReadEntireTextFile('qa_data/firebase/firebase-chilkat-firebase-adminsdk-n28n4-1b664ee163.json','utf-8');
if (fac.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(fac.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// A Firebase JSON private key should look something like this:

// { 
//   "type": "service_account",
//   "project_id": "firebase-chilkat",
//   "private_key_id": "1c664ee164907413c91ddefcf5b765ecba8779e2",
//   "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEvQIBA ... Ya2UZii/lXn73/ZOK8=\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
//   "client_email": "firebase-adminsdk-n28n4@firebase-chilkat.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
//   "client_id": "134846322329335418431",
//   "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
//   "token_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token",
//   "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
//   "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/firebase-adminsdk-n28n4%40firebase-chilkat.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
// } 
// 

gAuth := TChilkatAuthGoogle.Create(Self);
gAuth.JsonKey := jsonKey;

// Choose a scope.
// The scope could be "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/firebase.database"
// or a space-delimited list of scopes:
// "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/firebase.database https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email"

gAuth.Scope := 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/firebase.database https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email';

// Request an access token that is valid for this many seconds.
gAuth.ExpireNumSeconds := 3600;

// If the application is requesting delegated access:
// The email address of the user for which the application is requesting delegated access,
// then set the email address here. (Otherwise leave it empty.)
gAuth.SubEmailAddress := '';

// Connect to www.googleapis.com using TLS (TLS 1.2 is the default.)
// The Chilkat socket object is used so that the connection can be established
// through proxies or an SSH tunnel if desired.
tlsSock := TChilkatSocket.Create(Self);
success := tlsSock.Connect('www.googleapis.com',443,1,5000);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(tlsSock.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Send the request to obtain the access token.
success := gAuth.ObtainAccessToken(tlsSock.ControlInterface);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(gAuth.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Examine the access token:
Memo1.Lines.Add('Firebase Access Token: ' + gAuth.AccessToken);

// Save the token to a file (or wherever desired).  This token is valid for 1 hour.
fac.WriteEntireTextFile('qa_data/tokens/firebaseToken.txt',gAuth.AccessToken,'utf-8',0);
end;