(Excel) Firebase JWT User Authentication

Demonstrates how to authenticate a Firebase REST API call using a JSON service account private key.

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' 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.
Dim fac As Chilkat.FileAccess
Set fac = Chilkat.NewFileAccess

jsonKey = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/firebase/fish-8abda-firebase-adminsdk-1ys3o-347d70d581.json","utf-8")
If (fac.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.Print fac.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' A JSON private key looks like this:

' {
'   "type": "service_account",
'   "project_id": "fish-8abda",
'   "private_key_id": "347e70d5810b92516905d2de12d292c16159375b",
'   "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEvwIBADANBgkqhkiG9 ...  KQRtMB1gBu3KQxgoA==\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
'   "client_email": "firebase-adminsdk-1ys3o@fish-8abda.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
'   "client_id": "107827947504591332107",
'   "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-1ys3o%40fish-8abda.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
' }

Dim gAuth As Chilkat.AuthGoogle
Set gAuth = Chilkat.NewAuthGoogle
gAuth.JsonKey = jsonKey

' Choose a scope.
' The scope could be "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/firebase.database"
' or
' "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.
Dim tlsSock As Chilkat.Socket
Set tlsSock = Chilkat.NewSocket

success = tlsSock.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,True,5000)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.Print tlsSock.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Send the request to obtain the access token.
success = gAuth.ObtainAccessToken(tlsSock)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.Print gAuth.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Examine the access token:
Debug.Print "Firebase Access Token: "; gAuth.AccessToken

' Save the token to a file (or wherever desired).  This token is valid for 1 hour.
Dim success As Boolean
success = fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/firebaseToken.txt",gAuth.AccessToken,"utf-8",False)